Category Archives: Tech

There’s No Place Like Home

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Where would we be without GPS. Cars, phones, tablets and cameras use it to give direction to our travels. Now British designer Dominic Wilcox has created the world’s first GPS enhanced shoes. Custom mapping software directs the GPS system, which … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Place

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Penguin has created a very cool audio/visual tour of London locales that appear in Zadie Smith’s new novel NW. The “tour” covers four significant locations in the book, including Camden Lock. Users can launch location videos with layered audio readings … Continue reading →

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Street View Ghosts

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Media artist/provocateur Paolo Cirio has created a new take on street art using images of unsuspecting people captured by Google Street View. Cirio prints life-size pictures of the unidentified pedestrians and pastes the cut-outs on walls at the exact spots … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Love Barcelona

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Tens of thousands of tourists and Barcelona residents were treated to a breathtaking multimedia spectacle at the iconic Sagrada Familia church on the nights of September 21,22 and 23.. Entitled Ode a la Vie, the installation was produced by Montreal’s … Continue reading →

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Digital Donkeys

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

We’ve brought you a number of diverse posts on WiFi opportunities for travelers, but the digital enabled donkeys is a first. An Israeli historical re-enactment village is now offering WiFi service for tourists at their Kfar Kedem attraction in the … Continue reading →

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Where are the ebook readers ?

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

This fascinating infographic on ebook reading habits is from Hip Type, a small company that collects detailed data and demographics for authors with a plugin for ebook publishers. For the infographic, Hip Type examined the “DNA” of a successful book, … Continue reading →

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The Textbook Solution

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

With a new school year on the horizon, college and university students the world over are searching for affordable solutions to the dreaded textbook buying spree. This helpful infographic explores innovative ways to bring down the exorbitant cost of textbook … Continue reading →

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Literary Jukebox

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Writer Maria Popova has launched an irresitible new blog called the Literary Jukebox. The ultra-minimalist tumblr matches a significant passage from a favorite book with a thematically related song each day. I was hooked on my first visit, when Maria … Continue reading →

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iTypewriter for the Nostalgic

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Austin Yang is an Edinburgh-based product and industrial designer with a sardonic sense of humor and a gift for shrewd technological mashups. His neat iTypewriter allows users to enjoy the old-time feel of typing on a traditional machine while reaping … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the eBook

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

I continue to be intrigued by clever, fact-filled infographics. So, here’s a well-researched one that explores the comparative details of the world’s main English language ebook markets. Who knew that there were more than 400 million ebook capable devices in … Continue reading →

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