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;How do you think Electronic Publishing is evolving with the rapid development of reading devices like iPad, NOOK, Kindle and the major use of ebooks?: To me, the interesting questions are more along the lines of: Who will write books? What will be the relationship between reading and writing? What is the future of copyright and the commercialization of writing.

;How do you think Electronic Publishing is evolving with the rapid development of reading devices like iPad, NOOK, Kindle and the major use of ebooks?: To me, the interesting questions are more along the lines of: Who will write books? What will be the relationship between reading and writing? What is the future of copyright and the commercialization of writing.

;Do you think in the near future this kind of electronic publishing will hamper the growth of children as they will be devoid of physically reading a book and understand the values that come along with it?: I think that the difference is not so much paper vs plastic; but rather, to what extent does an electronic interface afford the freedom to write and share margin notes (or the books themselves) to engage in personal expression, etc. The physicality of electronic media is not the issue.

;Do you think in the near future this kind of electronic publishing will hamper the growth of children as they will be devoid of physically reading a book and understand the values that come along with it?: I think that the difference is not so much paper vs plastic; but rather, to what extent does an electronic interface afford the freedom to write and share margin notes (or the books themselves) to engage in personal expression, etc. The physicality of electronic media is not the issue.

;In context of the famous phrase by Marshal McLuhan, “medium is the message”, how do you think technology will evolve in the coming years? All forms of communication and information will be the material itself rather than a separate physical device.: McLuhan was wrong. The message is the message. We use different media

;In context of the famous phrase by Marshal McLuhan, “medium is the message”, how do you think technology will evolve in the coming years? All forms of communication and information will be the material itself rather than a separate physical device.: McLuhan was wrong. The message is the message. We use different media to deliver it, more or less intact.

to deliver it, more or less intact.

2. Sugar Labs is applying to Google Code-in (GCI), "a contest for pre-university students (e.g., high school and secondary school students) with the goal of encouraging young people to participate in open source."

2. Sugar Labs is applying to Google Code-in (GCI), "a contest for pre-university students (e.g., high school and secondary school students) with the goal of encouraging young people to participate in open source."