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Alright So It's Been Over a Year!
Just getting back into twitter and blogging again.
Just a quick update on what has held my attention recently.
Ebooks on the iPhone.
Many people say they can't imagine reading a whole book on the iPhone's small screen. My bet is that they probably could. Many people who have iPhones try it out and say they couldn't do it. My bet is that they tried it with the first free book they could put on it and gave up on it.
Stanza is very customizable and you are bound to be able to make the text as readable as anything out there. You can change the text size, color, and font. You can choose the background color to contrast the text as you need. You can invert colors on the fly and even change the back light by simply dragging up and down your finger tip on the screen while you are reading a page.
The Key is a Great Book
They key is to find a book that is really a page turner for you. If you can't read for an extended period it's because the book is not appealing to you. Once you find a good book for you, you will know it. You will be sucked in, forgetting what you are reading it on.
How to Find a Book
Stanza comes with several online sources to get books. Some are free directories of free books. I found Free Books by Feedbooks to be a good source, but still it does depend on your taste.
It's not the iPhone or any other electronic device, its the book itself.
If you'd tried it in the past with no success try it again. Try it this time by finding a good book to read. One which makes you forget you are reading at all. Then you'll have found just how easy it is to read a book on the iPhone or any other device.
Just a quick update on what has held my attention recently.
Ebooks on the iPhone.
Many people say they can't imagine reading a whole book on the iPhone's small screen. My bet is that they probably could. Many people who have iPhones try it out and say they couldn't do it. My bet is that they tried it with the first free book they could put on it and gave up on it.
Stanza is very customizable and you are bound to be able to make the text as readable as anything out there. You can change the text size, color, and font. You can choose the background color to contrast the text as you need. You can invert colors on the fly and even change the back light by simply dragging up and down your finger tip on the screen while you are reading a page.
The Key is a Great Book
They key is to find a book that is really a page turner for you. If you can't read for an extended period it's because the book is not appealing to you. Once you find a good book for you, you will know it. You will be sucked in, forgetting what you are reading it on.
How to Find a Book
Stanza comes with several online sources to get books. Some are free directories of free books. I found Free Books by Feedbooks to be a good source, but still it does depend on your taste.
It's not the iPhone or any other electronic device, its the book itself.
If you'd tried it in the past with no success try it again. Try it this time by finding a good book to read. One which makes you forget you are reading at all. Then you'll have found just how easy it is to read a book on the iPhone or any other device.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Gmail as a scrapbook of the internet.
Gmail as a scrapbook of the internet.
Ever found a great article on a subject that you want to save complete with
pictures. And you want to save it for the long term. You can build your own
personal library with Gmail and the Google toolbar.
Yes a toolbar. The Google toolbar has many uses, but to keep it simple we'll
focus on one feature. A feature powerful thing that sometimes gets lost in
the jungle of options. So here it goes.
Optional
If you don't like the Google Toolbar and want to end up with a clean
interface follow the following steps:
The following example of course deals with Firefox, like most of my
articles.
- Install the Google Toolbar. Click on View Menu | Toolbars | Customize
- Instead of using the Customize Toolbar dialog, direct your attention to the Google Toolbar and locate the "send to" icon
- Drag this icon to be a part of your links Toolbar.
- Then close the dialog. Click on View Menu | Toolbars and uncheck the
- Google Toolbar.
Usage
Now when you see anything on any webpage you want to save.
1. Highlight and click the icon.
2. Select Gmail.
3. Put your email address.
4. Click send
That is it. You can also skip the highlight and simply click on the "send
to" icon and send the whole page. Now you have a permanent copy in your
massive Gmail account quickly searchable for your convenience.
You can also skip the highlight and simply click on the "send to" icon and
send the whole page.
Advanced (optional)
What I do is create a filter which activates any time an email contains
aStar or astar. It then archives, labels it as an "a Article" and adds a
star to it. Reason for "a" is a strategy I use to sort labels not only
alphabetically, but also by attention priority. My top labels have an "a" in
front with a space. When I'm done reading the article I take off the star.
Using letter prefixes is more convenient on an iPhone than having to switch
keyboards for special characters.
Convenience
You can archive more than just the Internet this way. You can email yourself
pictures you take on the road business cards and the like. Just tag them as
you email them. Not only with the "astar" operator but with key words such
as "John Smith Business card." If you forget to tag, reply to that picture
with the key words as body or subject. That will create a conversation which
is searchable.
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