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Tribute to Ted Kennedy on Kindle

August 26, 2009

What sad news to awaken to this morning–the report of the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. I shook Ted Kennedy’s hand once, or rather, he shook mine. Having wandered into the lobby of a Boston hotel in the early eighties, a bit woozy from the dim lighting and libations of the Tiki Lounge, I...
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Kindlepedia – Over 1,000 Articles Served for Kindle

August 22, 2009
Kindlepedia – Over 1,000 Articles Served for Kindle

Kindlepedia has been a remarkable success since we launched it at the beginning of June.  Since then, hundreds of readers have requested articles in pristine Mobipocket format, perfect for reading on the Kindle, and, by the beginning of August, we topped 1,000 articles served. The list of created articles reads like a roadmap of...
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Maybe the Kindle Community Can Help Justin Get His Homework Back

August 4, 2009

You might have heard the story. In the midst of the big “kerfluffle” over Amazon’s pulling back of the illegally distributed copies of 1984, student Justin Gawronski awoke one day to discover that all the notes he had taken on the book as he read it on his Kindle were rendered useless. Not gone,...
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DLC Publishes Kindle Plan for Schools

July 31, 2009

The *New* Democratic Leadership Council recently published a white paper by Thomas Z. Freedman that details the rationale and the economics of deploying Kindle ereaders to schoolchildren across America. In a thoughtful approach to envisioning the cost, the method, and the timeframe for getting a Kindle into every backpack, Freedman says We shouldn’t wait...
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The Kindle Discrimination Lawsuit at ASU

July 9, 2009
The Kindle Discrimination Lawsuit at ASU

When I saw the news about the lawsuit filed at Arizona State University concerning Kindle accessibility issues, I think I had a quick negative reaction to the upshot of the suit, that providing Kindles to sighted students creates a disadvantage for blind students. A journalism major at ASU, a plaintiff in the suit, sums...
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What Will Become of the Kindle DX?

July 1, 2009

Now that I have been using my Kindle DX for a couple of weeks, I have some observations. First, all of the menu-driven controls that I criticized a little bit in assessing the changes from kindle 1 to Kindle 2 are not as problematic as I thought. Switching the wifi on and off is...
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Video Guide to Creating Kindlepedia Articles for Your Kindle

June 20, 2009

Pierre Gorissen has produced a nifty video on how to use the Kindlepedia tool from EduKindle to create reference articles for you Kindle or any other ereader that supports the Mobipocket format. In addition, Pierre has written a little script that allows you to make a bookmarklet in your browser (works fine in my...
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Kindle DX Page Turning for Lefties

June 19, 2009
Kindle DX Page Turning for Lefties

Many have noted the “hair trigger” pivot function on the new Kindle DX that switches from portrait to landscape mode when you change the orientation of the device.  It’s true. When you handle the device, the content on the screen jumps around like crazy, like a cup of coffee in a car off road. That’s...
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Launching Kindle Educators

June 13, 2009
Launching Kindle Educators

This week I created a “partner” site for EduKindle called Kindle Educators Group. The idea is to build a discussion around ideas and experiences related to the use and/or potential use of the Kindle ereader in the classroom and as a “learning appliance” (see my post on this topic here). This forum is built...
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eSchool News Leads with Story on Kindle DX

June 8, 2009
eSchool News Leads with Story on Kindle DX

You know that people are paying attention when eSchool News puts a Kindle story on the front page! The article contains nothing new in terms of information about the DX and the schools that will be piloting it, but several quotes from those involved sum up the situation: The Educator: “Is this the watershed...
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