Comments on: Episode 63 – Never Do Anything That Involves Human Beings https://digitalcampus.tv/2010/12/episode-63-never-do-anything-that-involves-human-beings/ A discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 By: Meg Ecclestone https://digitalcampus.tv/2010/12/episode-63-never-do-anything-that-involves-human-beings/#comment-260 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:16:29 +0000 http://digitalcampus.tv/?p=363#comment-260 Further to the discussion in the podcast regarding university presses: “Publishers Join Forces to Sell E-Books to Libraries” http://chronicle.com/article/Publishers-Join-Forces-to-Sell/124261/
(From Jennifer Howard, who you also mention in the podcast).

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By: Keith Kelso https://digitalcampus.tv/2010/12/episode-63-never-do-anything-that-involves-human-beings/#comment-259 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:48:45 +0000 http://digitalcampus.tv/?p=363#comment-259 On the netbook issue, I’m with Amanda: I have one now, and if I had to replace it I would likely buy another. The only thing that would keep me from putting Chrome OS on it rather than Windows is the robust features of Word, versus Google Docs. For taking notes Docs would be fine, but it just doesn’t have the features I would need to write & properly format a research paper.

That said, if Docs was robust enough for me to give up Word, I’d probably be willing to move to a tablet (plus an external keyboard for note-taking) full-time. The only dilemma then would be the limitation of having only one window/app open at a time, but this may be changing soon (I believe someone is debuting a dual-screen Android device soon).

On Google eBooks, I am optimistic that they will be making upgrades to the UI that will make it more user-friendly. One of the biggest things for me, as one of you mentioned, is the inability to copy & paste text, and along the same lines, the inability to highlight (which I’d love to be able to do when I’m reading on my Android phone, especially). Knowing Google’s history of constant improvement, I believe these features will be introduced eventually, and when they are this will be an excellent research tool.

This was my first time listening to the podcast, by the way. It was excellent, and I’ll definitely be watching for future episodes!

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