Words of wisdom from a combustable amphibian.
At my day job, I’m on a committee that organizes an annual conference. Yesterday prior to our meeting we were e-mailed three documents that would be discussed. I printed them out, took them to the meeting, made a few notes on my notepad, then tossed them in the recycle bin when I got back to [...]
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In this video, titled “The REAL Daily Prophet?”, we get another introduction to e-ink. What’s cool about this clip is that we’re given an look at color e-ink displays capable of playing video. This is a huge step forward. Once these guys are on the market (sadly we have to wait another 3-5 years), I [...]
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I need to learn to not be such a format snob.
The irony is not lost on me. Among many other things, I publish e-books and I’m a big proponent of the same. So why did I just drop more than $50 on two books (and a toy for my tadpole)? Why? For one reason, I [...]
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In yet another case of old meeting new, the Britannica blog has an essay on a unique bookstore that pays homage to printing at its finest. If you love books–the weight, the smell of ink, the feel of a hardback cover–then this store is for you. According to the article, the Librissime in Montreal [...]
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Two articles caught my eye today during my morning skimming of feeds. First, GalleyCat reports on a proposal for a radical realignment in how university presses operate . The proposal suggests that universities leverage their material into searchable, online collections. The report suggests that these works could be sliced and diced into smaller segments of [...]
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