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E-readers: preliminary review of iPad vs. Nook

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 [...]

Filed under:corporate, geeky, infotech

Technology and schools…rookie mistakes

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 [...]

Filed under:corporate, geeky

The E-Reader Wars

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 [...]

Filed under:DRM, geeky, infotech

Requiem of the Blue Chair

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 [...]

Filed under:family

Latest economic numbers are in

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 [...]

Filed under:economy, politics