As a journalism instructor, it’s iBooks Author that has me most intrigued…because it’s not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists. Let me cut to the chase: I think iBooks Author could be the platform for a whole new form of rich-media, long-form journalism. …
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The first royalty payments from Apple’s iTunes Match are in, and they got me excited – the total amount is over $10,000 for the first two months. This is magic money that Apple made exist out of thin air for copyright holders. — A person has a song on her computer hard drive. She clicks …
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Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn’t long before the two became friends–a …
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I love this commercial for the sheer amount of props they add in. It starts out with your basic webpage upon which they tape a piece of paper. Next they drop a clothesline across the page to hang photos and paper books. Then they cut loose and let people and dogs walk all over the …
There is an awesome iPhone app I want to recommend to you called Stitcher Radio. The key feature of this app is the ability to subscribe to podcasts. Avid listeners know that iTunes offers subscriptions and automatic downloads, but the iPhone doesn’t. For years we have had to individually look up our favorite shows, every …
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I watch this a lot to feel inspired. Saving for future reference.
Transcript: I’ve actually found something to be very true. Most people don’t get those experiences because they never ask. I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help. I always call them up. I called Bill Hewlett when I was twelve years old and he lived in Palo …
Transcript: I’ve actually found something to be very true. Most people don’t get those experiences because they never ask. I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help. I always call them up. I called Bill Hewlett when I was twelve years old and he lived in Palo …
The frustration with Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs continues. A week ago John Gruber pointed out a serious flaw in the biography and now Dave Winer and John Siracusa have joined in. Dave Winer writes: Choosing Walter Isaacson “was a terrible decision. My guess is that he didn’t put a lot of thought into the …