10-06-2010, 11:18 AM | #1 |
Tempus fugit.
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Howdy from Canada's National Capital!
Howdy all!
I received a Kindle 3 as a birthday gift in September and have been enjoying it a great deal. A little story for you: Recently, I had to collaborate with a coworker to modify a document.
He would read sections in French, translate on the fly and I'd type in the translation. I type about fifty words per minute faster than he does and I don't read scientific French well enough to do this quickly; it was time-sensitive. I was about to print out eight PDF files and hand them to him. Instead, I copied the PDF's to my Kindle 3 and handed it to him. (it could have just as easily been a Nook or an iPad) "Can you read the screen OK?" (it was a scanned PDF - no scalable text) "No problem!" says the 70 year old coworker. This "event" might not seem like a big deal but my bureau's recycling bins are overfull with one-time-use printed material I'm happy to not contribute to. A humorous aside: for most of the week, coworkers have been fretting over a half-working photocopier and a dwindling paper supply we suspect is being raided by neighboring offices. I feel some sense of smugness when asked, "what's up with the printer?" being able to answer, "no idea, I never print anything." Why am I the only person who doesn't print things? |
10-06-2010, 12:10 PM | #2 |
Enjoying the show....
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Welcome to MobileRead, cjottawa
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10-06-2010, 12:33 PM | #3 |
neilmarr
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Good going, CJ. And great to have your company. Very best wishes. Neil
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10-06-2010, 12:38 PM | #4 |
Chocolate Grasshopper ...
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Welcome to mobileread ..... Thanks for the wonderful story ! |
10-06-2010, 02:00 PM | #5 |
Banned
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hello and welcome to MR!!!
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10-06-2010, 03:36 PM | #6 |
Guru
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Welcome. I enjoyed your post.
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10-06-2010, 05:18 PM | #7 |
Queen of Procrastination
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Welcome to MR! I enjoyed your story, too. And you're not the only one...I don't print things either. Rarely.
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10-06-2010, 05:32 PM | #8 |
Warrior Princess
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Count me in as another non-printer (one of the reasons I bought my Sony PRS-505). I enjoyed your story as well. Welcome to MR, I hope that you enjoy yourself here!
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10-06-2010, 05:49 PM | #9 |
Montreal wins Grey Cup!
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Welcome CJ!
Who are you picking to win the Grey Cup this year? |
10-06-2010, 08:32 PM | #10 |
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Hi cjottawa and welcome to MobilkeRead
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10-07-2010, 09:03 AM | #11 |
Grand Sorcerer
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welcome buy an ereader; save a tree
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10-08-2010, 09:46 AM | #12 |
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Nice to have more people from Ottawa here. Welcome!
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10-08-2010, 07:59 PM | #13 |
Is that a sandwich?
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hello and welcome
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10-10-2010, 06:27 PM | #14 |
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Hi and welcome to MR!
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10-15-2010, 07:03 AM | #15 |
Tempus fugit.
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Thanks folks.
I realized a couple of days ago: I used to read eBooks on a Palm Pilot! It's been years. e-Ink screens are just so much easier on the eyes than those old devices. FYI, I have the 3G Kindle on order now. Last edited by cjottawa; 10-15-2010 at 07:40 AM. |
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