Ergonomics

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• Will textbooks be the biggest e-reader market in five years?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  ";" alt="" /> So predicts Sarah Epps at Forrester Research . I have mixed feelings about this. Given a choice of only one portable device for students, I’d rather they get netbooks (or larger laptops) that could double as tablets. Hey, we want students to write, too, and beyond that, the current E ...
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• ‘Googled: The End of the World As We Know It’: New book skewers search giant

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Googled: The end of the World As We Know It —that’s a new, not-so-flattering book about the search giant, complete with anti-Google comments by some media barons. Check out Nicholson Baker’s NYT review . I haven’t read Googled yet, but get the sense that Baker is much fairer than Googled ’s author, ...
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• Is ‘free’ really the best price?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  A novice self-publisher posted a question on MobileRead : Are readers more likely to check out a new author if the book is available for free? He got some great replies to his question. I read them with interest, and my own immediate reaction was, ‘Oh of course, free is great, free is wonderful, who ...
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• Pixel Qi: Mass production of screens set for next month—and we’re aiming for a $100 HDTV

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  ";" alt="" /> The Pixel Qi screen, which offers both an e-book mode and the capabilities of a color LCD, is scheduled to go into production next month. Will Pixel Qi scale up without a hitch? Stay tuned. Cllick on videos—away from the arrows—for better views. Same for the photo to the left below. ...
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• Should Google Books worry publishers?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Ron Miller at Fierce Content Management has obtained a review unit of Astak’s EZReader Pocket Pro (the same one I’ve been reviewing in recent weeks) and used it to examine Google’s e-book offerings . It is not clear from the article whether he downloaded the PDF or EPUB versions of the books he chose to read. ...
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• Dangers of Automatic Windows

  
  the Human Factors Blog — Authority: 115
  R ecently I posted on some potential human factors problems caused by Toyota’s design of their floor mats . For this post, I would like to compliment Toyota on their automatic power windows. The windows can be lowered fully and automatically by one quick press on the button. However, to be raised, the lever on the ...
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• The Key to Good Writing Is Having A Good Workspace–Gear Up For Good Ergonomics

  
  A View from the Isle — Authority: 122
  What does your workspace look like? No, not the color or how many file cabinets you have, but how is your laptop or monitor positioned? What does your neck feel like at the end of the day? How about your arms, wrists, fingers? Having had my own brushes with carpal tunnel problems, not to mention a long standing back ...
  5 days ago

• The digital future according to ex-HarperCollin CEO Jane Friedman—featured in videos from NYU

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Here are videos of ex-HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman ’s New York University appearance (via PublishersLunch ). She’s now with Open Road , which, I’m pleased to say, will devote major resources to the publishing of backlist titles, not just new ones. Related: Ex-HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman may ...
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• A walk ‘with’ Molly Ivins: Too bad she isn’t alive to tell the Authors Guild off about its war on text to speech

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  The late Molly Ivins raised a Texas-sized amount of hell in her time over political and social issues even though she grew up among members of the Lone Star elite and knew the Bush family. Now she is the topic of a new biography, Molly Ivins, A Rebel Life , by Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith . Later ...
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• Pixel Qi vs. the Kindle: Which is the better display for YOUR e-booking?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Which is better for an e-book display—the Kindle or the Pixel Qi technology that Mary Lou Jepsen is developing? Not seeing the two side by side, I can’t say; and besides, individual needs will vary, with a number of variables plugged in: everything from battery life to glare resistance. But if you click ...
  6 days ago

• Sold out at J.C. Penny—but still interesting: $129.99 color backlit e-reader with five-inch screen and ePub and PDF

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  A mere $129.99 was the holiday price for the Simplicit.E.Reader on a J.C. Penny.com product page . Alas, it’s “currently unavailable.” Hmm. Any chance of that changing?  Specs: –Five inch color screen, backlit (hey, each to his own—I like LCDs!). –1G memory. –SD slot. –USB input. ...
  6 days ago

• Why Gary Price bought ‘The Case for Books’ in E

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Ah, the suspense. Would Gary Price —the founding info-maven of ResourceShelf — buy The Case for Books in an electronic or paper edition? TeleRead promised an answer, and directly from Gary himself, here it is. – D.R. The winner? The e-book version, which I’ve been reading on Kindle for iPhone. A few ...
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• The Rabbit Run 11/21/2009

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 127
  Links Of Interest for 11/21/2009 along with my pearls of wisdom It’s Not Really A Tip, Then, Is It?: College Students Arrested For Refusing To Pay Tip . I’m opening a betting pool on when that place goes Tango Uniform.  Any takers? Facebook: Depressed Lady Loses Benefits Because Of Her Facebook ...
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• Top 10 Ergonomic Upgrades for Your Workspace – Ergonomics – Lifehacker

  
  Topblank — Authority: 165
  Top 10 Ergonomic Upgrades for Your Workspace – Ergonomics – Lifehacker
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• Top 10 Ergonomic Upgrades for Your Workspace [Lifehacker Top 10]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 817
  Its easy to forget about your bodys needs when youre deep into your work or the net—until your body offers a painful reminder. Save your physical shell some strain with these cheap, customizable ergonomic workspace upgrades. Photo by IMG_3771 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! . 10. Elevate your laptop to eye level ...
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• Computerworld writer: ‘Eight reasons why e-readers could fail’

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Matt Hamblin in Computerworld offers eight reasons why dedicated e-readers like the Kindle and Sony Reader could fail . Check out his piece for the full story. The reasons: (1) “Price of devices,” (2) “price of e-books,” (3) “Smartphones,” (4) “Apple’s rumored tablet computer,” (5) popular ...
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• Ergonomics for Interaction Designers - Presentation in NYC

  
  DESIGNING *for humans — Authority: 100
  On Tuesday 8 December at 6pm, I will be speaking at the MFA Interaction Design program of the School of Visual Arts in New York.  The presentation - Ergonomics for Interaction Designers - is drawn from a series of postings I wrote earlier this year and the presentation I gave at the Industrial Designers ...
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• Solving Beer Estimation Difficulties

  
  the Human Factors Blog — Authority: 115
  T he subtle change in the diameter of a glass can hide large changes in volume. Unfortunately for us, we’re terrible at estimating this, even when we logically know it to be true. For example, a few millimeters at the top of a pint glass equals an ounce of liquid, while the same height measure at the bottom of the ...
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• SmartFish ErgoMotion Mouse Now Available for Suffering Mice Users

  
  Chip Chick — Authority: 683
  Carpal tunnel sufferers can rejoice, the very unusual SmartFish ErgoMotion Mouse that we posted about a while back is finally available for purchase for $49.95. The ErgoMotion Mouse is a design created out of a collaboration with the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York. The Smartfish ErgoMotion ...
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• Two weeks with an Astak 5”: Formats and shortcomings

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 661
  Photo Note: My auto-focus digital camera had a little trouble getting good shots of the screen; no matter what I do, the shots tend to turn out slightly off-focus. The shots may look blurry, but suffice it to say that’s a problem with my camera—in person, the reader is quite as crisp and clear as printed text. ...
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