Perpetual Beta

Data, data, data. It seemed as though everything I heard at the Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (TOC) February 15 mentioned data in one way or another.

Greetings from the Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (TOC) 2012—or more accurately, from the train ride headed home. TOC is a publishing conference in New York, put together by O’Reilly media (which publishes the computer books with the pen-and-ink drawings of animals on the covers).

On December 28, I received notice from George M. Eberhart, the Editor for American Libraries Direct, that my contract with American Libraries for Perpetual Beta is not being renewed. As of December 31, my involvement with this experiment in blogging will end.

3D Printing, Teleporters and Wishes:

Really smart writing about 3D printing from one of the sharpest guys on the ‘net, Anil Dash.

Kindle Direct Publishing: KDP Select:

Amazon dives deep into being a publishing engine. It’s effectively a way for Amazon to incentivize authors to provide their works exclusively to Amazon for a period of timeInteresting pieces from the article:

Eyez 720p video streaming/recording glasses:

I’ve been talking about ubiquitous video capture for awhile now. Check these out to see the next generation.

Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet:

I feel like I’ve been listing a ton of these Kickstarter style tech projects lately, but there are so many amazingly cool things being developed by individuals using the service that I can’t help it.

Rooting the Kindle Fire:

I don’t often link to myself here at Perpetual Beta, but in this case the link roundup I put together for Pattern Recognition might be useful for libraries or librarians who want to play with the Kindle Fire. If you want to root your device, take a look at this post. 

Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet:

OMG WANT! WANT WANT WANT!

EXOdesk first look (by EXOPCTV)