Week 3: Thing 7 (Blog Post about Anything Tech Related)

My tech topic: Newspapers online. Well, I am trying to get into them. I love reading newspapers and always try to read one wherever I travel to get a feel for the local scene. I also like getting quick information or reprints of articles online or to be able to e-mail an article to a friend. But reading the entire newspaper online, well, I am trying to get into this. I had a trial subscription to a major city newspaper (total online edition, not the quick summaries or major articles like I can get from the T-N or a free newspaper website) and I can actually read it page by page just like I had it in my hands. I certainly can read the major news stories, but it is the smaller columns that I seem to miss when I read online, even if I really try to catch everything. So it is still not the same...although much cheaper than a mail subscription or home delivery. I love technology and certainly get a lot of my news online these days, so I will keep trying...