Well I can't help but know about the new software, as I was alerted about it
every time I opened up the BARD app on my iPad for the past two days. Since I'm
perfectly happy doing what I'm doing, I have no plans to use the new software,
although I don't begrudge those who wish to play with it. It's been my
observation that some people will immediately flock to get the latest and
greatest new and shiny whatever simply it's the latest and greatest new and
shiny whatever. I just let them have their fun and continue living my life.
Kevin LaRose
Anderson, IN
Email: kl1964@xxxxxxxxxx
On Dec 23, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Everyone is talking about this new software that is available on the BARD
website, I mean everyone on 3 different lists. Having already gotten myself
in difficulty with the moderator of BARD Talk, I won't express my feelings
on that list. So, you all on Blind Democracy, can be my non judgmental
friends. It may be that this software is helpful to some people. People who
want to sort through categories quickly, perhaps. I also gather that once
you've downloaded the software and logged in, you don't have to log in each
time you use it as you do with the BARD site. And it has a capability to
unzip and transfer books to your cartridge, SD card, or whatever. But since
the Humanware Companion software unzips and transfers books, those from
Bookshare as well as from BARD, and since I'm not interested in downloading
large numbers of books or sorting through categories, I'm quite satisfied
doing things as I have. But what is amazing to me is how everyone on these
lists, or at least almost everyone, feels impelled to play with this new
software, even though many have been quite satisfied with their current
methods of using the BARD site. Some folks expressed resentment, innitially,
at a new piece of software, but very quickly they submitted to the pressure
from the moderator and the majority of list members. They apologized
profusely for their bad attitudes, tried the new software, and then
determined that they might or might not use it. Some people think it's
wonderful. Some people are spending a lot of time learning to set it up and
use it. Many of these people actually download most of their books to their
I phones so for them, this whole thing appears to me, to be an exercise in
futility. Maybe they just enjoy playing around with new programs or apps or
whatever. All I want to do is get the books I'm interested in reading, in
the way that's easiest and most efficient for me. There've been two days of
messages regarding this thing. By the way, if you haven't heard about it and
want to find it, it's in, "additional links", I think.
Miriam
