Tag Archive for 'books'

Guest post: iBooks and iPads for Education. Plus ça change…

Published on January 25, 2012 in Digital Rights, Foes, Hardware, Media and Software. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

We don’t need to equip students with $600 iPads so they can download iBooks. Buy them a $300 laptop so they can consume and produce content with ease.

Two cars, two TVs… two Internets?

Published on January 18, 2012 in Digital Rights and Manifesto. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

SOPA is scary, awful stuff but the sad truth is that very few people seem to care.

My last paper book (I hope).

Published on November 30, 2011 in Digital Rights and Media. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

The grand total of all free ebooks in the known universe that I can recommend and you legally download is three.

Tim Wu’s “The Master Switch” — a book of revelations.

Published on April 27, 2011 in Digital Rights, Foes and Friends. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

If you want to save the Internet rather than hasten its demise, read this book. It’s important.

We’re not gadgets, but we are artists.

Published on June 22, 2010 in Manifesto, Media, Services and Software. 6 Comments Tags: , .

Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not A Gadget is a fantastic read, provided you stick to the very beginning and the very end of the book. As for the stuff in the middle, well… I just don’t agree with it at all.