Monthly Archives: January 2011

There has been a lot of interest lately in the connection between heavy tech use and the brain. I am not certain what to make of it yet – physical changes, learned patterns resulting in rapid shifts in attentional focus, … Continue reading →

Apple has announced a purchase discount for those purchasing apps in volume. Details are available in an Apple FAQ.

This is an iPad recommendation (with thanks to iPad Today). Diptic is an app for combining images. You have very likely seen this method for displaying photographs in the form of multiple images inserted within a frame. Cindy has created … Continue reading →

“We are spending $8 billion to $15 billion per year on textbooks” in the United States, Mr. McNealy says. “It seems to me we could put that all online for free.” This quote taken from a widely linked NYTimes article. … Continue reading →

I must admit – this one has me confused. Several institutions investigating the use of ebook readers were informed the readers did not meet accessibility requirements. It was reported that while the Kindle dx offers text to speech conversion full … Continue reading →

I bought an iPad today. Now I encounter this post typing folks like me as selfish elites. Ouch. They are six times more likely to be “wealthy, well-educated, power-hungry, over-achieving, sophisticated, unkind and non-altruistic 30-50 year olds,” MyType’s Tim Koelkebeck … Continue reading →