10 Dec
2008
10 Dec
'08
8:39 a.m.
On 10 Dec 2008 at 9:31, Jules Richardson wrote:
I've never tried one. For me it's really
emissive display technology which
affects the readability of a document, even more so than its packaging.
For the a few years, an outfit in the music biz has been attempting
to sell an LCD sheet music display device to take the place of
traiditional paper scores. It's quite expensive (about $1K the last
time I checked) and hasn't yet addressed the questions of "What do I
do when some idiot kicks my music stand over?" and "What do I do when
the batteries fail in the middle of a performance?".
Pencil and paper is still king for a lot of folks. Sketching out
schematics or code is still easiest scribbled on paper for me. I
know a number of music composers who wouldn't be caught dead using
anything but manuscript paper and a pencil.
Likewise, there's nothing quite like a printed databook. To those
who suggest a service to print online PDFs, I'd also add that such
services could also add an option to bind the result and print it on
thinner stock than standard letter paper. Sounds like something the
Rocky Ford Bill Gates might think up. (Is he still around?)
Cheers,
Chuck