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Monthly Archives July 2012

Hardware, platforms and corporate strategies

I just purchased a Google Nexus 7. I bought the 8 gig version because my prepurchase investigations had convinced me that it would be all I would require for my personal needs and because I have multiple devices in the same “space”. The following image displays several of my options (iPad, Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus). [...]

Posted 26 July 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Open access and responsibility – AERA

A lengthy post just appeared on Jon Becker’s blog, addressing the issue of access to scholarly information focused most specifically on the format of the AERA annual meeting. I have excerpted a few comments to give you the flavor of the post (not including the author’s commitment not to attend further meetings unless some changes [...]

Posted 19 July 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

iGoogle

The Official Google blog just offered a post within which it was announced that several services would eventually be discontinued. Among these services was one I use daily – iGoogle. Google describes IGoogle as a personal home page. I think “start page” or “launch page” would be a more appropriate description. Perhaps my amazement as [...]

Posted 06 July 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: