The Kindle Swindle — Publishing Trends
This is an informative article on content farms and the early stages of spam in the world of digital publishing.
With ebooks exploding in popularity the issue of stolen content is going to be a huge issue.
It is with much sadness I must report I have read just five books in 1Q 2011.
Productivity, Multitasking, and the Death of the Phone – HBR IdeaCast – Harvard Business Review
Great podcast. I may be biased so here are my disclaimers:
Why the Medium Is Not the Message: Tech News and Analysis «
In all of these cases, the medium — a blog, Twitter, the Kindle, even the Internet itself — isn’t the important thing. It’s just a way of connecting people with things that matter to them, and with other people who matter to them. That is the real power, regardless of the medium.
Find Job Openings | LinkUp Job Search Engine
If you’re looking for work try this job search engine. It pulls job listings from company websites.
Very cool.
Why Is The US Taxpayer Subsidizing Facebook – And The Next Bubble? « The Baseline Scenario
If you don’t care about Facebook you will after reading this excellent article.
The slow yet steady shift from dead tree to digital versions of books is fascinating. One of my holiday presents was a Kindle. I have joined the movement.
Last year was a disappointing year in my personal book reading. I read just 30 books in 2010. The reason was simple to deduce. I spent too much time doing other things (like working).
And in recognition of the new reality I am not increasing my effort to meet my goal of reading a book a week. I’ve decided to approach this situation with more intelligence than I have in the past. Yes, I’m setting the bar lower.
Read a Book a Week is now Read a Book Every Other Week.
26 books this year should be doable, no?
Official Google Reader Blog: A welcome and a look back
These charts should be extremely scary especially to folks in the newspaper and media businesses. If you wanted some hard evidence on consumer preferences for news outlets shifting to the Internet, here you go. The top chart is the number of people who use Google Reader at least once a week. The bottom chart is the number of items read on Google Reader.
Personally, we still buy a daily newspaper.
The New Kindle: Smaller, Faster, Cheaper
OK. Now I want one.
Not Here Yet
Scary Charts have historically been focused on the US economy but I couldn’t resist posting this chart.
Have a nice meeting with your CTO.
The Stuxnet Sting – Microsoft Malware Protection Center – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
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