Posts Tagged ‘ The Average Joe ’

Wheres Our Industrys GarageBand?

If you own an iPad you’ve absolutely got to purchase the GarageBand app.  It’s the best $4.99 you’ll spend this week.  I don’t care if you’ve never played a musical instrument in your life.  You need this app. Why am I so fascinated by GarageBand?  FIrst off, it’s a blast to play with.  You’ll...

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The Amazon Android Tablet Id Buy

Amazon is apparently preparing to launch an Android App Store as early as this month.  Meanwhile, GigaOm’s Kevin C. Tofel talks about how the real iPad challenge might come from Amazon in the form of an Android tablet.  I love it! Why?  I could easily jump from iPhone/iPad to the Android platform this summer...

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Pennant iPad App Reinvents The Baseball Encyclopedia

Pennant iPad App Reinvents The Baseball Encyclopedia

If you’re a big baseball fan you probably remember the Baseball Encyclopdia.  The most recent edition from Macmillan is now 15 years old.  It was loaded with career stats and box scores but apparently became too unweildy to keep up-to-date.  The Baseball Encyclopedia was always a terrific reference but not something you’d typically spend...

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Margin Notes in eBooks

Margin Notes in eBooks

I was disappointed to read the conclusion drawn by this recent New York Times article.  The writer, Dirk Johnson, makes it sound like margin notes have no future in the ebook world.  I couldn’t disagree more. In a blog post I wrote late last year I talked about how content mark-up and sharing are...

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