On Saturday 19 November 2005 08:37, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'm curious to know what people think about hardcopy documentation verses electronic form. For most purposes, such as simply looking things up, I prefer electronic form. For books which are intended to be read from start to finish, or at least large section are intended to be read as a whole, I prefer hardcopy.
I find that e-books tend to collect e-dust when I have only an electronic version. Anybody else have a similar experience?
Steven
I've had a safari account for the last 4 years (ever since it was added to the active state pro packages). And by now I can't work with out... The advantage of searching all those book for a code excerpt matching my needs is priceless. Ditto for finding an explanation for some problem I'm having. Next to these mailing lists, it's the second leg I've built my "know how" upon. As a BOSS at Bank of America once said: "It's not how much you know that matters, but how much you where to find the answer to". So lets call it "reference material". But when I want to learn a new topic, to really study something, then I find the book I want to read at safari, and order it from amazon.com. My learning process works a lot better when I'm not sitting straight at a desk staring directly at a screen, (Never mind all the distractions modern communications bless us with! ) A hot cup of tee, a nice couch in front of a warm fireplace, and the hard book works so much better for me! Jerry