Points of Interest
Categories
Archives
Meta
Category Archives: Publications
I need a flux capacitor to fix this…
I recently wrote an article for TidBITS about the app’s resurrected text-box-linking feature. A reader responded with complaints about Pages 7: Whatever, it is still the most ignorant word processing software. I can open a document in Word I made in … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Publications, Technology
Tagged Apple, Pages, stupidity, user experience
Comments Off on I need a flux capacitor to fix this…
A Book Tour in the Age of Global Warming
Last week I made a Lulu.com print-on-demand copy of Fuzzy Bytes, and the proof copy is now on a book tour!! According to the latest FedEx tracking information, it arrived at Northborough, MA, on Friday, got to Scrubgrass Township, PA, … Continue reading
Posted in Literary, Publications
Tagged ebooks, novel
Comments Off on A Book Tour in the Age of Global Warming
The Author’s Big Mistake: A Case Study
Once upon a time, I was asked to review an interactive book. I wrote the review, posted it, and that was that. For a few weeks. Then the book’s author discovered my review. And he even thanked me for it. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Publications
1 Comment
Today’s Episode of “What Were They Thinking?”
Recently I undertook to convert Glenn Fleishman’s The Magazine: The Book from a beautifully laid out hardcover book into something that an EPUB reader could handle. The tool I used was Adobe’s latest version of InDesign, a program that I … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Publications
Comments Off on Today’s Episode of “What Were They Thinking?”
In which I commit another reckless act of authorship
I assumed this would be a 75-page ebook, but it turned out to be double that. On the other hand, it was both fun and rewarding to write, and I think it can be very helpful to aspiring ebook authors … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged Apple, authoring, ebooks, ibooks
Comments Off on In which I commit another reckless act of authorship
Ganging up on the iBookstore
This evening, I went to the iBookstore in iTunes and checked out the Computers & Internet section. Not only is our iPad 2 Project Book featured, but it is #2 in the sales ranking, just behind my friend Jeff Carlson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Publications
Comments Off on Ganging up on the iBookstore
I wave my hand and raise a storm
Late last week I began composing a short piece for this blog about the phrase “get over it.” However, knowing that the weekly edition of TidBITS was running a little light this week, I showed it to the editors there, … Continue reading