Tag: opinion
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Amazon eBook pricing war: Thanks for being evil, Apple
Eric has a Kindle and loves it. One of the things we both love most about his Kindle is that he can get most books for $9.99. Me, I prefer audio books. I can read while I'm knitting and doing things around the house. Even though Apple has an easy way to get audio books…
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The iPad will probably be a great device. Someday.
I’m not buying an iPad, nor am I buying into the hype about it. I love that with Apple products, folks don’t realize that they can’t live without something until Steve Jobs tells them what they can’t live without. At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and…
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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of “vote for me” fundraising yet?
This weekend, the winners were announced in the Chase Community Challenge. On paper, it seemed simple enough. Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. "Their money, our votes." In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got…