Comments on: Reading Machines http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html a site about everything Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Smith http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-655431 Michael Smith Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:37 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-655431 I think we should buy one to play with. I think we should buy one to play with.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-655420 Andrew Simone Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:43 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-655420 That's pretty close to what I was envisioning. That’s pretty close to what I was envisioning.

]]> By: India http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-655399 India Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:12:02 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-655399 Not what you're asking for, Michael, but getting there: the camelcap-happy <a href="http://www.entourageedge.com/" rel="nofollow">enTourage eDGe</a>. Not what you’re asking for, Michael, but getting there: the camelcap-happy enTourage eDGe.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-652071 Andrew Simone Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:38:03 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-652071 Oh, and don't forget <a href="http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3902" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, India. It was done not long after I posted this series of links. Oh, and don’t forget this one, India. It was done not long after I posted this series of links.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-652063 Andrew Simone Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:28:51 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-652063 Heh, sorry about that, India. And I certainly <em>hope</em> you will some time soon, but a device that also allows for epub and pdf formats which, as you know, is trickier than you'd think (unless you use LCD, I guess). Heh, sorry about that, India. And I certainly hope you will some time soon, but a device that also allows for epub and pdf formats which, as you know, is trickier than you’d think (unless you use LCD, I guess).

]]> By: India http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-651725 India Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:37:14 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-651725 I finally tripped and fell down the rabbit hole of this post. Goddamnit, Andrew, I so didn't have time for this, nor will I have time in the future for reading the three blogs I just added to Fever because of it. Fortunately, I never open Fever anymore; I just add stuff to it. It has become my electronic circular file for things I feel I ought to read but that I know I will never actually read. Do you think I can get that made into a compact, aesthetically pleasing mobile device? I finally tripped and fell down the rabbit hole of this post. Goddamnit, Andrew, I so didn’t have time for this, nor will I have time in the future for reading the three blogs I just added to Fever because of it.

Fortunately, I never open Fever anymore; I just add stuff to it. It has become my electronic circular file for things I feel I ought to read but that I know I will never actually read.

Do you think I can get that made into a compact, aesthetically pleasing mobile device?

]]> By: Michael Smith http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-647744 Michael Smith Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:50:38 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-647744 That would work. It would also provide the opportunity to increase the size of the e-ink screen. That would work. It would also provide the opportunity to increase the size of the e-ink screen.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-647700 Andrew Simone Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:05:03 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-647700 I don't know if that is crazy. Perhaps instead of front and back it could open like a book? I don’t know if that is crazy. Perhaps instead of front and back it could open like a book?

]]> By: Michael Smith http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-646927 Michael Smith Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:34 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-646927 Maybe that's just crazy talk. Maybe that’s just crazy talk.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/10/reading-machines.html/comment-page-1#comment-646926 Michael Smith Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:15 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=33444#comment-646926 I'd like my e-reader/ebook thing to include the ability to write on it in the same way I might write in my moleskine with a ballpoint pen (not like how you wrote in those Palm Pilots). But my problem with the ereader is the limited scope. I want one device to do everything not several devices to several things. Ideally, I'd like a device, maybe with two displays (front and back?) one for LCD brightness and one for reader friendly e-ink. I’d like my e-reader/ebook thing to include the ability to write on it in the same way I might write in my moleskine with a ballpoint pen (not like how you wrote in those Palm Pilots).

But my problem with the ereader is the limited scope. I want one device to do everything not several devices to several things. Ideally, I’d like a device, maybe with two displays (front and back?) one for LCD brightness and one for reader friendly e-ink.

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