The promise of enhanced ebooks has been around since the first text flickered on a computer screen, but this promise has rarely been realized in practice. Most past efforts to create computer-based books with embedded digital media elements have been cumbersome, slow, difficult to navigate, and—all in all—not worth the effort. An entire industry rose [...]
May 2, 2011
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Presentation tools are getting better
I invested some time yesterday investigating the presentation capabilities of Apple Keynote and was pleasantly surprised at the results. The transitions between slides are clean and professional. The animated effects are top-notch. After a bit of orientation, the interface makes it very easy to adjust timing, add audio, and tweak the overall presentation. For anyone [...]
January 22, 2011
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Is this the year of the ebook?
Sun rising in the ebook realm? Are you ready to strike it rich with ebooks? Sorry, you’ve come to the wrong post. The world of pork belly futures and other commodity speculation is best left to those deep-pocketed captains of industry who think they can catch the scent of market trends like a sniffer dog [...]
November 16, 2010
Cooking up the perfect e-reader
As of late, the blogosphere has been burning with passionate posts comparing the current crop of e-readers and e-reader capable tablets—particularly the Kindle and iPad, but also the legions of newly introduced devices, such as the NookColor, the Kobo ebook reader, and the WISEreader. The comparisons often bristle with the zealous conviction of judges on [...]
October 15, 2010
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A passionate focus on design and the user experience
What does it take to design and develop a truly unique computing device? In this interview by Leander Kahney in Cult of Mac, John Scully offers insights into the demanding, autocratic approach of Steve Jobs, how the company almost went bankrupt in a rudderless pursuit of commodity computing, and why designing with a perfectionist focus [...]
September 21, 2010
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Some thoughts about future ebooks
Although interest in ebooks is escalating, the ultimate possibilities of electronic publishing are still a topic of imaginative conversations. This video from IDEO suggests a few ways books might be expanded and enhanced using social networking, collaboration, and cross linking. The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on [...]
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May 7, 2011
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