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Once in a while, a book comes along that contains ground-breaking insights. Such is the case with a book I've listened to over the past couple of days, the Audible audio book version of ‘The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” by author Tim Wu. “The Master Switch” is a compelling look into the history of major
I just finished listening to the unabridged Audible audio book version of “The Man Who Lied To His Laptop” by Clifford Nass and Corina Yen. After many years of working as a software interface design consultant, Clifford Nass has developed the theory that human brains cannot completely and fundamentally distinguish the difference between interacting with people and interacting with devices.
Imagine a school that passes out Amazon Kindles instead of printed textbooks. No books at all, zilch, zero, nada – everything electronic. Printing costs could be completely eliminated, along with a myriad of associated problems – replacement books, textbook obsolescence, and book disposal to mention but a few. A single high-battery-life device such as a Kindle would suffice for replacing
Shortly after getting my HTC Evo phone, one of the initial apps I downloaded from the Android Marketplace was the Amazon Kindle app with the idea I’d probably check it out at some point. Weeks went by, and I pretty much ignored the app. Yesterday I was talking to a good friend that is in the process of formatting e-books
If the electronics industry has anything to do with it 2010 will be the year that the e-book finally gets off the ground. They've been kicking around for years - I remember reading stuff from Peanut Press on my Palm III back in the '90s. Anyway, this isn't going to be about e-books and their rise, but rather about a study
Electronic readers have been a hotbed as of late. Audio books are other ways to get the content on the go. Last week Google posted a bunch of open domain books, but did you know that there is also a service that lets you download open domain audio books? A couple weeks ago I found out about Librivox.org - a
Report in from the DragonMount blog that a new author has been chosen to complete the Wheel of Time series. When Robert Jordan died earlier this year he was midway through the 12th and last book of the Wheel of Time series which has been one of the better and more popular fantasy book series in recent times.