In this day and age everything from office documents to Mom’s recipes for homemade apple pie are moving towards a digitalization and a virtual format; presents signs indicate that the next thing to follow along this path will be most forms of media.
First on that list, as much as I hate to admit it, is books. Yes, I know what you are all thinking, e-books suck and so do most e-book readers. However, I am talking about audio books; easily purchased, easily downloaded and even more easily played. Who doesn’t want to hear the latest Harry Potter novel read to us on the bus by a guy in a British accent?
I can’t even count the number of times throughout the week when waiting in line, traffic or even for the bus where I wished I had brought my own reading material. Well, now it is possible with the click of a few buttons and the best part is that it is great for the environment!
With mp3 players built into everything from GPS units in our cars to cell phones, it is hard to resist being able to purchase and download our favorite music and books all in one fall swoop using something like iTunes.com.
Nothing makes me more happy then seeing the second item on this list going out the door; there is nothing I hate more than getting ready for work in the morning, having breakfast, reading the paper and then discovering ten minutes after I’ve left the house that I have ink all over me. Even worse than these floppy newsprint novels are magazines; lately seeming to be nothing more than over glorified glossy commercials with tidbits of information stuck between the cologne samples and subscription renewal forms. While being great for sites like ours this is horrible for the environment in terms of waste production.
The growing ability to take email newsletters, RSS feeds and sync it all to go; catching up on the latest soap opera gossip while in line at the grocery store- honestly we all do it, don’t even pretend like you don’t- is most definitely the pastime next to go.
The most popular tool for news and tech gadget information gathering is a simple combination of RSS feeds, Gmail’s IMAP feature and/or whatever other client you’d like to use: Outlook, Thunderbird, or even the mail client on your phone.
Stay tuned for the next half!
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