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Twitter for Airport Travel Hassles

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I listened to music on my Ipod, including Music for Airports. The worst thing about this travel ordeal was the serious lack of healthy snacks on the plane and battery juice for may laptop. My connecting flight out of New York was delayed by 4 hours! We sat on the runway. And darn, no funyons. Thanks everyone!

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Are E-Books Greener Than Printed Books?

Tech Soup

According to Lean Market Research , tablet computers and e-readers are doing to print publishing what the iPod and iTunes did to music. People now read digitized books on laptops, e-readers (like the Kindle or Nook), smartphones, and tablets.

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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? Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

Forum One

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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

Museum 2.0

He notes that film, music, visual art, and literature have evolved as media that are used in all kinds of environments, from the mundane to the profound. The goal isn't to have fun as much as to pass the time--and games can fill that role as easily as books, ipods, or dropped cell calls. Is it fun to read a magazine on the train?

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