Tag: books

  • Brief Review of “Lowering Higher Education” by James E. Côté & Anton L. Allahar

    Lowering Higher Education: The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education by James E. Côté My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you are at all interested or involved in Higher Education I recommend you read this book. If the government and schools were to implement even some of their recommendations I…

  • Sony Reader Update #2

    Looks like it’s been posted: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392115,00.asp Let’s recap my prediction: So, here’s my prediction: in the next 2-3 weeks Sony will announce a new ebook reader. It will be touch screen. It will be a pearl e-ink display. And it will retail for under $180. Well I called it, though I was two months early.…

  • Sony reader updated

    So it looks like I was a bit premature in my last post.  Sony is bringing out a new reader this year… but it’s not until September 🙁

  • New Sony Reader?

    So I just realized today that both Kobo and Nook have new editions out.  And Kobo’s is selling for $139.  Looks like the Kindle 3 is almost to its one year milestone, and Kindle now has a new ad-supported version (not touching that one with a ten foot pole). Well, as I love my Sony…