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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'notes'
Margin Notes in eBooks
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I was disappointed to read the conclusion drawn by this recent New York Times article. The writer, Dirk Johnson, makes it sound like margin notes have no future in the ebook world. I couldn’t disagree more.
Study Blue lets you share your class notes online
February 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
So I got another spam email today in my old college email account and it brings up something of a quandary. The email was from Study Blue, an online notes repository. This is a site where you can upload and organize the notes you type up for a class (or meeting). It’s geared strictly towards [...]
Notes from an electronic ink exhibit & conference in Berlin
November 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows
There was an art exhibit and conference last week in Berlin. Actually there probably were several exhibits, but the one I’m interested in focused on electronic ink. I obviously wasn’t able to attend, and right now I’m really regretting not getting someone to go on my behalf. Check out the lead picture (bigger version at [...]
New Sony Readers lets you export your notes, highlights, and annotations
November 10th, 2010 · 13 Comments · software reviews
So my Sony Reader review units finally arrived (I must have been really far down the list). I just got them yesterday, so I’m still in the early stages of playing with them to see what they can do. But I found a feature that I really want you to see: Sony lets you export [...]
Notescraper exports your Kindle notes into Evernote
September 30th, 2010 · 9 Comments · software news
One e-reader feature that’s always been important to me is note taking, and more importantly getting the notes off the e-reader. I found a new way to do that with the Kindle. I just came across an app called Notescraper. It only works on a Mac, unfortunately, so I haven’t tried it. But the good [...]
The Edge & the right way to handle notes
April 10th, 2010 · 7 Comments · hardware reviews
Today I came across a feature that the Edge got right. The main reason I noticed is that everyone else gets it wrong. One critical feature that most e-readers miss is annotation. To be more exact, the missing feature is how to get annotations off the e-reader. Okay, it’s not important for the basic models, [...]
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