In an interview with MediaBistro , Seth Godin declares that he has given up on writing books. With 12 in the bag, he no longer thinks that the traditional publishing process is “worth the effort”.
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Weighing up the benefits of traditional book publishing
In an interview with MediaBistro , Seth Godin declares that he has given up on writing books. With 12 in the bag, he no longer thinks that the traditional publishing process is “worth the effort”
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Weighing up the benefits of traditional book publishing
Writing on Mashable, Jennifer Grove announces that you can Become the Master of Any Subject with a Suite of New iPhone Apps . Using the new series of quiz apps from KnowPro , the world of learning is at your fingertips.
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There’s more to learning than a quiz
A recent posting on Mashable reports some interesting data from Resolve Market Research based on an online survey of potential purchasers and active users of iPads, smart phones, e-readers and portable video game devices in the USA. It provides some insights into the uses early adopters are finding for their iPads and the effect this is having on competitive devices: The iPad was initially positioned as a device for reading, watching videos and web browsing
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So how are people really using the iPad?
It’s fashionable to sneer at the idea that a particular technology is merely a solution looking desperately for a problem to justify its existence.
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A solution looking for a problem? That’s OK
I didn’t mean to get an iPad. I’ve even written rather cynical posts about it. But one sort of dropped in my lap.Sort of
Don’t Shoot the Messenger , in a recent issue of The Economist, emphasised just how much new media have been resisted over the ages. The stimulus was Obama’s recent seemingly technophobic pronouncement that “With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations—none of which I know how to work—information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment.” As the article points out, Obama “joined a long tradition of grumbling about new technologies and new forms of media.” Apparently – and you’ll never believe this – Socrates objected to the spread of writing because it would cause people to rely on written texts rather than their memory
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Before we criticise the next new medium …
May 26
Connie Malamed’s posting First iPad University Course drew my attention to the mini MBA course being put together by Rutgers University and Apple’s higher education team. Connie describes how “Rather than placing all the course content online, the program will take place in the classroom, but will provide students with iPads loaded with all required reading material, videos and custom applications.” First thoughts are, at least for me, a sense of excitement at such a bold new use of new technology
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Ready-loaded iPad educator