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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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Things We Like (February 2013)

NTEN

Could you leave your laptop at home ? But then, who wouldn't want an 8-foot wide, 900 pound iPod dock ? NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward co-authored a book with longtime NTEN Member Allyson Kapin. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Be honest, now. Yep, we're pretty sure that's a sign.

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Thinking tech for a 14 year old with autism

Judi Sohn

Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. An iPhone or iPod Touch is too small for her to get much use out of the keyboard with her fine motor challenges. She loves to read and it will be great for her to be able to keep so many books with her. I would be a steaming pile of mess without it all.

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Thinking tech for a 14 year old with autism

Judi Sohn

Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. An iPhone or iPod Touch is too small for her to get much use out of the keyboard with her fine motor challenges. She loves to read and it will be great for her to be able to keep so many books with her. I would be a steaming pile of mess without it all.

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Are you on the Mobile Bandwagon?

Connection Cafe

I branched out with an iPod touch, and that was my gateway into the smartphone world. It's my email, my camera, my book, my photo album, my Facebook account, my bank, the way I order pizza, and sometimes I even use it to make calls. And I've never looked back. I take my phone everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE.

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Why I won’t be buying Leopard

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m not liking Apple’s increasingly closed and monopolistic tendencies when it comes to the iPod and iPhone. have you thought about which laptop might be best to load Ubuntu up on? I don’t use my Mac much anymore – I migrated to Linux as my main desktop, and will be sticking there.

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Game Friday: Do Games Have to Be Fun To Be Good?

Museum 2.0

Scott McCloud makes a similar argument for "sequential art" in his excellent book Understanding Comics. The same way everyone knows that a book is different from a magazine is different from a memo, someday everyone might know that a video game is different from a home game is different from a work game, etc.

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