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The Long Form

March 5, 2010

In the near term at least, I’m going to spend most of my “blogging time” on a new site I just launched called The Long Form.  Over the last year, I’ve become more interested in the intersection of books and technology, and that’s the discussion that will happen on that site.
I expect I will continue [...]

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Great Usability Is All in the Details

January 1, 2010

I downloaded Acorn today for a test run. I was a little lazy and launched the app from my Downloads folder and right after was pleasantly surprised to see this dialog box pop up on my screen.

It’s a small thing, but such a simple way to make the end user’s life easier. I can’t recall ever seeing this in another app. A very nice touch and a great first impression.

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The Kindle Vision Statement

December 4, 2009

The Kindle has one of the best vision statements I have ever read for any product. It is simple, bold, and easy to understand. Whether I’m an Amazon employee, customer, or competitor I get it.

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Quick Thoughts on the Kindle 3… I mean Nook

October 28, 2009

My first thought after watching the introductory video was B&N should have just named the Nook the Kindle 3. It’s as if they reverse-engineered a Kindle, added the ten most requested features, and then slapped a different name on it.

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