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Blast from the Past<\/p><\/div>\n

This article about eBooks and eBook Readers from the snooty bastards at Time Magazine got my dander up. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t offer it to venerate the snobbish tone, but to illustrate the kind of mocking resistance eBook and other technologies face from the establishment. (When I say “establishment” I mean, powers-that-be, status quo… that type of thing.)<\/p>\n

Any journalist who can write: “Readers under 30 are scarce. They were raised on spending time on PCs and playing video games. Many are under-educated and can barely read at all,” is playing with generalizations that discount any value one could find in the article. And frankly, it shows a lack of respect for Time’s readership, many of whom have raised these “under-educated” under 30’s.<\/p>\n

It’s also important to note this piece was published on Time’s online presence–a\u00c2\u00a0presence that I’m sure was predicted to fail by similar insecure pundits …<\/p>\n

Also important to note that Time is a partner of CNN’s… yah<\/em>? And they’ve got to be a bit nervous, since a company with a parent so entrenched in the digital world (TIMEWARNER<\/a><\/strong>) should have been out of the blocks long ago with its own eNews reader…\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Can you say:\u00c2\u00a0asleep at the switch?<\/em><\/p>\n