The discussion about micro-payments and "pay to read" goes round and round because it ignores a basic fact. Most people, most of the time, do not read newspapers. They view, scan and search newspapers. Selling words to viewers, scanners and searchers is hard, but since viewers and scanners are alway...

"This is a regular Russian school biology textbook owned by some Russian school. He has modified some illustrations so now it’s hard to say sometimes what was there originally and what has appeared as a result of his imagination."...

Mind Shadows Home      Politically Correct Text Disclaimers I just joined the Flat Earth Society. Why? Because Columbus was wrong. He did not sail far enough. Had he sailed past China he would have fallen off the edge of the world. He would have fallen into Hell. Satan ...

It’s a new year, and the beginning of a new semester in school. Students who didn’t do so hot last year have probably made a New Year resolution to improve their grades. To help you all with the next semester, I’ve decided to make a list of extremely helpful web tools that will make school eas...

How do you say Hannah Montana in Russian? (The Disney Channel is set to launch in Russia featuring shows like "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and "Hannah Montana") (New York Times, reg. required) - The MySpace effect (on music. Has the social media site changed our listening habits? And New York Governor p...

So last week I mentioned that the cost of education is becoming more expensive, and that buying your textbooks doesn’t have to add to this burden. Today I want to give you some more good news. This week as you finish writing your final exams (assuming you are a student and that you're not one of t...

CC BY (Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean) One of the most exciting sub-movements within open education is the current revolution regarding the evolution of textbooks. Old-fashioned publishers would often (and still do) rack up prices to hundreds of dollars per textbook, but this business model is rapi...

Links for November 26th 2008: Obama’s Video Strategy: A Peek Behind the Curtain [NewTeeVee] - “During the 2008 presidential election, the Barack Obama campaign set up dedicated new media teams in many states, but there were only eight with dedicated videographers: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Col...

Joe emails: The infighting among Orthodox shuls in L.A. is really an embarrassment. Young Israel of North Beverly Hills is a total train wreck and a textbook example of what happens when ego is mixed with money and control issues. Shaarey Zedek in the Valley is splintering faster than a corked bat, ...

Twee maanden geleden constateerde ik al dat het niet zo ingewikkeld is om dure studieboeken (illegaal) te downloaden. Een van de populairste p2p-sites voor het downloaden van studieboeken was Textbook Torrents. Die site is vorige maand echter gestopt. Toen ik van het weekend op Tech Crunch las dat d...