Tag Archives: technology

Jul
24
2009

How Amazon Killed the e-book

I like new technology.  I like Amazon.com.   I hate the Kindle.  Actually, I love the Kindle, but I hate what Amazon has done with the business model around it.
If you need, for example, Sparknotes for Hamlet right now, you can get it through Barnes & Noble’s new e-book offering, but you’ll fail tomorrow’s English [...]

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Nov
18
2008

Wrong information or no information?

Anyone who rides the New York City subway knows that you pretty much never know when the next train is going to come.  You get to the platform and hope you didn’t just miss one.  For the most part, its just random luck (although schedules apparently exist in some secret location that even train operators [...]

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Nov
06
2008

Cell phone key lock (almost)

A few months ago I purchased a BlackBerry Pearl.  I was faithful to my previous 4-year old BlackBerry, but it was finally time for a new one.  It seemed like a no-brainer to go for the “new and improved” model.  All-in-all, the phone is fine, but there is one MAJOR design flaw that is just [...]

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