by David | Aug 12, 2014 | design, economics
They say that it’s hard for a company to shrink to greatness, but I do think that it’s possible to simplify to greatness. There’s been some moves in the e-reader world lately that raise the question, shrink or simplify. Sony, the first mover in the...
by David | Oct 21, 2012 | reading & writing, science!, technology
I’ve been a huge fan of E ink for ten years now. I visited the company’s Cambridge office back when I was in business school and was very impressed with the technology. So when the original Kindle hit the market a couple of years ago, I was very...
by David | Apr 15, 2012 | design, reading & writing, technology
Kindle or Nook? Nook or Kindle? I was pondering a gift for an aunt, looking at ebook readers and tablets and reading apps and I noticed something odd. The Kindle, unlike the Nook and Google reader, doesn’t let you change the text justification of your ebook....
by David | Nov 3, 2009 | culture, design, economics, media, reading & writing, technology
I watched with interest as Barnes & Noble released the Nook, an electronic book reading thing that’s pretty similar to Amazon’s Kindle. I immediately thought of Microsoft’s Zune music player, released well after Apple’s iPod had pretty...
