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“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 →

I just read a Gizmodo post that mentioned Hypercard. Every time I see or hear this magic word I am worthless for the rest of the day (see a blog post from 2002). Is it even possible that something resembling … Continue reading →

There are some great services that aggregate content from other sites for more “practical” viewing.  A touchy issue with any aggregator is whether the original author gets “credit” for his/her effort. The original author may assume the content will be … Continue reading →

This post from TechCrunch confirms what I have been thinking – there really isn’t much out there as a functional alternative to the iPad. I don’t understand this – just give me a larger version of the Droid with wifi, … Continue reading →