Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Smashing Magazine Feed says:
“Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from the smallest seashell to the biggest whirlpool galaxies. In fact, one of the greatest ancient philosophers, Aristotle, said: “The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.”
Read the article here from Smashing Magazine Feed.
epub « WordPress.com Tag Feed says:
I found an interesting link that provides a list of ways to convert your files into the ePub format for FREE. ePub is the standard, open source code, that is used for most eBooks–with the exception of the Kindle. Take a look. Off the bat, Adobe provides a free software download with the anticipation for you to upgrade. Hope this helps!
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Monday, February 08, 2010
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat says:
Many worry that the digital book revolution will rob readers of the tactile pleasures of print book. Now 21st Century readers can completely circumnavigate the whole aesthetic conundrum.
Read the article here from mediabistro.com: GalleyCat.
Friday, February 05, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports that HarperCollins has been in talks with Apple to provide enhanced ebook content for the hotly anticipated Apple tablet computer. Apple won't comment, but HarperCollins says that the ebooks will retail for more than the $9.99 that many ebooks retail for on Amazon.com's Kindle. The enhanced books will feature author interviews and other content.
Read the article here from ReadersRead.com Book Blog.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
The publisher O'Reilly have a School of Technology where you can pick up a course on, amongst other things 'HTML and CSS', and XML.
These courses provide certification from the University of Illinois and are priced between $300 to $400 each.
This web site is a kind of depository for all the things about getting stuff onto the web.
March 10, 10 - 06:24 pm
Why isn't PDF the eBook standard? ePub seems so crude by comparison.
Chris Coyier's excellent resource
ePub format ebooks. Contribute a design for Middlemarch.
Born Magazine: Art and Literature Collaboration:
Mostly Flash authored material. Collaborations between artists/designers and writers/poets.
Publisher of Hypertext fiction
ScrollMotion - Original iPhone Applications:
Another eBook reader for the iPhone
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