I read incessantly back when I was commuting, until I was given a smartphone (older blackberry) for work, with a rudimentary web browser. I still read incessant

I read incessantly back when I was commuting, until I was given a smartphone (older blackberry) for work, with a rudimentary web browser. I still read incessantly, but on a screen instead of on dead trees. Today, with a modern smartphone and decent web browser, it's hard to imagine not being able to get something useful done during travel downtime; my iPhone and my wife's G1 are fantastic portable desktops if, like us, most of your interesting bits are online already anyway.