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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. People now read digitized books on laptops, e-readers (like the Kindle or Nook), smartphones, and tablets.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop. We Need to Have a Meeting!

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Case Study: Providing Event Attendees with Wireless Internet via Mobile Broadband

NTEN

They are wonderful people doing amazing work in the world, and they don’t get paid nearly enough for it. My perception through the conference was that we had a little trouble meeting demand during peak periods, a few people had issues connecting, but most people I talked to said it was working great.

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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. Yes, sometimes even to the bathroom (but no, I don't answer it when it rings, although based on my experience there are plenty of people who do). And I've never looked back. I take my phone everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE.

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My personal Blogher To Do List and Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do Audio - Thanks to some inspiration from Lisa Williams , I'm over my audiophobia and relieved to know that I don't have shell out the bucks for Ipod to podcast. I'm going to make an effort to keep in touch via reading and linking to people. Get ecto on my laptop. How to keep plugged into and contribute this blogher community?

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Giving the Gift of Technology

Museum 2.0

I’m not talking about plastic fish that sing along with your iPod (HIGHLY annoying), electric knives, or a subscription to the latest web-based social network cum parallel reality. I’m talking about giving people things they can use, that they would like, that inform and support their lives. What’s the tool someone you love needs?

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

Museum 2.0

It's not disturbing to us that films are made for personal documentation, for training purposes, and as art--few people argue that it is some kind of cosmic distortion to use the same platform for Casablanca as that used for My Trip to Cincinatti. At their core, these are fairly new, interesting platforms for expression and interaction.

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