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November 12, 2010 Media

Library e-books now readable on iPad, iPod and iPhone

DRMed library e-books—at least ePub and PDF ones from the OverDrive service for public libraries—are now readable on the iPad,

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November 9, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Video ballyhoos promising iPad app for the Washington Post, stars Bob Woodward, Ben Bradlee & friends

";” alt=””> The Washington Post’s iPad app is finally out. No, The Product isn’t quite the equal of the rival

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November 9, 2010 Media

‘Dueling national digital library visions’: Library Journal site writes up mine vs. Harvard Library Director Robert Darnton’s

Roy Tennant, a digital library maven, Library Journal columnist and OCLC program officer, has just posted Dueling National Digital Library

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November 5, 2010 Media / Politicians

William F. Buckley, Jr., and the case for a well-stocked national digital library system

On the Atlantic site this morning, you’ll see my call for a well-stocked national digital library system, along with comments

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November 3, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Washington Post hyperlocal launch expected in the ‘late spring,’ Post source tells me

So what’s “close”—the word that a TBD headline used in describing the Washington Post’s hyperlocal launch”? Psst! A Post source

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November 3, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Extra-hyperlocal editions of the Washington Post may debut soon—with lessons learned from the Loudoun County debacle

Update, 7 p.m.: Looks as if "close" is late spring 2011. – D.R. I hated the Washington Post’s hyperlocal edition

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November 2, 2010 Media

I hate video games: Why do newspapers and magazines FORCE me to play them?

If you love video games—fine. But will the Washington Post, New York Times and a good part of the rest

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November 1, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Link between keyboard noise and good prose? How to find the clicky keyboard of your dreams—if that’s your thing

Might American newspapers and journalistic Web sites be too quiet these days? Here I’m not talking about silence on Afghanistan

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October 24, 2010 Charles Smith / Media / Politicians / Sen. Ribicoff / Washington area life

Odd omission: Charles E. Smith family missing from Washingtonian list of movers and shakers

The Charles E. Smith family built the giant Crystal City complex near Ronald Reagan National Airport and donated hundreds of

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