Another Future for Books

IDEO has created three new kinds of Kindle/iPad/Sony Readers that manage to combine social media with the reading experience. It's an interesting twist on the future of reading.

http://www.casualoptimist.com/2010/09/22/ideos-future-of-the-book/

Out for Work Conference (September 25-26, 2010)

For those of you who are looking (or looking again) for a job, there's a national conference for LGBT professionals and their allies. Workshops, forums, and lectures, as well as mock interviewing and instant feedback. It's 45 bucks for an individual rate for current students, recent grads, and grad students, including all conference materials and meals.

http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp

Kindle ad

As someone who really really really wants an iPad but can only "afford" a Kindle, I found this ad kind of spoke to me:
Kindle Pool ad

How's This For Social Media

The Washington Post marketing department is gonna have a hell of a time recovering Mike Wise's reputation after this one.

Seems that Mr. Wise thought he could prove a point about the demise of the media but instead buried his credibility (and nearly the WaPo's too). Amazing.

The New Peer Review?

New York Times article discussing a new online alternative to traditional peer review for scholarly articles. Thought it was interesting considering our discussions in previous classes on the problems encountered in peer review as well as the use of wikis.

Digital Textbooks

Article in the WSJ about digital textbooks and how devices such as the iPad and a new version of the Kindle may help their use by college students become more widespread.

Today's XKCD

Thought you all might get a kick out of this on a Monday morning.

See you all in class tonight.