Ebook Retrospective: When PCs Were Exciting and Creative

When I was just a kid I asked my mother for a Dymo label maker for my birthday.  I just thought it was the coolest thing and started making labels for everything in  wood grain, black , and red peel-off tape with embossed lettering in white.  Such a simple device but I had to figure [...]

Nine Cool Devices for the Connected Traveler

Sometimes we get so entrenched in our traveling habits that it takes an event for travel press like the recent  Connected Traveler Technology Showcase to open our eyes to some serious technology as well as gadgets and devices that make traveling more efficient and enjoyable.  Here are some of them.  My next post will look [...]

When is an eReader a tablet and a tablet an eReader?

Looks like the tablets are coming out from all over the place and the big boys are aiming squarely for Apple.  And today’s announcement of the Kno tablet is a very exciting one indeed, particularly for the education market.  I bought a 7” Pandigital Novel tablet from the Walgreen’s web site a couple of weeks ago.  Yes, [...]