I've decided to move my blog from edublogs to blogger. I was, frankly, a little ill-behooved by edublogs move to a "pay-for" features move. I wonder what others think? Seems like a bit of a step backward in the whole "internet is free" thing. I wonder what their reasoning is for asking customers to pay...maybe they simply can't compete with the power that is google???
I was reading an article recently about "what will people pay for online?" Mention was made of how the NYT experimented with a premium service to acess certain parts of the newspaper online, such as some of the more famous editorialists. However, that turned out to NOT be something people want to pay for. Anyhow, this article (which I read holding in my hand, as in a hard copy of the International Herald Tribune, a wonderful newspaper that I received for many, many years...then I let the subscription expire when I moved to from Vietnam to Thailand. A couple months ago I couldn't pass up the "four month special offer". It's delivered to my apartment six mornings a week before 6am. A renewal notice came a few days ago, and I just don't think I'll renew. I really love reading a real newspaper, not to mention doing the crossword puzzle....there is something about being able to see a massive spread of news stories from around the world about a range of topics....a visual appeal that isn't available on the screen (unless of course you've got one big screen!) Anyhow, I'll be moving out of my apartment and into a house this June, so at the very least, those dear copies of the IHT stacking up in the cupboard will be good packing insulation.....
Making Stories Into Games
5 days ago
One of the things I do miss is the crossword puzzles from newspapers. In an attempt to recreate that sensation, last summer I bought several crossword puzzle books. I started doing one a day when I got home from work. Then my attention waned. In the end it wasn't the same as doing a puzzle in the paper. Oh well.
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