some really good points in this post from the NY Times blog and some analysis on Amazon’s Audible acquisition. I didn’t know the audibook industry was $923 million a year. I especially like the ending thoughts.
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Paid Content has one of the best articles on this - Audible, founded in 1997 by Donald Katz, and its subsidiary Audible.co.UK offer almost 200,000 hours of audio content from more than 520 content partners sold either a la carte or, more typically, through a monthly or annual subscription membership plan. Release.
Also, really interesting - [...]
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This is actually really cool
1. Mindmaps are really really powerful - by having visual images you key in your right brain, by having only keywords and showing the relationship between items you remember better and unlock more creativity. I used mindmaps a lot and it really helped me academically.
2. Being able to create midnmaps that [...]
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Turn the Amazon Kindle into a GPS navigator.
I’d already posted the Kindle hacks from the IgorS blog. Anyways here’s some more details -
The Kindle seems to have location-awareness in the CDMA module. You can plot your current location on Google Maps when you are in Browser Mode by pressing Alt -1 . The other shortcuts are:
Basic Options:
Alt-2 [...]
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i think this is really important since one thing that I really love to carry around is a Journal to take down notes and ideas. There was a REALLY good idea on the Forums i.e.
OlManRivah says:
Well, yes in a way. Create a .txt file (like the name of your project). Have it converted and placed [...]
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Wow - if this would work from the Kindle browser that’d be something
Anyways, PDF Hammer lets you edit PDFs in your Browser (albeit with limited functionality). Here’s what they write:
PDF Hammer is a website that allows you to edit your PDF files online for free. You don’t need to install any additional software, [...]
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From the forums -
Update courtesy Richard (comment below): I just bought a PQI 8 GB SDHC card and the Kindle recognized it without a problem. I’ve tranferred books to it and they work perfectly.
Customer Support - confirmed that 4GB SD cards have been tested.
A user has been using a 8GB SD card without issues.
Another user [...]
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