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Openmargin brings margin notes to life

April 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · apps

A new iPad app was announced today that’s going change the way you collaborate. *openmargin has a number of rather interesting features. It seems to offer a lot of what I’ve wanted in terms of sharing. But the app isn’t actually available yet. Until it is, all I have to tide you over is this [...]

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Can a book save your life?

January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · humor, video

Electric Literature decided to start out the new year by putting that old bromide to the test. They gathered together 6 NYTimes Bestsellers and shot them.  Just to be thorough, they also shot a Kindle. If it bothers you that they ruined perfectly good books, look at it this way. At least no one was [...]

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Gourmet Magazine comes back to life on the iPad (video)

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, video

From the press release: Condé Nast will introduce Gourmet Live, an entirely new digital content product, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O. of the company. Gourmet Live is an immersive and interactive content experience built on an ever-expanding collection of articles, menus, photos, videos and more, encouraging social connectivity and [...]

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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 [...]

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