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Tools of Change Conference, Day 2

Sanhita SinhaRoy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:05:46 +0000

By Kate Sheehan

Data, data, data. It seemed as though everything I heard at the Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (TOC) February 15 mentioned data in one way or another.

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Tools of Change Conference, Day 1

Sanhita SinhaRoy — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:07:07 +0000

By Kate Sheehan

Greetings from the Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (TOC) 2012—or more accurately, from the train ride headed home. TOC is a publishing conference in New York, put together by O’Reilly media (which publishes the computer books with the pen-and-ink drawings of animals on the covers).

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Perpetual Beta, Signing Off

Jason Griffey — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:20:27 +0000

On December 28, I received notice from George M. Eberhart, the Editor for American Libraries Direct, that my contract with American Libraries for Perpetual Beta is not being renewed. As of December 31, my involvement with this experiment in blogging will end.

3D Printing, Teleporters and Wishes

Jason Griffey — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:30:52 +0000

3D Printing, Teleporters and Wishes:

Really smart writing about 3D printing from one of the sharpest guys on the ‘net, Anil Dash.

Kindle Direct Publishing: KDP Select

Jason Griffey — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:59:02 +0000

Kindle Direct Publishing: KDP Select:

Amazon dives deep into being a publishing engine. It’s effectively a way for Amazon to incentivize authors to provide their works exclusively to Amazon for a period of timeInteresting pieces from the article:

Eyez 720p video streaming/recording glasses

Jason Griffey — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:54:51 +0000

Eyez 720p video streaming/recording glasses:

I’ve been talking about ubiquitous video capture for awhile now. Check these out to see the next generation.

Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet

Jason Griffey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:23:23 +0000

Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet:

I feel like I’ve been listing a ton of these Kickstarter style tech projects lately, but there are so many amazingly cool things being developed by individuals using the service that I can’t help it.

Rooting the Kindle Fire

Jason Griffey — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:16:33 +0000

Rooting the Kindle Fire:

I don’t often link to myself here at Perpetual Beta, but in this case the link roundup I put together for Pattern Recognition might be useful for libraries or librarians who want to play with the Kindle Fire. If you want to root your device, take a look at this post.

Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet

Jason Griffey — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:38:25 +0000

Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet:

OMG WANT! WANT WANT WANT! EXOdesk first look (by EXOPCTV)

Jason Griffey — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:44:28 +0000

OMG WANT! WANT WANT WANT!

EXOdesk first look (by EXOPCTV)

The Droid I'm Looking For: The OLogic AMP

Jason Griffey — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:37:12 +0000

The Droid I’m Looking For: The OLogic AMP:

Personal robots are on the way, gang.

One Google Books To Rule Them All?

Jason Griffey — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:08:43 +0000

One Google Books To Rule Them All? :

Good: A really thorough examination of copyright and books.

Bad: The _only_ mention of libraries is the DPLA project.

Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support

Jason Griffey — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:40:54 +0000

Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support:

I’m often accused of being an Apple apologist or fanboy. Truth is, I really like Android for the most part…but here’s why you won’t see me buying an Android phone.

Google Translate with Conversation Mode (by GoogleMobile) The...

Jason Griffey — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:05:02 +0000

Google Translate with Conversation Mode (by GoogleMobile)

Ars Technica on Kindle/Overdrive

Jason Griffey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:03:01 +0000

Ars Technica on Kindle/Overdrive: Ars Technica on the Kindle/Overdrive experience. Two best quotes:

Google Music Beta releases mobile web app for iOS

Jason Griffey — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:28:43 +0000

Google Music Beta releases mobile web app for iOS: Developers are really starting to show off their HTML5 chops these days, and Google is clearly a leader in this area.

Disney AppMATes: The New Mobile Application Toys for iPad (by...

Jason Griffey — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:56:52 +0000

Disney AppMATes: The New Mobile Application Toys for iPad (by DisneyLiving)

Origo: a 3D printer for 10-year-olds

Jason Griffey — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:16:26 +0000

Origo: a 3D printer for 10-year-olds:

Origo is a company who’s developing an extruded-plastic 3D printer that’s easy enough for kids to use. As they say on their site:

Reading Rainbow: The Next Generation

Jason Griffey — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:47:12 +0000

Reading Rainbow: The Next Generation:

Reading Rainbow for the iPad generation

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Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964 (by elabjer) One...

Jason Griffey — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:54:14 +0000

Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964 (by elabjer)

Ultimaker: There’s a New 3D Printer in Town

Jason Griffey — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:17:44 +0000

Ultimaker: There’s a New 3D Printer in Town:

Yet another option in fabrication beyond the Makerbot, 3D printers are likely to explode in variety in 2012. The Ultimaker looks like a promising entry into the increasingly competitive field.

Check out the Ultimaker blog for more information.

IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever

Jason Griffey — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:24:02 +0000

IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever:

Ouchpad: Best Buy Sitting on a Pile of HP Tablets

Jason Griffey — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:29:53 +0000

Ouchpad: Best Buy Sitting on a Pile of HP Tablets:

It appears that the HP Touchpad isn’t doing so well at retail.

3D Printing and The Replicator Economy | Txchnologist

Jason Griffey — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:58:26 +0000

3D Printing and The Replicator Economy | Txchnologist:

Interesting article about the economic changes and impacts of 3D printing. However, the quote:

Minecraft 3D printer

Jason Griffey — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:39:48 +0000

Minecraft 12x12x11 15-color 3D printer (by Moofius2)

This is an incredible creation using the free-form digital world of Minecraft to produce a 3D printer capable of “printing” 3D objects using the standard set of Minecraft blocks.

The easiest way to think of Minecraft is as a computer-based Lego set, if you aren’t familiar with the game/world. This is an insane amount of work!