The Nook
Barnes & Noble will continue pushing the Nook, but will ultimately fail. If the Nook were the only e-reader out there, it would actually be pretty awesome. It’s a solid product. But given the competition–from Amazon’s incredibly well designed Kindle and Apple’s iPad–the ... Predictions.txt
Barnes & Noble will continue pushing the Nook, but will ultimately fail. If the Nook were the only e-reader out there, it would actually be pretty awesome. It’s a solid product. But given the competition–from Amazon’s incredibly well designed Kindle and Apple’s iPad–the ... Predictions.txt
9 years
...hnology that will go on the website, allowing users to wield their annotation toolkit anywhere on the Internet. It’s all part of their goal: to make Genius an essential part of the Internet’s fabric. Tom and Ilan greeted us in slippers, offered us Pellegrino, and invited us to take a seat on their couch.
Geniuses, Or Whatever: Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory | WEEKEND
9 years
...allowing users to wield their annotation toolkit anywhere on the Internet. It’s all part of their goal: to make Genius an essential part of the Internet’s fabric. Tom and Ilan greeted us in slippers, offered us Pellegrino, and invited us to take a seat on their couch.
Geniuses, Or Whatever: Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory | WEEKEND
9 years
...beating the game" really meant you'd achieved like a 35% completion rate, and had to go back to find all the special missions and modes and worlds. That's roughly where I think I'm at with this book. I was disappointed when it finished because there seemed to be so many unanswered questions; I suspect, though, that these questions were answered, but in a way that'd be just about impossible to pick up the first time through.
James Somers
9 years
I read this in a reading pool, in 50- or 60-page increments over the course of about four months. We'd meet weekly to discuss the reading. I'm certain I would have abandoned the book without the group. It is brilliant and well worth the effort required to read it. It seems impossible to me that you could read the whole book without falling somewhat in love with it. I have the feeling IJ requ...
James Somers
9 years
my camel's-hair coat right out of my room, with my fur-lined gloves right in the pocket and all.
J.D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye (Chap. 1)
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