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Was reading this article about where people get their news.  I admit I get the newspaper but anyone that visits my office or sees my home and car knows that I collect old newspapers like it is going out of style.  The news arrives in the morning but I have a tough time taking time to read the paper.  I tried taking the newspaper to work with me but then when you are sitting at work reading the newspaper you look like a slacker right?  But if you are reading the news on the Internet it is more OK these days right?  Not to mention news on the Internet is constantly updated and news sources like Twitter are going to change the way we get our information.  For instance the next time we have an earthquake here in the Bay area, jump on Twitter and I’ll bet you’ll know where the earthquake epicenter was and how strong it was within about 10 minutes.  Try getting that type of information from a newspaper.  I joked with someone at work that with all of the newspapers I collect, some day I am going to pick one up and run over to someone and say “hey did you hear the Titanic just sank?”  :)  If the newspapers were smart they would offer exclusive content like magazines but for the most part they really don’t.  I’ll pay for content and just recently subscribed to Inc. Magazine (it is great) and Fast Company for a whopping $15/yer for both which I thought was a great deal.  I subscribe to Linux Journal and opted for the electronic edition about 6 months ago which allowed me to download about 5 years of old issues.  I think it is time to cancel my newspaper subscription but what about you?  Is the future maybe a hybrid of technologies like TV/Internet/IPTV etc?  I think it is…

Posted in In the News on December 27th, 2008 by Jeremy at 7:32 am with (5 views)

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