Invisible Inkling

Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.

All About books

Generation gap

July 8, 2008 – 10:41 pm

So I’ve been reading this book my Dad sent me a few weeks ago.
It’s not that impressive so far (about 100 pages in).  The mentions in the title of MySpace and YouTube seem to have been tacked on in order to sell books, fittingly enough, and the authors make their political alignments clear from the [...]

The word Kindle makes me think of burning books

November 18, 2007 – 8:29 pm

All branding aside, the oncoming launch of Amazon’s e-paper device essentially begins the practical discussion about e-paper in earnest.
Books are a neat trick, but I’m pretty exclusively thinking in terms of the future of newspapers here.
Things to pay attention to:

EVDO: This device has ubiquitous Internet access when in cell range. That’s good. [...]

Notes on migrating three quarters of a mile

July 4, 2007 – 9:32 pm

So we moved. And by “moved,” I mean we loaded our stuff into a truck and drove less than a mile to an apartment with more space, less drunk people throwing up next to our bedroom window (so far), and far more sanity all around us.
The state of our new living room as of a [...]

Pleasure reading, fiction and otherwise

April 3, 2007 – 6:58 am

In an effort to take a break from instructional books of all species for at least a portion of the day, I’ve picked up a couple lighter reads this week.
First, there’s Pete Dexter’s Paper Trails. This just barely counts as ‘not work’ since he’s a newspaper columnist and I heard about the book at [...]

Surprises/No Surprises

December 28, 2006 – 7:45 pm

Back from vacation and the first day back at the office, here are a few quick reviews and observations:
Surprises

Casino Royale: Best Bond ever? Maybe. Certainly a re-invention of the formula, with actual character development and relationships. Frankly, it was awesome. I was marking out the whole time. “OMG he ordered the drink [...]