I like the idea of ebooks and ereaders (I do, I really do) but…I want full color, lcd which automatically adjusts to ambient light, readable font (higher dpi to mimic the typeface on paper) , support for all digital media formats, and crossplatform formats for ebooks. Oh, and it should be lightweight, waterproof, dustproof, and freezeproof. this is a start…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vBb3_aZN7g
Question of the day: Has anyone seen the following error when you try to open a pdf file:There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired. My answer (I have lots of experience with bad PDF files… long story .. not my fault, though, I was just an innocent bystander… lol): a few
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112856557 Google stands to be the single repository for millions of the world’s books. Advocates applaud the organization and the access a digital library can afford. But critics worry about monopoly and profit motives, and what it means for readers’ privacy. Very interesting….
The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence. There are several means by which
interesting, even though I’m not sure the general person needs to know the difference between a browser and a search engine, especially, as companies like google and microsoft offer both. One is just how you get there and the other is what you use to search. I certainly am not going to uncollapse my category of search engines/browsers here 😉
I won’t list them all here, but backlight looks cool and lots of fun. I am already using Networked Blogs, which is a social network and blog listing service. It also allows blogs to be pulled into facebook. I’ve had some problems with it truncating my posts from contentdivergent and dropping out embedded video, so I may need to look
Some time ago, I gave up on the notion that I could be an artist and have a completely private life. The thing with being an artist (musician, writer, painter, director, actor, etc…) is that you need fans. You need supporters. You need people to know about your artwork and support your artwork (both financially and intellectually). So, unless you
Interesting post about how facebook uses your email address to connect you to people through friendfinder Delete your info here …which all just goes to show, we all need to stay on top of what information we put out there. I don’t use friendfinder, but apparently my email address was harvested from a couple of mailing lists by people who
Okay, I haven’t quite figured out how useful this, but whoa, is it nifty, cool and kind of addictive.Friendbrowser
This has been making the rounds of the ‘net world and I think it is pretty well done. My vote is cultural shift. Sure, a new technology will come along but the behaviors and ways of INTERACTING with media have changed.