Tag Archives: Apple
Steve Jobs Biography -Reviewing the Container Now, the Content Later
The Steve Jobs Biography The Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson is a very revealing look at arguably one of the most influential entrepreneurs of the late 20th and 21st century. I have strong feeling about what I’ve read thus far. We’ll review the container now and the content later. That will also prevent any […]
Designing Fixed Layout Ebooks for Various Screen Resolution Tablets
Preparing for Fixed Layout Ebook Design Are you preparing artwork for a fixed layout e-hanced book or interactive book? Or maybe it’s something you are curious about. It’s important to know the specs for the device it will display on. Currently, Apple’s iPad is getting the lion’s share of artfully designed enhanced and interactive […]
Muffin Tops, Outdated Textbooks and Public Education
More Muffin Tops in the Classroom When textbooks fail to prepare students for the for the future, those textbooks should be kept out of the classroom. If outdated textbooks are a problem in your school, you might apply the homeless shelter solution. Here’s what I mean: One episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s popular television show (now […]
Interactive Children’s Books – Children Teaching Children
Interactive Children’s Books Interactive children’s books have been around since the time I was a child, and that has been over 50 years ago. I would interact with my books by drawing in them. I’m joking, though I did draw in most of my books. Interactivity in books was a part of my young reading […]
iPad – New Truck in Town Backing Up to the Docks of Book Publishers
The Truck There’s a new truck in town. It’s not an 18-wheeler, nor a 4 wheeler. It’s the 1GHz dual-core iPad. I picked up the word ‘truck’ from some very bright tech journalists at Twit TV. A truck, as they (Leo Laporte, Alex Lendsay and Andy Ihnatko) have described it is a fast, powerful workhorse/workstation […]
