technology

Games and Learning 4.0

I'm in Madison for the Games and Learning Conference. I've wanted to attend since I found out about it but our history institutes always conflicted in the past. Here's a live blog feed. This is much more engaging than the Distance Learning Conference I attended here two years ago - or maybe it's just more my style.

Investigating Kindle

Like everyone else who buys books from Amazon, I had seen the display ads for the new Kindle. I didn't think much about it beyond, "Oh, another electronic book gizmo like the Sony eReader and other earlier tries." I had basically dismissed it given that I have enough trouble keeping track of a laptop and a PocketPC.

Apparently, I was wrong. A colleague mentioned having seen a Kindle and that it really is different. So, of course, I had to investigate further. Now, I think I will buy one as a birthday present to myself. I haven't been paying enough attention to Jeff Bezos' vision and I need to play catch-up - especially so that I don't miss out on any more great investment opportunities like I did when I thought Amazon had maxed out on the online book-selling market.