I’m happy to announce I’m a design expert blogger for Fast Company. My blog is called, Design Pragmatist and I’m looking forward to writing like crazy. My first article is, How the iPad Might Bring Us Back to Our Print Roots. More to come soon!
Hi Giovanni,
Loved your first article for Fast. It prompted me to look into e-books as a way to reduce the need for bookshelves, be more green, etc.. The idea of carrying x hundreds or thousands of books on a light book-size device is very appealing. I was quite surprised, and disappointed, that my hunger cannot be satisfied. I first looked into Kindle, due to ability to buy/download Amazon books. Much to my surprise Kindle does not allow handwriting (notes, etc.), which is such a big part of a productive / professional reading experience. Neither does iPad apparently (correct me if I’m wrong). It’s rather strange considering the stylus is not a new invention and there are devices out there that allow designers to draw on screen for instance. Samsung devices do offer this handwriting ability but book supply seems limited. So it looks like there’s serious opportunity for improvement/next gen device.
Best,
