I try to keep up with the ongoing digitization of offline research materials. For debaters, this isn't such a big issue because of the premium placed on the recency of evidence. But the dependence on Google News, regular search engines, and Lexis can cause debaters to miss important information.
Until now, locked PDFs were the second most annoying card cutting obstacle (after Google Books' security). With this simple tool, they're easily defeated. More inside.
Going paperless changes a lot more about debate than just what materials you bring to the tournament. Almost every facet of the activity—from argument conceptualization to evidence production to in-round execution—will eventually be revamped to harness the advantages and minimizes the limitations of purely electronic debating.
