Have you seen the US military's tangled web of a plan for Afghanistan? I really hope they paid that group to make it look complicated for PR purposes, rather than it being something they actually rely on. That is a BAD visualization, which could be much better organized.
As it happens, I have a radical culture-hack qua artistic-project that could theoretically help with problems like this some day. My website is out-of-date and it's complicated, so I'm mostly shy about it.
This post is the beginning of a series on how to destroy all your books while preserving all the information inside them (yes, even your margin notes), for a better and more portable reading experience. Before I go into the how, here is the why...
My wife and I are book fiends. By that I mean we lost the war a long time ago. Several bookshelves are double-layered and stuffed to the brim and book piles teem from behind our couch. We are good customers to the publishing industry. Despite working in a library, I still buy most of the books I read.
I happen to own a 2lb laptop which I can carry everywhere, and love it. On the other hand, I'm still working my way through Against the Day after a year or two, and I mostly blame the fact that it's too heavy to bring on the subway conveniently.