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Are E-Books Greener Than Printed Books?

Tech Soup

It’s been awhile since I posted on the TechSoup for Libraries blog on whether digital books and the devices that people use to read them like Kindles, Nooks, and tablet computers are greener than printed books. Be that as it may, e-reader devices and e-books are here to stay. In my " Are E-Readers Greener Than Books

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

With our Read2Go app, Bookshare members can now search, download and read Bookshare books and periodicals on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices. We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices.

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The iPad will probably be a great device. Someday.

Judi Sohn

At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch. I didn't buy an iPod until its 5th generation. She gets her books, magazines and newspapers on paper. But I'm a realist, not a fangirl. I bought my first iPhone at round 2.

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The iPad will probably be a great device. Someday.

Judi Sohn

At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch. I didn't buy an iPod until its 5th generation. She gets her books, magazines and newspapers on paper. But I'm a realist, not a fangirl. I bought my first iPhone at round 2.

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Has Apple become evil? No, but they are getting stupid.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I like my 60G iPod that I’ve had for a while, and although I tire of lugging around three electronic devices (cell phone, Palm, iPod), and that my current phone is about to fall apart, the cost and the fact that it was so new made me decide not to go for it, even though AT&T is my carrier. The iPod is a rip off.

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008. He was the keynote speaker at the 2012 NTC this year talking about the ideas in his recent book, “ Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don’t Work.” From SXSW Session: Shut Up and Draw.

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The Kindle: Pretty Cool!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Amazon.com: Kindle This is the first ebook product that gives me a vision of where the book is going to go. Sort of like the iPod: not the first of its type, but the one that pointed the way forward and ignited the field. Sort of like the iPod: not the first of its type, but the one that pointed the way forward and ignited the field.

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