Posted July 29th, 2010 by Mike
As I’ve mentioned, I’m trying out a B&N Nook and an iPad for use in corporate document delivery and overall communications. Here’s a quick snapshot of my findings. A couple notes, the Kindle didn’t make my initial cut for various reasons, primarily because it’s more of a retail outlet than an e-reader. I probably will [...]
Posted July 27th, 2010 by Mike
Last night I saw a special on the OLPC computers in our area, and whether they’re making a difference. The results seemed to be disappointing. Then today I saw this article today about how a school board had made a bad hardware decision and had to void a contract. It contained this quote at the [...]
Posted July 8th, 2010 by Mike
The e-reader wars have begun. Apples iBook/iPad combo is the media darling, but the rest of the world is rapidly comoditizing in response.. B&N’s nook, Amazon’s Kindle, and Sony’s ‘something’ have all had prices slashed lately. (I would say the name of Sony’s reader except they’d probably require a royalty on the intellectual property.) B&N [...]
Posted July 6th, 2010 by Mike
There was a funny routine in interactions with my father-in-law. It is funny to me now because of how consistent it was. It happened after most visits where we had a sit-down lunch or dinner. First, we’d go into the living room and sit in front of the TV in the two blue recliners. Many [...]
Posted July 2nd, 2010 by Mike
Kinda sad…if you’re one of those people into thriving economies of liberty and democracy. I maintain that all of this talk about “when things get better” and “when the economy improves” are missing a key component: how? I believe our economy is: * Too dependent on government spending (Thanks Dems!) * Way too biased toward [...]