I used to think that, now I'm reading regularly on my iPhone using iBooks. Have you checked out a Kindle? They're surprisingly very easy on the eyes.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > I can’t read much online without my eyes getting strained. Something > about the backlight, I think. > > Short reads are okay, but I don’t think I could make it through The > Foundation Trilogy online or on a Kindle. > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:11 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > +100 > > > > I’m afraid that we’re seeing the end of paper bound trade pubs as we know > it. > > > > Call me old fashioned, but I think it is sooooooo much easier to thumb > through a book or magazine sometimes than to search online. And then there’s > also the concern of whether the content has been tampered with or not. Hard > to tamper with a physical copy once it has been printed and bound… > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *[email protected]* > *www.eaglemds.com > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:52 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > I’m pretty disappointed it went digital. I’d definitely be willing to pay > for it, but they gave out so many free subscriptions, I think it just became > a casualty. > > > > *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 3:38 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > I’m curious – a few mentioned keeping their old TechNet magazines. Does > everyone else keep up with that publication since it went digital only? I > used to look forward to it, but have to admit I haven’t looked at it since > it stopped coming in a print version. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:34 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > Aside from that…the nagging thing in my mind is the conspiracy theory voice > that says, if you have it in print, you can prove it. If it is online…well, > it can be changed… > > > > J > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *[email protected]* > *www.eaglemds.com > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Don Kuhlman [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:25 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > True - that's what I keep thinking, maybe all of this is right at our > fingertips online for however long we will need it, but then the pack rat > comes back and whispers, you know, you may need this little book or that > little article and it won't be out there... > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Ben Schorr <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thu, October 28, 2010 3:10:39 PM > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > I had that situation. Then my wife and I moved to a new house and I took > the opportunity to donate most of them to the local public library. I > realized that I’d rarely opened any of those books in the previous two years > (Google is so much easier). > > > > > > Ben M. Schorr > Chief Executive Officer > ______________________________________________ > *Roland Schorr & Tower > *www.rolandschorr.com > [email protected] > > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rolandschorr > > > > *From:* Jacob [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 13:03 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > In my office at home, I had a bookshelf full of IT books dating back to > Windows 3.1, etc. The bookshelf got full. So I was able to come up with one > solution… Get another bookshelf ;-) > > > > One of these days, I will toss some of them. > > > > *From:* Don Kuhlman [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:51 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > I still have the Windows IT Pro mags too. I get rid of the CIO, > Information week, etc. type pubs. I do have about 30 years of Model > Railroading mags that I won't get rid of :) > > My other bad habit is keeping those thick Software books like NT 4.0 > Networking, SMS Admin Scripting, Teach yourself C in 21 days, etc. That's > where I should clean house... > > > > Don K > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Webster <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thu, October 28, 2010 12:45:57 PM > *Subject:* RE: trade publications - toss or archive? > > I still keep my TechNet and Windows IT Pro mags. I threw out all the other > mags I had dating back to 1984. I had to get permission from my office > landlord to throw them all away because I filled up the dumpster for the > building! City recycling didn’t want that much paper. > > > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Subject:* OT: trade publications - toss or archive? > > > > Ok, so I’ll let you in on a little secret. 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