As you might now, Cory Doctorow is on a book tour right now to promote For the Win, his latest novel. He was interviewed by Aleks Krotolski of the Guardian. Here’s an excerpt: Your young adult novels are concerned with the political issues surrounding new technologies, such as questions of privacy. Why? Kids’ relationship with [...]
Entries from May 23rd, 2010
Live Webcast Tomorrow
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · webcast
Beyond the Book will be having a live webcast tomorrow at 2:30pm Eastern. BTB is a weekly podcast by the Copyright Clearance Center. I may not always listen to it, but I subscribe to this podcast. It’s usually worth a listen. Here is what they had to say about tomorrow: The e-revolution is upon us. [...]
Video on Psion handhelds
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · video
The handhelds in this video were developed by Psion. This is a rather obscure UK company who, in the mid 1980′s, developed the world’s first handheld computer. The picture at left is a Psion 1. Trust me, they got better fast. Wikipedia
Amazon as a game changer
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Sarah Weiman just posted an article over on Daily Finance, in which she argues that Amazon could be a game changer in publishing. Here’s the important part: With only 3% of the American book market devoted to translated fiction, that gambit seems likely to succeed, considering the international edition of the Kindle is now available [...]
The Life of the Open Web
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
This morning Virginia Heffernan wrote an editorial in the NYTimes Magazine in which she argues that the open web is going to be killed off by paywalls and closed browsing experiences (like the iPhone). I disagree with her conclusion (she also has a detail wrong, too). People who find the Web distasteful — ugly, uncivilized [...]
Kobo e-reader update: Bluetooth, Review video, Australia
May 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, hardware reviews, Uncategorized
There have been a couple of interesting events in the past week. I decided to bring them all together into one post. Bluetooth As you know, the Kobo e-reader has Bluetooth, and you can use the Bluetooth to transfer files. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that well yet. There is a report from an early adopter [...]
Print isn’t Dead
May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
I found a second article on the Huffington Post that I’d like to share. Jennifer Hannever has taken an opposing viewpoint to J A Kornrath. Books are not going anywhere. Neither is publishing. Since Gutenberg made his epic contribution to the human race, publishing has secured a place as one of the largest and most [...]
Le Morte de print
May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · humor
J A Kornrath has a clever article over on the Huffington Post. It’s written in the form of a conversation at a support group for obsolete industries and technologies. It’s a very funny read. Here’s an excerpt: Phone Company: I remember when you couldn’t walk twenty yards in a city without seeing a pay phone. [...]
Blog Maintenance
May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · blog maintenance
I want to give advance warning that I’m going to be doing some maintenance and upgrades between 11pm and midnight eastern US. The blog might change while you are reading a post. I apologize for the inconvenience, but the work has to be done sometime. I’ll also be trying new themes for the blog.
Tags:blog·maintenance
Hands on video: Kindle for Android
May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Android, video
I’m impressed. This is a lot better than I was expecting. I’m really looking forward to seeing it on a 7″ tablet. Android Central via Gear Diary Update: I just found another video from a different source.
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