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David Pogue’s Tech Gift Guide for the Holidays

Dec 6th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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Christmas Gift Ideas for Really Smart People (2010 Edition)

Nov 27th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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You need a gift for someone smart, someone who wants to know about everything – what happened, how it works, why it all got started. Fortunately, the globally curious have a lot of hobbies which makes them kind of easy to shop for, even if you don’t always remember to sleep and eat.  Below are [...]

Christmas Gift Ideas for your Husband / Father / Boyfriends (all of the men in your life) | 2010 Edition | Guest Post

Nov 22nd, 2010
by Wendy.
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It’s Wendy and I keep telling Jordon that he needs to stop leaving the password for his blog login laying around and he never listens to me.  As he said, “Bill Clinton lost the nuclear launch codes and nothing bad happened.”  Well what happened is that I am posting a gift guide for what to [...]

Christmas Gifts For Your Wife / Girlfriend & the other women in your life (2010 edition)

Nov 11th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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Shopping for Wendy has always been hard.  She never gives me any ideas and the ideas that she does give me are things that two days later she no longer wants.    For all of you who are married or dating someone who is hard to shop for, here is the list of Christmas gift suggestions [...]

You had me at Wifi

Jul 29th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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This looks like the Kindle that will finally make me purchase a e-book reader. There are a few new features as well, the most important of which is a new WebKit-based browser. WebKit is the open-source base for all of our favorite mobile web browsers, including those used by the iPhone, iPad, Palm Pre, and [...]

E vs. ink

Apr 27th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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My friend Karen posted some thoughts on Twitter about ebooks and readers. Been thinking about how e-books/Ipad exclude poorer readers. Continued…. Folks with literacy/soc. justice concerns should keep zines/broadsheet etc. in mind. If medium is message, cost of readers excludes many. It would easy to dismiss Karen’s thoughts because of her history with paper but [...]

To e or not to e

Jan 22nd, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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I am trying to figure out if I want to purchase an e-book reader.  Actually I am trying to decide if I want to pressure Wendy to get me an e-book reader for my birthday. The three main choices seem to be: The Amazon Kindle is finally available and functional in Canada.  It’s has a [...]