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no, I mainly switched to reading physical books from the local public library. the oxford a very short introduction series has been a nice drop in replacement
by sandwichsphinx 2y ago
no, I mainly switched to reading physical books from the local public library. the oxford a very short introduction series has been a nice drop in replacement
- kleiba 2y agoBut are books and blogs even in the same info sphere? It seems to me that they address quite different information needs. Also, I'm wondering to what degree social networks (tiktok etc.) have replaced blogs as a main source for information, whether appropriately so or not.
- sandwichsphinx 2y agobooks in general, no, but in my experience the oxford very short introduction series is because it covers the same type of writing of the blogs I would read, the typically short form niche expertly things on substack/medium/blogspot/etc etc. not a lot of people seem to be familiar with the series, I wasn't until I randomly saw a dedicated corner at my library https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/?type=listing&lang=en&cc=us https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-... they have almost a tiny book for any specific niche subject and until I run out of books in this list to read, I don't really have a need for reading blogs anymore
- authorfly 2y agoThere was a trend in 2000-2010 to publish blog backlogs as books. For me growing up before widespread availability of a home or school computer I could usually access, yet when hacker culture was proliferating in the US, these were a godsend.
- andyjohnson0 2y agoI'm not gen Z, but my experience (parent) of late gen-Zers suggests they don't read books or blogs much.