Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.
Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.
I spend a lot of time reading.
We all learn best in our own ways. Some people do better studying one subject at a time, while some do better studying three things at once. Some people do best studying in structured, linear way, while others do best jumping around, surrounding a subject rather than traversing it. Some people prefer to learn by manipulating models, and others by reading.
I try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority to read at least one newsweekly from cover to cover. If I were to read what intrigues me- say, the science and business sections - then I would finish the magazine the same person I was when I started. So I read it all.
My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.
Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.
The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
Some people read off of their Palms and Pocket PCs, but the real immersible reading experience takes a full-screen device.
You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard - in other words a netbook - will be the mainstream on that.
Test scores aren't perfect, but having a test score for math or reading or other things that we can objectively measure is a meaningful component that makes a lot of sense.
