One of the greatest benefits a digital book provides over a print is the ability to search its contents instantly. Locating a forgotten quote or looking up a much-needed reference is easy with today’s book search tools. Amazon and Google offer searchable repositories, and there are quite a few lesser-known databases available as well. [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Consider your Audience to Improve Communication
It can be frustrating when we fail at getting our point across to other people. One common source of communication breakdown is failing to account for our listener’s realm of knowledge. Psychologists refer to this as the “curse of knowledge,” and it describes how successful communication is compromised by the presence and absence of [...]
Optimize Your Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Feeds with Keyword Filtering
Social media can be a great distraction, but over time it can become a chore to wade through all the uninteresting minutia and duplicate posts inundating your feeds. This problem only intensifies as your contact numbers increase. Sure, you can manually mute these posts each time you see them, but this is tedious and [...]
Counter Facebook Timeline with Exfoliate for Facebook
Facebook users received an early holiday gift today from Zuckerburg and Co. in the form of Facebook Timeline. Now officially released to the public, this new feature serves as a chronological record of your social activity on Facebook in its entirety. Think of it as a digital scrapbook. To some, this may seem less [...]
Full-Screen Splitscreen on 3D TVs
This clever hack allows passive 3D displays to render fullscreen views for each player in a splitscreen session. This allows both players to enjoy the entire screen area (albeit in 2D only), removing the ability for you or your friend to screen watch. The best part about this hack is that you only need a few items to make it work.
Should You Buy an E-Reader – Or Finger Swipes v. Page Flips
When the original Amazon Kindle launched in 2007, it set the standard for e-readers and quickly became synonymous with the product like iPod and MP3 player. Since then, we’ve seen the appearance of tablets and e-book integration into both smartphones and tablets. The Kindle line continues its reign as market share leader in the [...]
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