Comments on: Why you can still sell newspapers http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/03/18/why-you-can-still-sell-newspapers scratched tallies on the prison wall Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: as days pass by » Blog Archive » A book reader http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/03/18/why-you-can-still-sell-newspapers#comment-45449 as days pass by » Blog Archive » A book reader Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:25:46 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1151#comment-45449 [...] No, no they don’t. They let people like me (and doubtless you, gentle reader) read books on the train. They’re computers. Computers are not useful and not fun. People don’t want to read books on a screen, they don’t want to read one on a computer, they don’t want to think about computers when they’re reading. [...] [...] No, no they don’t. They let people like me (and doubtless you, gentle reader) read books on the train. They’re computers. Computers are not useful and not fun. People don’t want to read books on a screen, they don’t want to read one on a computer, they don’t want to think about computers when they’re reading. [...]

]]> By: G. http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/03/18/why-you-can-still-sell-newspapers#comment-6668 G. Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:41:26 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1151#comment-6668 Does your daughter's generation really find computers "weird"? I was at a conference today where it was pretty much agreed that they think of them as completely the norm, and find reading a newspaper every day rather weirder. Which is precisely why this: http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1734623,00.html will die a horrible death, hopefully followed by the horrible death of its proprietor. (disclaimer: death wish used as rhetorical device only) Does your daughter’s generation really find computers “weird”? I was at a conference today where it was pretty much agreed that they think of them as completely the norm, and find reading a newspaper every day rather weirder.

Which is precisely why this:

http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1734623,00.html

will die a horrible death, hopefully followed by the horrible death of its proprietor. (disclaimer: death wish used as rhetorical device only)

]]> By: Richard Rutter http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/03/18/why-you-can-still-sell-newspapers#comment-6632 Richard Rutter Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:49:26 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1151#comment-6632 My girlfriend's a teacher who is, of course, very much smart enough to use a computer. She's also smart enough to use computers as little as possible - hence she *buys* the TES. She is very much a proponent of reason 3: "Computers are basically bad things that annoy you and break a lot. Computers are not useful and not fun." Indeed. My girlfriend’s a teacher who is, of course, very much smart enough to use a computer. She’s also smart enough to use computers as little as possible - hence she *buys* the TES. She is very much a proponent of reason 3: “Computers are basically bad things that annoy you and break a lot. Computers are not useful and not fun.” Indeed.

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/03/18/why-you-can-still-sell-newspapers#comment-6495 sil Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:08:04 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1151#comment-6495 Ade: I invite you to put that view next time you come round for dinner. :) Ade: I invite you to put that view next time you come round for dinner. :)

]]> By: Ade http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/03/18/why-you-can-still-sell-newspapers#comment-6491 Ade Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:56:34 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1151#comment-6491 Teachers aren't smart enought to use a computer IMHO ? Teachers aren’t smart enought to use a computer IMHO ?

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