I’m traveling top NYC this afternoon for a conference and I finally decided on what gadgets I’m going to bring. Due to weight (and the fact that I don’t want to leave electronics in my hotel room), I had to pick between a Win7 tablet convertible or (as a pair) my iPad and Viewsonic gTablet. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'conference'
I’m not taking my iPad or Android tablet to the conference
April 3rd, 2011 · 13 Comments · opinion
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Pocketbook press conference
January 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows, press release
I was at the Pocketbook press conference a few minutes ago and they did not announce the Mirasol e-reader. (dammit) But at least now I know that when they gave me the run around before it was becuase they weren’t ready yet. They weren’t stalling for today’s event; they were stalling for some event in [...]
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Columbia Law School to host conference on copyright
January 1st, 2011 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Next month the Columbia Law School will be hosting a symposium titled “Collective Management of Copyright: Solution or Sacrifice?”. The dream of a universal digital library and other potential large-scale uses of copyrighted works have led many in the private and the public sector alike to focus their attention on collective management organizations (CMOs). The [...]
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Notes from an electronic ink exhibit & conference in Berlin
November 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows
There was an art exhibit and conference last week in Berlin. Actually there probably were several exhibits, but the one I’m interested in focused on electronic ink. I obviously wasn’t able to attend, and right now I’m really regretting not getting someone to go on my behalf. Check out the lead picture (bigger version at [...]
Charleston Conference, eBook Access Models and Technology
November 10th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Lisa Carlucci Thomas, Digital Services Librarian at Southern Connecticut State University, spoke about access models for eBooks, specifically with mobile devices and dedicated eReaders. Lisa spoke about barriers to access stating that restrictive DRM, licensing, and incompatible formats are all barriers to accessibility of eBooks. Additionally, devices all have different loading options. Librarians have to [...]
Charleston Conference – Open Textbooks Model & Library Involvement
November 8th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Jeff Shelstad, Founder and CEO of FlatWorld Knowledge spoke first. Jeff provided some stats on higher education: 19.1 million students in 2010 in college $850 avg spent on textbook so, it’s about a 10billion industry Cengage, Pearson, McGraw-Hill are the big 3 publishers along with many other small ones Problem is that the industry has outworn [...]
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Charleston Conference – Discoverability and Efficiency
November 7th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Editor’s note: This is the first of several posts from the XXX Annual Charleston Conference last week. Sue Polanke, editor of No Shelf Required blog, attended the conference and blogged about the sessions she attended. Anh Bui, Executive Publication Manager, Books Products, at HighWire Press presented, “discoverability and efficiency: how users get to content they [...]
Epaper art conference coming in November
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve just heard about a new conference and workshop that will be held the first week in November. The topic of the conference will be digital art and how to use epaper technology to make it. It sounds fascinating and I wish I could go, but it’s being held in Berlin, Germany. via Galarno
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I will be giving a talk at a conference next month: XML 2010
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
I’m going to a conference next month in Philadelphia, XML 2010 eMedia Revolution. I was asked to give a talk on the state of the tablet market. Well, that’s how I think of it. Here’s the description in the program: Emerging eReader/Tablet Delivery Devices, an Update on What’s New and What’s Coming At this January’s [...]
Books in Browsers Conference – 21-22 October
September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
The Internet Archive are hosting a conference in San Francisco next month, and they’re topics for discussion. From the announcement: The meeting will cover achievements in moving books to the web, including developments in OPDS Catalogs, vending and lending, and the design and effective deployment of ebooks and reading experiences for web environments. The portability [...]
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