Instant Gratification

The Internet has brought about an era that makes instant gratification possible. This instant gratification makes reading articles more intuitive. I personally prefer to read articles on paper, however, when it comes to tech articles one can click on a hyperlink and be directed to a companies/products website. Also, it is easier to look up things while reading an article.

In Farhad Manjoo's The Death of Planned Obsolescence, this instant gratification made the article better and more interesting. Manjoo talked a lot about different companies and products. While reading the article on paper I was not able to look at these companies and products, however, once I read it online I get a better feel and was able to look at the companies. The one problem is that a short article online took me about twice to three times longer to read because I ended up looking things up on the Internet.

Now I do not believe that the Internet will overtake the print article because there is always a place for print in the world, I just believe that reading tech articles online is better because of the instant gratification that one can get.