Discussion

By Eric Vessels on Jun 04, 2021

@Frank have you looked at Remarkable? I have version one and it was a bit unremarkable, but version two looks really promising.

By Dov Isaacs on Jun 04, 2021

As much as one might like the feel and tradition of printed newspapers, there are a number of things going against the printed editions and for digital news delivery:

(1) The 24 hour news cycle. By the time I would get a printed edition of a newspaper, much of the contents is already obsolete and/or superceded. Digital delivery allows for instantaneous updates and corrections.

(2) We are a much more mobile society, often not working “traditional” work hours. We want and need to retrieve our news when not at home where the newspaper is delivered (often in a puddle on the sidewalk, in the bushes, or even on the roof).

(3) There are better solutions for lining bird cages and wrapping fish than yesterday's copy of The New York Times (“All the News that Fits, We Print!”).

(4) Offset Printing — The offsetting of newspaper ink on my clothes, furniture, etc. yields a mess to cleanup

(5) The overhead and cost of printing, delivery, retrieval, and even recycling is quite high and per (1) and (2) above of very questionable value.

- Dov