Lightspeed Illuminati

Cloud computing has captured the imaginations of computer users with a simple proposition: all of your stuff will always available in the cloud. Independent software vendors have been rolling out solution after solution to take advantage of this twist that adds a new wrinkle to the concept of digital content ownership. Photographs, music, email, banking [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]