Entertainment - Friday, January 29, 2010 13:52 - 3 Comments
E-Readers Inadequate for Various Reasons, but Let’s Not Abandon Them Just Yet
The iPad is a tablet computer; e-readers are handheld devices that allow you to read and store thousands of pages’ worth of books and other forms of print media. Yes, they do find themselves in competition, in certain respects. They are not really the same thing, though, and the markets for each kind of device are still pretty disparate.
Of course, this hasn’t stopped the media from reporting on the E-READING WAR.
For example, check out this screen shot I took a few minutes ago of the Google News results for “e-reader,” after the jump (click for bigger):
Entertainment - Monday, November 24, 2008 13:54 - 12 Comments
Teen’s Internet Suicide Begs Generational Questions
Obviously, his death is a tragedy, and suicide should never be taken lightly. But I’m fascinated by how Millennial this episode was.
Have we reached the zenith of over-sharing? Giving birth on camera is nothing new (half of Discovery Health’s roster of shows is of the women-perilously-going-through-labor variety), but here we see a homemade snuff film and a paradox most emblematic of the MySpace Generation, encapsulated in the teen’s suicide note:
“I have come to believe that my life has all been meaningless,” he wrote on another message board. He found his life meaningless, yet still felt the need to share his death with the world. Such public communication suggests that he actually felt his life had plenty of meaning. I am not doubting his depression, and I’m not saying he was an idiot—what I am saying is that anytime you put something on the Internet, you imply its importance to others. After all, if it wasn’t important, why would you share it in the first place? Continue…
