Tag: ebooks

  • The Biggest Problem with the Amazon Kindle

    I read a lot. Maybe not as much as some, but more than most of my friends who treat me like some sort of freak when it comes to the subject of reading. I’m okay with this abuse. I love the iPad as a platform for reading, and I especially love the Kindle app which…

  • Unintended Consequences of Digital vs. Paper Books in Research

    I love ebooks. The functionality of full text search, copy/paste/highlight/etc, social sharing, auto-generated highlights indexes, the space savings, all work together to make it a functionally superior format for reading an individual book, but I noticed something important last night while doing some research for a paper.

  • Interesting Web Citings for March 28th

    Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web: FREE online edition!One of my current favorite books on Web design, online for free!

  • Interesting Web Citings for March 25th

    Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… Web Standards for E-booksA few weeks old, but I missed it the first time around. Good things to keep in mind when markup up a book for ePub or other e-book formats

  • Interesting Web Citings for March 24th

    Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… HTML5 & CSS3 ChecklistHandy little compatibility chart. iPad User Experience Guidelines | UX MagazineMy favorite: "Rethink Your Lists" – Consider a more real-world vision of your application. For example, on iPhone, Contacts is a streamlined list, but on iPad, Contacts is an address book with a…