The incomparable Alan Jacobs has begun blogging at Culture11 about the perfectly Culture Making–worthy topic of "technologies of reading and research and, well, knowledge." Alan is worth reading on any subject, anywhere, so let there be much rejoicing.

re: alan jacobs, language, reading, technology and change

Andy

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I’m interested in how reading on the page differs from reading on screens; in how different kinds of screens enable different kinds of knowledge; in the strategies and tools we employ for information gathering, for information ordering, and for information evaluating. I think a lot about linear and non-linear forms of organizing mental experience, and the technologies that make such organization easier or harder. I wonder about whether we’re really losing serendipity, as so many people say. I’m fascinated by the various speeds at which technologies move and by our ability (or, sometimes, inability) to match those speeds. I wonder what libraries are for and what they will be for.