A few months ago I was sitting in my room reading the latest Wired magazine. The article was something about fake diplomas being sold online or something of that sort (a testament to my ability to retain information). As I sat reading the article I began imagining that the pages were clickable, the links to sources that I wanted to read more about opened in a new window right there within the magazine. It’s not to say that this particular article wasn’t interesting or holding my attention, I just wanted the opportunity to read and learn a little more and wanted to skip the step of having to go to my computer.

Cue the iPad. This morning I read an article on Mashable.com’s website that said Top Condé Nast Magazines are Coming to iPad. Condé Nast has been struggling lately with keeping many of their popular magazines alive including one of my favorites, Gourmet. They have sought desperately for an answer. Increase the amount of advertising? Reduce the number of pages? Layoff some staff?

Cue the iPad. Now magazines have their answer. No longer do they need to produce media catered to the print advertisers, nor do they need to increase our impact on the Earth. As the general population becomes more mobile and interactive, it is a death sentence for any publisher not willing to adapt and go the route of Condé Nast. For some this is a disappointing revelation as the idea of print media can probably be reserved for luxury and novelty in the coming years.

In late March the iPad will become available according to Apple’s website. I will not be buying one but millions of people will. I am going to wait until they come out with a device worthy of my hundreds of dollars. There is not doubt, however, that this is going to change the way we read magazines and read everything. Add a camera, the ability to run multiple applications, make it an intuitive tablet/reader/mobile browsing tool in general and I will buy one. That is all.

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Power Of Twitter

February 26, 2010

Twitter never ceases to amaze me and February 22nd was no exception. When I’m working I like to turn on a film to watch with a split screen. I chose to watch Food, Inc, many people had told me about the film and I was excited to watch so I posted on Twitter “Watching Food, [...]

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Google Chrome Versus Firefox

February 25, 2010

I’ve been a staunch Firefox supporter over the last 3 years and this week I swallowed my pride and thought I’d give Google Chrome a shot. The addition of extensions for Chrome’s mac version was the push I finally needed to make the switch.
First Thoughts

This is snappy
I like the way tabs open next to the [...]

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Two Posts In

February 22, 2010

The other day I saw a brilliantly styled word cloud highlighting all the disgusting things they put into Hot Pockets, I was inspired. Over at http://visualingredients.com I am going to be posting a frozen or just plain unhealthy product each day in world cloud form. I’m already two posts in and am quite liking this [...]

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Ingredients In Dorito’s

February 20, 2010

This is the beginning of a series of posts I plan to do highlighting the disgusting and potentially life-threatening ingredients that food makers put in their food:

Head over to http://visualingredients.com to check out what this particular post has inspired.

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My Love For Ice Cream Knows No Boundaries

February 18, 2010

Feel free to wish me a Happy Birthday

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The Future

January 22, 2010

Where is this internet going? How will we compute information five to ten years from now? The fact that the future means ten years from now is indicative of the exponential nature of technology. It is apparent that more has changed in the last twenty years than has probably changed in the last 220 years [...]

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Haiti, Twestival, And The Importance Of Social Media

January 13, 2010

The first reports seem silenced, no one really wanted to say or knew how bad things were going to be. It appears now that information is flowing and the devastation could be catastrophic. Is this another instance of the most impoverished people being overlooked and not provided with adequate shelter or care? The picture of [...]

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All Systems Go

January 4, 2010

So this morning we officially launched Denvelopers’ new website after months of hard work from some very dedicated friends. We launched with the idea of community in mind. We created a platform that supports the development of a community and interaction of it’s members. This has been an exciting process to see to completion and [...]

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Very Sloppy Web Design

December 10, 2009

I stumbled across a site this morning. At first glance it looked normal, at second glance you will notice something else in the header image: http://www.axelrodtire.com/. Nothing gives me greater confidence in a company than an istock photo used for their own products!

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Social Media Is A Waste Of Time

November 14, 2009

Social media IS a waste a time if you don’t know the proper benchmarks, tools, strategies and evaluation practices to utilize. Otherwise you might be spending a lot of your valuable time inefficiently interacting with social media. How can you make better use of your time?
Benchmarks for your individual growth or organizational growth.
For example, I [...]

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