January 2010
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“A book is a physical souvenir, a concrete instantiation of your ideas in a...”
– Seth Godin
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*openmargin is hiring (freelancers)!
We’re a young startup based in The Netherlands working on a platform to make the digital book a social experience. We are currently looking for both an experienced developer who knows his (or her!) bash-kungfu and an awesome interaction designer that can translate our crazy ideas into a next-level user interface.
At first on a freelance-basis for 2-3 months (starting ASAP!), but...
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Collective Wisdom and the Digital Book
Sitting at my desk, my attention drifted to the books sitting in a pile to my right. Reading their spines, I noticed that read together, they form a sort of collective wisdom:
You are what you choose and the rest is noise
The presentation of self in everyday life ways of seeing
Digital ground frame analysis
How kindergarten came to America musicophilia
(Admittedly that last one might be...
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HP Slate unveiled →
Steve Ballmer (CEO at Microsoft) just unveiled the HP Slate which is a tablet PC running Windows and features multi-touch. Since it runs Windows it also runs Amazon’s Kindle app which allows you to read eBooks. No word yet on possible input-mechanisms (e.g. a a multi-touch keyboard?).
I’m looking forward to see how the Windows experience is on such a device. I’m a bit skeptical...