True confessions: my degree is in English Lit. So I was more excited than most to finally receive my nook, the Barnes & Noble e-reader that competes with Amazon's Kindle. Right out of the box, with a simple registration, the nook had my library loaded and ready to read. SuperFreakonomics right next to Pride and Prejudice.
A useful tool? Or just another toy? Well, it's both. Right now, you can subscribe to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. And since they are stored in a device that's about the size of a paperback book, you might actually read those longer articles you always mean to get to, but rarely do. Think how smart you'll look on your next business trip reading What the Dog Saw. Or even better, let them think that's what you're reading, when you're really flipping through the latest Patricia Cornwall novel and sipping the in-flight Bloody Mary Mix.
The nook handles documents and music as well, because it's really just a giant hard-drive. I'll update you on those works in a few. Like all new technologies, some of the user interfaces feel clunky at first and the e-paper screen is different (but WAY easier on the eyes).
The arctic blast is moving in tonight. Guess I'll go curl up with a good e-reader.
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