Category: Tech
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Review: Sony Digital Paper DPT-S1 at Lambda Jam 2014
I don’t usually review hardware here, but I think this device stands out as being particularly useful to people who take a lot of notes and/or read a lot of research papers. I read about the Sony Digital Paper DPT-S1 for the first time about a year ago and couldn’t help but be impressed. It promises the…
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The Repeating History of Closed Platforms
I was one of the many that loved the iPhone AppStore platform. Consumers marveled at how we could easily buy any application we might want, vetted with a nice rating system. Developers were shocked at the ease with which it seemed possible to monetize on simple applications. The only downside seemed to be the occasional political or ambiguous AppStore…