LOL…OMG!

“LOL…OMG!,” by Matt Ivester, $11 from Amazon. LOL is texting shorthand for Laughing Out Loud; OMG is a common abbreviation for Oh My God or… Read more

PRIME LENDING

Two years ago, we joined Amazon “Prime” to get free shipping and two-day delivery on any purchases at Amazon.com. Then they added free video… Read more

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKS

We came across an unusual book which seemed on the face of it to have little to do with computing, but on second thought turned out to fit perfectly… Read more

RARE STEVE JOBS INTERVIEW

We got a sneak preview last night of a rare 1995 interview with Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer. The film screens at Chicago’s Landmark Century… Read more

THIS KINDLE’S ON FIRE

Amazon’s new $199 “Kindle Fire” may surpass the phenomenal sales of Apple’s iPad. In the first five days it has been available for… Read more

BOOKS FOR YOUR INNER INVENTOR

From the mid 19th through the 20 century, America was the world leader in technology. Perhaps the most important driver of those advances was kids… Read more

USING LINKEDIN

“Using LinkedIn” by Patrice-Anne Rutledge, $20 from quepublishing.com, has some great tips. For example, to find old friends from college, click… Read more

LOTS OF FREE BOOKS

A storehouse of three million free titles from the Google digital library may tempt us to get the new iRiver EBook reader. Target is selling it… Read more

“KNO” YOUR TEXTBOOKS

If you don’t want to carry your textbooks around, or scan them into digital files yourself, Kno.com is a good way to go. They’ve digitized… Read more

FLASH FORESIGHT

“Flash Foresight,” by Daniel Burrus, is around $16 from flashforesight.com. He has some interesting things to say about tech companies and how to… Read more