Posted in Books, book publishing, e-books, tagged book publishing, Books, Digital content, e-books, Kindle on December 31, 2007 | No Comments »
You’ll find many strong opinions on the future of the book, and the e-book. Berkeley Breathed’s year-end Opus strip provides a timely one (follow the link and choose the December 30 column if you can’t see the image below well):
This is exactly why the printed book will never completely disappear. I welcome the future of the [...]
Posted in Apple, Consumer Electronics, Music, tagged Consoles, Gadgets, holiday, iPod, Music, Radio, Rock Band, Rolling Stone, Technology on December 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Just to keep things simple, I’ve let RollingStone compile my Tech Wish List for me this year. Anything off this list will do just fine, thanks:
iPod Touch: Man, this thing is handsome. Not very practical for working out at the gym or bouncing around in my laptop bag from the office to the car to [...]
Posted in Mergers, Search engines, Web 2.0, tagged Acquisitions, Mergers, Orbitz, Search engines, Technology, travel, Web 2.0 on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m a fairly frequent traveler, not really a road warrior. I book all my own travel. I think the convenience of choosing my own flights, rental cars, and hotels is well worth the time and trouble of getting a little savvy with the online tools available. Orbitz is my default site for booking travel. Travelocity & [...]
Posted in Apple, Consumer Electronics, Free speech, Microsoft, tagged Apple, Free speech, Microsoft, Technology on December 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Apple sued Apple rumor site Think Secret in 2005. The suit began when site publisher Nick Ciarellia refused to name his source for a product Apple was producing that never launched. This week, an agreement was reached between the opposing parties. And as a result Think Secret will be shut down. Details are, not surprisingly, confidential. The [...]
Posted in Books, Consumer Electronics, Retail, book publishing, tagged , book publishing, Consumer Electronics, content, Digital content, Technology on December 20, 2007 | No Comments »
According to a special report from Retailing Today, “Delivering digital content to consumers in new ways will be a key theme at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas.” I think this is great news, and a potential learning experience, for all of us in book publishing. Especially publishers with rich, valuable content. [...]
Posted in Ecommerce, Office Depot, tagged holiday, Office Depot on December 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Office Depot got pretty creative this year with an interactive holiday Web site.
Gift-of-the-day Giveaway
Due to the timing of my blog relaunch, you only have 4 days left to enter, but they are giving away daily prizes.
Oh yeah….SLOBs. Those would be Strange Little Office Beings. No, that doesn’t mean your coworker who compulsively whistles and stares at [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Retail, tagged Apple, eBay, Gadgets, iPhone, Kindle, PS3, Retail, Wii on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s a word I learned recently: Firsties. The meaning I’m referring to is someone who is ”first” to buy a new gadget. This could apply in recent times to the iPhone, Wii, PS3, Kindle, etc. And it usually entails unique individuals lining up on a cold sidewalk overnight(s) in order to be the first to buy. Camping equipment [...]
Posted in Books, Retail, tagged blogging, book publishing, Technology on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In plotting to blog again, I originally wanted to point out that I tinkered with blogging once before. Then, after way too much thought, I realized I’ve had 3 previous blogs.
So here we go again, and who knows if this time it will stick. I got mad at myself before for starting a blog and [...]
