A book that may soon be free

The standard disclaimer: It’s always worked in the past. This might be the first time it doesn’t work. It’s pretty likely it well. This book should be free in a few hours (probably by the time you read this) – Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel. Rated 4.5 stars on 11 reviews. Innovation is rapidly becoming [...]

Reviewing the new Barnes & Noble iPad app

B&N finally launched its B&N eReader App for iPad. It’s arrived much later than promised (7 weeks and 5 days late to be precise). Let’s take a look. B&N eReader App – First Impressions Start off and here are the things that hit you first. For magazines and newspapers –   There are 5 font [...]

The Kindle Store has Penguin books again

The News that Amazon and Penguin have patched their differences will be greeted with a huge sigh of relief by Kindle owners. It’s now 55 days since the advent of the Agency Model and finally new Penguin titles (the ones released post April 1st, 2010) will be available in the Kindle Store. You will probably be able [...]

Interpreting Bezos – Lessons on Wishful Thinking

It’s absolutely marvellous to read all the interpretations of Mr. Bezos’ comments (at the Amazon Annual Shareholders’ Meeting). You can take the exact same statements - when people view them through the lens of their personal wishes you get such different results. Focus on Readers and Reading Let’s start with Mr. Bezos’ comments that the Kindle [...]

Don’t know what to think – Foxconn’s ‘I won’t kill myself’ agreement for employees

Sometimes there are things that my brain fails to understand. Foxconn is the company that puts together lots of electronic devices – Playstations, Xboxes, iPhones, iPads, the Kindle, Sony Reader. There have been reports of an unusually high number of suicides at Foxconn’s factories this year. It’s getting some press coverage – However, it’s a human tendency [...]

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