The coverage on YouTube of Japan's tsunami and earthquake wreckage would have been previously unfathomable. What you would have been reading about in tomorrow's newspapers is being documented right now by individuals using their cellphones (or other digital recording devices). One such example:
Unfortunately, individuals are now confronted with sifting through large quantities of information to determine what is and isn't relevant to them. Time is the restrictive factor and savvy consumers utilize tools like Google Reader to pool their content into a single portal, capable of being accessed via a multitude of web-connected devices.
The word "revolutionary" is applied to almost every new technology, but sometimes it is the simplest technology that turns out to be a game changer. Podcasts may have been considered a geeky fringe topic, but it seems that you can find a podcast for nearly any topic. Organizations, like NPR, take it a step further and even let you design a custom series of podcasts, based on a topic. Equally, the BBC has several podcasts that I have equally enjoyed.
It is on that note that we should acknowledge a portion of digital content that libraries often provide for free - downloadable audiobooks. NetLibrary certainly has it's quirks, but being able to heck out an audiobook and listen to it on the same web-connected device is a plus. I took a look at "A way with words: Writing, Rhetoric and the Art of Communication" by Michael Drout, which is a 7 hr and 8 min book that I hope to work my way through.
It is on that note that we should acknowledge a portion of digital content that libraries often provide for free - downloadable audiobooks. NetLibrary certainly has it's quirks, but being able to heck out an audiobook and listen to it on the same web-connected device is a plus. I took a look at "A way with words: Writing, Rhetoric and the Art of Communication" by Michael Drout, which is a 7 hr and 8 min book that I hope to work my way through.
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