Metadata for Olympic video
NBC is proclaiming their increased viewership is due to offering so much live video online. While that’s cool, let’s take that a step further. I don’t really care to wake up at 3am to watch a badminton...
View ArticleLichtenstein painting handwritten notes
An Art Institute intern, Steve Schmitt, wrote a nice blog post about one of his favorite artworks in the Roy Lichentstein show now showing at the Art Insitute of Chicago. A lot has changed since the...
View ArticleLearn to make eBooks from InDesign: Part 1
As I’m learning how to create eBooks, I will be archiving all the webpages and PDFs I read; and all the items I install. I’m hoping that as I find these resources that they will be helpful to others...
View ArticleOne thousand Kobos equals six cents
The poor Kobo. The unloved eReader. The Kindle, the iPad, even the Nook are far more popular than this little Kobo. Yet somehow the American Booksellers Association just agreed with the Kobo to make it...
View ArticleReview of Craig Mod’s “Hack the Cover”
Are book covers dead? Check out Craig Mod’s “Hack the Cover.” It’s a great quick book. 39 pages (twice as long as his “Books in the Age of the iPad” and ten times as good). You can even read the...
View ArticleAre you an egghead iPad user like me?
Do you bring your iPad into the kitchen to follow recipes? Or maybe you bring it out to the garage and fix stuff? My manager asked me how I use my iPad and I could only answer, “Well, I like to read...
View Articleebook standard sizes for covers
What size should you make your ebook cover? There are many devices with different size screens. One size fits all Many people recommend a generic 600x800 size. But that’s for older e-ink screens. Three...
View ArticleA library with no books
The Library of the future is coming and it has no books! San Antonio has plans for a bookless library. The rendering is quite curious. iMac-o-rama I love me some iMacs, but is the future of libraries...
View ArticleDigital comics war heats up
This is the most hilarious thing all month! I think it might take the cake for funniest thing I’ve seen so far all of 2013! The 80s-style story of two gangs fighting it out also provides such a great...
View ArticleStereotypes of media consumers
I love all the different stereotypes in this image from the Vancouver Sun. The iPad user is delighted as a peach with her interactive screen. The newspaper reader is some old guy that looks rather...
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