I’m coming around to iPad now, two days on. I’m having my mind gradually changed by some of the analysis and reaction out there. A particularly helpful piece from Mac Slocum is on the O’Reilly Radar.
My reactions to the iBooks application stand, but I think the device is possibly more of a potential ‘replacement’ device [...]
revolutionary
on 29 January, 2010 – 12:33 pm
Posted in General
Putting the ‘ding’ into ‘ereading’
on 28 January, 2010 – 11:44 am
Posted in General
After a bit of discussion with friends and colleagues, and more absorption of iPad news, I feel it’s only honest to say that the iPad seems ever so slightly disappointing. It’s convergence, Steve, but not as we’d hoped it might be. I’m aware though, with Stephen Fry’s words ringing in my ears, that I’ve not [...]
Apple iPad
on 27 January, 2010 – 10:59 pm
Posted in General
@stephenfry says: Nothing you can say about the iPad matches the experience of using it. So much more than a large iPhone or small laptop. Stunning feel.
The long-awaited convergence device is here. General chatter about the web seems to be that perhaps the reality doesn’t live up to the iDream (sorry, no more iPuns, I [...]
Welcome to the busiest year ever!
on 22 January, 2010 – 11:53 am
Posted in General, Sara's Manifesto
Hello and welcome to 2010, everyone. In each of the last three years, publishers and the media have asked, ‘Will this year / next year be the year of the ebook?’ I think in 2010 we can all offer a resounding ‘Yes’ to that question. Digitalists, prepare for your busiest year ever!
I hardly need [...]
The Third Player
on 10 November, 2009 – 5:21 pm
Posted in General, Reading devices
When we think of the Big Three West Coast tech firms poised to change publishing, we think Amazon, Apple and Google. Between them they embody a shift in discovery, distribution and hardware in reading and typify a move away from the traditional centres of the book world, in favour of more new media-native presences.
Kindle currently [...]
Don’t Write Off Ereaders Just Yet
on 10 March, 2009 – 4:36 pm
Posted in Reading devices
This picture, taken at the R&D labs of the New York Times (featured on the TOC blog), seems to be saying that far from reading devices going away, they are now on an unstoppable trajectory: investment, diversification, rapid innovation, everything is there.
Yet in many ways, other than the blip that was the Kindle 2.0 launch, [...]
