Did you score a new computer, MP3 player, smart phone, or HDTV this holiday season? Before you toss the old one in the trash, keep in mind that most electronic devices contain toxins that shouldn’t wind up in landfills. Some … Read
A new social site for reading called Booksprouts has just launched. Like other sites I’ve mentioned here in the past (like Shelfari and Goodreads), Booksprouts helps like-minded bookworms network around what they’re reading. What looks interesting about this one, to … Read
From Gizmodo: The Best iPhone Apps of 2008 (note this blog sometimes uses some colorful language, but this post is clean). I haven’t tried all of these myself–I posted my own list of what’s currently on my iPhone a few … Read
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) posted a series of articles today about how to use a variety of Apple gadgets. If you’ve recently received a new iPhone, iPod, or Apple computer you may be interested in one of these posts: … Read
The New York Times published an article yesterday about the latest in electronic books–from Amazon’s popular Kindle (which I’ve talked about quite a bit in this blog), to competing products from Sony and other companies, to iPhone software for e-book … Read
SIM network superstar Sue Woodruff has launched a Facebook group for professional developers working with SIM. There are already 27 members sharing photos, links, and discussions. The group is private, but if you have a Facebook account and wish to … Read
Want to listen to your favorite websites or important documents on your way to work? Textcast might be worth a try. From its website: Textcast turns any text — documents, web pages and entire blog feeds — into personal podcasts … Read
In case you were unable to attend the GIST webinars that were hosted last week, here are the recorded sessions. We are still learning our new Adobe Connect software so I apologize for the crude narrating and editing, but hopefully … Read
Do you like (or hate) Depot? Want to help me assemble my 2009 to-do list? Please take a couple of minutes to complete this short, anonymous survey about Depot. I’ll take your feedback into consideration as I determine what’s next … Read
Last week, I caught an excellent–and timely–webinar for publishers interested in using social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.). If you missed it you can catch the recording online. Lots of interesting insights, and even though we’re not strictly in the … Read
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