Inspired by James over at jkOTR, I decided to find out if I could run a
complete mobile blog with pocketable equipment. Turns out it’s remarkably
doable, and a whole lot of fun.
The Hardware
First up, my Tapwave Zodiac, though any Bluetooth-enabled PalmOS device
would do. I like the Zodiac because it has a huge screen (which the PalmOne
Zire [...]
eBook Culture: The Long Tail and how it applies to eBooks: “Wired has a very interesting article this month, called The Long Tail. It’s on how niche markets are the future of entertainment media - music, books, movies and more.
Because the Web effectively enables ‘unlimited selection’, the economics of scarcity is becoming obsolete. Wired says:
‘For [...]
http://www.ebookculture.com/archives/2004/10/google_does_boo.php
SearchEngineWatch reports that Google has just launched a new
program, enabling publishers to submit books for inclusion into their beta
Google Print search service. Google’s stated goals are to enhance their
search capabilities, by including book content to their huge Web database,
and make money off ad revenues. They’ve said they won’t be earning
commissions off the [...]
http://www.ebookculture.com/archives/2004/10/26_benefits_of.php
“Found on the ebook-community mailing list, this excellent set of reasons
why eBooks rock. I couldn’t have put it better myself, so I’m just going to
cut ‘n paste all 26 benefits here. Thanks to Michael Pastore of Publishers
Cafe Blog for posting it and allowing others to re-post it (another
addition to my RSS feeds [...]
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5059
Scott Andrew Lepera has some great comments on the pros and cons of file
sharing.
“Recently, one poster wrote something to the effect of ‘I’ll never support
filesharing of any kind; I just found two of my songs on an illegal P2P
network.’
My response was: only two? Dude, I’d be worried. It sounds like your [...]