I’m generally impressed with Amazon’s uncanny ability to predict the next book I will buy. On more than one occasion, I have clicked the Amazon link in my bookmarks on the day a new book comes out, only to have that book specifically recommended for me based on my buying history. I fully expect them [...]
Each year, I’m surprised by the lack of a change to the university textbook industry. It’s been a while since I graced the halls of a university, but I will always remember the sinking feeling that overcame me as I looked at the $115 price of a very thin, yet required textbook for my discreet [...]
There’s a fantastic article in the New York Times about a boy whose life has been changed by the iPad. It mirrors many of my experiences with my son, so I’m reposting this article I wrote for the Hands and Voices Newsletter. When my son Scott first saw an iPhone, he was four years old. [...]
Multi-touch is the new interface buzz-word of the last few years, inciting a geek-frenzy after its big screen debut in “Minority Report”. While such an interface is still a little bit far fetched for the consumer market, the multi-touch concept has made its way to consumers, notably via the iPhone and the trackpads of the [...]
99% of the people who visit a web site don’t care how it works, or how it was built. They don’t care if you’re using ColdFusion or PHP, and they don’t care if you’re using post or get variables. The remaining one percent comprises some techie types like me, and probably you, and some people with less than honourable intentions. [...]