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Too Much Information: A More Productive Model than Getting Info via the Fire-hose that is RSS

May 14, 2012 by jbb

It may just be nostalgia, but when I think about how I stay informed I always go back to memories of my dad reading the LA Times in the morning and watching TV news in the evening and that being enough. Granted, it is kind of part of my job to stay on top of [...]

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In the News: Newspapers/Magazines on the iPad, Part 2

January 19, 2012 by jbb

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So when we last left our hero, I was looking for the best way to consume my daily news via my iPad… I had discovered that the Amazon kindle edition of the Los Angeles Times was much improved from earlier versions. My guess is that earlier versions, because of limitations of the kindle itself, were [...]

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In The News: Newspapers/Magazines on the iPad, Part 1

January 10, 2012 by jbb

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I have memories of my father spending every morning of his life reading the LA Times, weekdays and weekends. He was up at the crack of dawn and gone before we invaded the kitchen most mornings, but the evidence of his presence was there in the refolded sections of the newspaper. In later years I [...]