As if we needed more evidence that ebooks aren’t ready for prime time, Jim of Georgetown University writes on Dave Farber’s Interesting People mailing list: Dave, a comical experience. I tried to buy some e-books from Amazon that require the use of Microsoft Reader to access them. The following steps occurred: — order, pay for […]
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Students set up a storytelling site
Bruce Joy, a self-described resident mad professor in Melbourne, Australia, emails to say he discovered my article last fall on digital storytelling and that he and some university students have opened a community storytelling website called BotWot.com. (BotWot stands for “Best of times, Worst of times.”) He invites creative people to send along stories, poems, […]