I'm with John on printing out long documents.  Especially if the topic is 
arcane and there are a lot of complex issues covered.  Or if I'm proofreading 
something or doing a fatal flaw review of something someone else wrote.   
Generally,I suspect that in many offices, a lot of officials  still annotate and mark 
up hard copies rather than generating electronic comments only.  

As to newspapers, since I ride the subway (METRO) to work to my job in 
Washington, DC, I prefer to read a paper version of the newspaper during my commute. 
 Yes, I have a Treo 700W which works on the only wireless network available 
underground (Verizon) in DC's subway system.  But no, I don't enjoy reading 
newspapers on so small a screen!  Although I will occasionally check out a 
breaking news story on CNN, etc.while on the subway.  Even at home, I enjoy 
spreading out the newspaper on the kitchen table with my morning cup of coffee on a 
Saturday or Sunday morning.  Ah, relaxation!

As to the email preservation issue I mentioned yesterday, maybe that is 
something I encountered a little earlier than the rest of you.  My sister was very 
tech savvy and took to email early on,  So, I have a lot of email messages 
from her which remain precious to me after her death in 2002.  And which I want 
access to in the future, regardless of whether they were sent and received with 
AOL or Groupwise.  As with the longterm preservation (backup, migration, 
etc.) of personal digital photos, scholarly research notes, and other digital data 
at home, it is the sort of issue that not everyone has thought through in 
terms of future access.  But more and more people will be, I'm sure!.

Maarja

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