[bookshare-discuss] Re: Submitted: Tahiti, a paradise lost

  • From: Monica Willyard <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:33:00 -0500

Shelley, thanks for making me feel less crazy! (smile) Yes, I find myself reaching for the keyboard to fix scannos when I'm reading now. It's a reflex. I've gotten to where I physically hide my wireless keyboard when I read for pleasure so I will be able to read without fixing anything. I was beginning to wonder if I'd developed a strange, neurotic complex. Lol. You're right about the perfectionism thing corrupting us. I used to think a scan rated good here was totally awesome because it was better than no book at all. I accepted scannos as just part of reading. I used to hardly notice if there was a header on each page as I was reading. Now I do notice these things, and I even sometimes notice page numbers when they're out of order. Heaven forbid! I may start noticing the extra line breaks that bug the Braille users one of these days. (grin)


Monica Willyard

At 06:56 AM 2/5/2007, you wrote:
Ah, Monica, but if you are like me, you will want to edit that text if you
hear an obvious ooopsie, smile.

Or at least that is the impulse I have to fight.  Luckily the Book Courier
doesn't allow me to do any editing.

I wasn't a perfectionist with my scans before I came to Bookshare, you all
have corrupted me, but.... I will proudly admit the perfectionism has not
spread to my apartment or my teaching, fewwwwwww, sigh of relief.

Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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