Friday, October 17, 2008

Audiobooks

I came accross someone sitting in the metro with their headphones on but i couldn't hear any music, it was more like someone talking, telling a story. I thought that was pretty strange. It was a long trip and i couldn't help but feed my curiosity so i thought i'd ask the girl what it was she was listening to. She told me it was something called an audiobook. She uses it because she doesnt usually have time to read books apart from during her daily commute. Because she gets dizzy when reading in a moving vehicle, a friend of hers suggested she could listen to audiobooks. I thought this was so fascinating. 

This is a way of transfering knowledge! Those that are lazy to type things up or video it (like i mentioned in one of my previous posts) will find this rather simple. You could have a verbal blog! I actually don't know if this already exists. But I think it's a cool idea. I don't know about others but usually if i'm asked to explain something, i'm more comfortable speaking it rather than writing it out. So this form of knowledge transfer would work well for people like me or people with disabilities.