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The Changing (Font) Face of Textbooks | Sep 6, 2011
Remember film strips in 6th grade science class? Or the teacher struggling to load a VHS tape into a BetaMax player? Rotary dial...
Status Update: On Vacation | Aug 8, 2011
So you’re on the road, and you have your phone with you for emergencies. You realize you didn’t pack enough beverages (...
The Wrapping Paper Isn’t the Present | Jul 6, 2011
It’s summertime – campers are roasting marshmallows over fire pits across the country, flies are being swatted, some people...
“We Shape Our Tools...” | Jun 13, 2011
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” – Marshall McLuhan We’...
Never Mind “Web 2.0”, How’d You Do With “Web 1.0”? | May 12, 2011
Were you prepared for Web 2.0? Wait, were you prepared for Web 1.0? What are we talking about? When did that point release come out?
Out With the Old, Older, Oldest... | Apr 13, 2011
As happens every spring, it’s a good time to get rid of the junk in the closet and make some room for the new junk. Browsers can be...
“The Center Cannot Hold” | Mar 15, 2011
People have widely used the word “internet” as a synonym for “web,” when in fact “the internet”...
To App or Not to App | Feb 16, 2011
Maybe you have a smartphone, and maybe you’ve downloaded an app or two (or 40), and some you’ve paid for, and some were free...
Going Mobile | Jan 17, 2011
For the last couple of years, if you tried to look up a restaurant menu on your phone, you might get something like this:
A World of Hurt | Dec 15, 2010
“World of hurt” is really the best description of the developer’s task in putting together a rich text email, the kind...

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