by Eric Franklin on March 8, 2010
The data
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the soon-to-be-released iPads coming on April 3rd will include an onboard camera and video chart enabled via iChat [NOTE: I Am wrong. See update at bottom of post]. I think Apple just hinted it very strongly with the commercial that aired during the [...]
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by Eric Franklin on March 7, 2010
I recently discovered the craigmod journal, a smallish set of well-articulated explorations on book design, photography, illustration, and interactive design. Each entry in the craigmod journal is a gem: clear writing, lots of data, thoughtful layout, and beautiful design. It’s a reminder of how wonderful a blog can be when the focus is on quality [...]
by Eric Franklin on February 6, 2010
Charlie Rose spent a little more than 20 minutes discussing the iPad and what it means for users, the media markets, and competitors. So why am I posting this to TPN? I think that this device will be defining our relations to much of the media that we consume in the years ahead. This comes [...]
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by Eric Franklin on January 9, 2010
I’m quite excited to see all of the advances in ebook technology being shown off at CES this week, especially since they stand to move us a lot further down the path of a paperless society. Personally, I wouldn’t mind never using paper again. I get bummed evry time I shop and am handed a [...]
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Ray Kurzweil,
reading
by Eric Franklin on December 8, 2009
I must say, I really like how Google and Bing both work a bit of serendipity into their search engines these days. It helps to go to the site and see a dash of playfulness and personality and adds a human touch, a feeling that there is some editor working on pleasantly surprising the users [...]
by Eric Franklin on December 7, 2009
The Technologizer has written a super in-depth review of the new Nook eReader being sold (though not yet fulfilled) from Barnes and Noble. Overall, he finds it a mixed but promising offering.
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by Eric Franklin on November 3, 2009
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer dove into the discussion about how reading and publishing is changing as a result of big box retailers with their pricing wars and as the web and digital devices begin to circumvent the old publishing industry. It’s a thoughtful 11:30 minute take on the state of the book world [...]
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Lev Grossman,
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Sony eReader
by Eric Franklin on November 2, 2009
Yeah, you heard me right, that’s not a typo – it’s “Vook“. Strange name for a great overall concept and product that’s a harbinger of what’s to come. All you stodgy warthogs who think that it’s only about the printed page need a reality check. Most authors care about delivering their message and the printed [...]
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Gary Vaynerchuk,
review,
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by Eric Franklin on October 3, 2009
Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land has a candid and lengthy interview with Eric Schmidt on the future of newspapers and journalism, along with clarification of Google’s interest in the discussion. It’s a really well-done and thoughtful interview that is well worth your time and may surprise you on many fronts.
I was especially intrigued [...]
by Eric Franklin on September 23, 2009
An interesting look behind the red velvet curtain known as Netflix. You get a bit of the CEO profile (which is worth reading if you’re an internet entrepreneur) and a healthy does of their stealthy, healthy business model.
Rather than design its own product, it would embed its streaming-video service into existing devices: TVs, DVD players, [...]
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