Monthly Archives: January 2011

CNews offers an article describing the dropping scores of Canadian youth on entry tests of written English. Experience with social media is being blamed for the down turn in performance. I continue to wonder how serious this issue is and … Continue reading →

Apple fan or not, I really like this post by Mark Pilgrim. Once I got past the shock of a platform that made me do it myself, I pretty much made a career out of building things from code and … Continue reading →

It appears that the anticipated iPad is already having an influence on providers. Gizmodo reports that Macmillan no longer wants to go along with the $10 price encouraged by Amazon perhaps assuming that Apple books will go for $15. My … Continue reading →

Here is an interesting post from O’Reilly Radar. This is a slightly different take on the down side of self-selected social media and the dangers in giving information consumers what they want. The consequence – a narrow and perhaps bias … Continue reading →

Mixed reactions to Apple iPad. It is interesting to carefully review the goals (see below). Listen to the presentation (now available as a link from the Apple site). Jobs attempts to make the case that the goal was to be … Continue reading →

We all should probably wait until tomorrow rather than speculate about the Apple tablet. However, it is difficult to resist. Check this post from AppleInsider that embeds a MSNBC video with CEO from McGraw-Hill. Hope our publisher is watching.