Comments on: 'Boston Globe' Announces New Digital Reader Application Thing! http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:44:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Patrick M http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11934 Patrick M Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:50:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11934 Please open your browser to the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19961112181513/http:/www.nytimes.com/" rel="nofollow">width of this line of text</a>... Please open your browser to the width of this line of text…

]]> By: rick http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11905 rick Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:43:42 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11905 Oh man is this like another Gawker? Double daily dose of depressing death of print schadenfreude! Did you notice the "d" alliteration there? It is economically valueless. Oh man is this like another Gawker? Double daily dose of depressing death of print schadenfreude! Did you notice the "d" alliteration there? It is economically valueless.

]]> By: FeyBoohoozer http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11784 FeyBoohoozer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:38:19 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11784 Daddy, what's a computer? Daddy, what's a computer?

]]> By: rex http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11774 rex Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:19:59 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11774 Same as Times Reader, right? https://timesreader.nytimes.com/ Same as Times Reader, right?
https://timesreader.nytimes.com/

]]> By: El Matardillo http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11753 El Matardillo Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:24:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11753 I love keyboard cat. His breath smells like cat food. I love keyboard cat. His breath smells like cat food.

]]> By: Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11745 Tulletilsynet Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:50:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11745 My print-edition-plus-online-edition paper installed a similar device a year or so back, replacing previous access to print-edition stories. (Which was HTML or PDF, take your pick; no e-reader to get in your way; bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, etc). It is resented by everybody who has to use it, starting with me. However, it does seem to be helping keep us profitable by throwing clumsy technology in the way of our exclusive content. Yay, having a job! My print-edition-plus-online-edition paper installed a similar device a year or so back, replacing previous access to print-edition stories. (Which was HTML or PDF, take your pick; no e-reader to get in your way; bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, etc).

It is resented by everybody who has to use it, starting with me.

However, it does seem to be helping keep us profitable by throwing clumsy technology in the way of our exclusive content. Yay, having a job!

]]> By: NicFit http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11742 NicFit Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11742 Does anyone want to download my own virtual iPod to play my music on? Does anyone want to download my own virtual iPod to play my music on?

]]> By: giovanni http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11733 giovanni Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:18:04 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11733 This really puts a dent in our respect for the city of Boston. This really puts a dent in our respect for the city of Boston.

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11732 KarenUhOh Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:12:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11732 I'm investing in a skywriter. I'm investing in a skywriter.

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11729 mathnet Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:09:46 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11729 <i>It's like their shiny new product comes with a built-in keyboard cat to play the Globe off the world stage.</i> It's like their shiny new product comes with a built-in keyboard cat to play the Globe off the world stage.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/boston-globe-announces-new-digital-reader-application-thing#comment-11727 Abe Sauer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:03:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=6450#comment-11727 I worked a trade mag that did this. it's essentially a digital edition that assumes the existing format and layout of a newspaper (or magazine) is perfect and needs just be transferred online. I worked a trade mag that did this. it's essentially a digital edition that assumes the existing format and layout of a newspaper (or magazine) is perfect and needs just be transferred online.

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