Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein, US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955) On one level, the discussion over the environmental impact of ebooks and ebook readers, as compared to traditional books, is a little like the medieval discussions over how many angels can dance [...]
August 15, 2010
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Obsolete e-readers, out-of-date computer books
I devoted a good portion of this cloudy, humid Sunday morning digging through the attic, collecting and boxing ancient electronics gear to take to the recycling center on Monday. Ancient, in these days of accelerating product releases, is anything more than about six years old. If you’re talking about cell phones or MP3 players, you [...]
July 4, 2010
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Is book publishing about to slide into the sea?
In an unapologetically wistful article for the Baltimore Sun, Garrison Keillor envisioned a future where books spring up like wildflowers, unattended by the meticulous gardening skills of editors, and the democratization of publishing will lead to a vast wasteland of uninspired, pedestrian ebooks to be read only by friends and family. As much as I [...]
July 4, 2010
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Survey of iPad reader apps
Jason Perlow’s Tech Broiler blog offers a nice rundown on the reader apps available on Apple’s iPad, including the strengths and weaknesses of each. Besides the native iBooks reading application (which runs on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch), other major players with apps targeting the tablet include: Kindle for iPad, Barnes & Nobel eReader, Kobo [...]
July 2, 2010
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Beyond Oil Addiction
Back in the early aughts, me and Mike Brune (now the head of the Sierra Club) and Jen Krill (today the executive director of the group Earthworks) launched a national grassroots campaign to push U.S. auto companies to move away from oil. I was working then at Global Exchange, Brune and Krill were at Rainforest Action Network, and we hoped that by combining the forces of our two organizations we could jumpstart a new conversation about how our reliance on fossil fuels jeopardized not only the environment but also human rights and national security. The centerpiece of our campaign was a call to “break America’s oil addiction.”
July 1, 2010
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Quoted: on the Finnish right to broadband access
“We considered the role of the Internet in Finns’ everyday life. Internet services are no longer just for entertainment.”
— Suvi Linden, Finland’s communication minister, on why, starting today, all Finland residents will have…
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September 12, 2010
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