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What Is A Book?

02.23.2012 Books and Literature

A lot of people are arguing about books. What are they? Is there some ultimate battle over the idea of bookness? Is it the physical thing, the printed, bound object, or is it a thing that can live on a device? I love paper, printed, bound books. I love them deeply. But I also don’t [...]

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So Much Music — iTunes Match & Life In The Cloud

11.21.2011 Future

I’m completely giddy over iTunes Match. I love music. As soon as iTunes was first released in January of 2001 I started ripping all of my CDs into an online collection. I also borrowed CDs from friends, libraries, and anywhere I could get my hands on them. Both of my daughters are musicians and music [...]

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The End Of Updates

11.02.2011 Future

I recently updated my Mac, my iPhone, and my iPad. I also did the same for my daughters’ Macs and iPhones, my wife’s, and my mother’s. I also advised my brother, my brother-in-law, and a score of others. I’m hoping that will all soon be a thing of the past. This last series of updates, [...]

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Tips To Break Your Online Addiction: Read A Book

09.27.2011 Books and Literature

As much as I am enamored of my Mac, my iPad, and my iPhone, I love books more. I can literally read all day. That, for me, is a terrific vacation day (along with an occasional swim in the ocean, some eating and drinking, and time with my loved ones). Reading a book can also [...]

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iPhone/iPad Tip: Bury Your Shopping Apps

09.15.2011 gadgets

Here’s a little tip to both declutter your iOS device and help you play the Spend Nothing Game: move all of your potential “shopping” apps, including the App Store & the iTunes store into a folder and off of your first screen. Out if sight, out of mind. If the first things you see are [...]

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