TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Looking for an exhaustive Kindle/Nook comparison. Jim Fallows of The Atlantic served up some thoughts last week. He starts by passing on musing from a B&N-related source, then goes on to his own analysis. Excerpt: “Nook and Kindle aren’t grossly different cost-wise. So for me, the only reason to switch [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Looking for an exhaustive Kindle/Nook comparison. Jim Fallows of The Atlantic served up some thoughts last week. He starts by passing on musing from a B&N-related source, then goes on to his own analysis. Excerpt: “Nook and Kindle aren’t grossly different cost-wise. So for me, the only reason to switch [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Jim Fallows is deeply depressed by the moronic horse-race coverage of Obama's recent trip to Asia. He is not the only person staggered that the cable-news 24-hour spin-cycle is now the main prism through which to analyze complex long-term diplomacy....
Esquire.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... even about something as serious as murder, in order to avoid having to recognize their existence. Jim Fallows, as always, :
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
That’s what happened to Jim Fallows, the Atlantic Monthly writer, who was shelling out 15-cent payments for PDF conversions. The brain-dead credit card computers thought Jim was a card thief testing his account with small charges. Result? Visa unplugged his card until he protested (at least I assume he has). Has this happened to you, with [...]
Technologizer (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... technologies integrated. It’s not just another awesome corkscrew. It’s a Swiss Army Knife. James Fallows, also at the Atlantic, politely disagreeing : I’m skeptical because of the dozen previous times through the computer era in which that prediction has not panned out. “Real” cameras are still much better than in-phone cameras; the right device to carry in your pocket, as a phone or PDA,...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Considering "Bushed" definitely was a verb by the end of his administration, I guess this isn't so weird. It’s not quite the Nobel Peace Prize, but Japanese college students have awarded President Obama something a bit more hip: a place in their vernacular. Jim Fallows points to reports that a new verb is popping up in Japanese college students’ conversations: obamu (literally...
