I don't read on my back, nor use a computer that way, so can't say. I don't let my toddler touch the keyboard nor anything electronic, aside from a few books that have some buttons and sound chips in them. Once he's gained more motor control and cognitive ability I will change that, and it'll most likely have a keyboard.
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 07:19, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > On your back? Holding it like a book above your head? > Let your toddler have at it, too? > > I'm sorry, a netbook is nice, but it's a bit too much like a computer to > make it convenient in bed, IMO. And the form factor/screen resolution is > usually suboptimal... > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yawn. >> >> I do that on my netbook (an older Acer Aspire One) all the time. >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 20:52, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Very well. iPhone thread. >> > >> > On point. Books are content. The ability to manipulate the content isn't >> > the >> > issue. Being able to deliver it easily is. That being said I'm writing >> > this >> > response lying flat on my back in bed because I wanted to check my mail >> > before turning in. Do all that on a PC under the same conditions and we >> > can >> > talk. >> > >> > On Monday, August 22, 2011, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The benefits and costs of distributing books electronically is not >> >> tied to the use of tablets. You can use a PC to read a PDF or other >> >> digital media just as well as on a tablet, and do much more besides, >> >> given the cost differential - once you take into account the >> >> peripherals needed to make the tablet as useful as a more traditional >> >> laptop or PC. The loss of a keyboard, IMHO, outweighs all of the >> >> supposed advantages. >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 18:00, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> You're still mostly wooshing here. >> >>> >> >>> Never did I say I bought into these concepts, but this is how it often >> >>> appears to the uninitiated into the arcane art of IT. I, of course, >> >>> know >> >>> that mainframes didn't die, but most of the work of the "data >> >>> processing" >> >>> department was subsumed in many organizations by business units closer >> >>> to >> >>> the data, and this was accelerated by the adoption of the PC and PC >> >>> networks. >> >>> And have you measured that against the cost of textbooks? I know a >> >>> lot >> >>> of >> >>> administrators are crunching these numbers right now... >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 13:21, Jonathan Link >> >>>> <[email protected]> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>> > To put it another way, the data processing group got put out to >> >>>> > pasture >> >>>> > of >> >>>> > days gone by was blindsided by the PC revolution. >> >>>> >> >>>> Not really - they just morphed into the IT staff of today - server >> >>>> administrators. And, mainframes haven't disappeared - again, it's the >> >>>> minis that got squeezed. IBM still makes a buncha money on >> >>>> mainframes. >> >>>> >> >>>> > The current generation >> >>>> > of tablets are probably the most compelling piece of technology >> >>>> > since >> >>>> > then. >> >>>> >> >>>> Perhaps. I've yet to be convinced. >> >>>> >> >>>> > Teachers and administrators are very interested in tablets because >> >>>> > they >> >>>> > believe they offer so much more capability for viewing and >> >>>> > distributing >> >>>> > content! >> >>>> >> >>>> The SJRDF is strong, 'tis true. I think the only advantage they show >> >>>> is weight, and a multi-touch screen. For viewing content, a larger >> >>>> screen gives better resolution, and for real distribution you still >> >>>> need the servers on the back end. 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