Hi all! December was an exciting month on our NL Tech Talk blog! We had lots of great posts to help us learn, especially about ereaders. Thanks to all for sharing.
So who wins the honors this month? After much deliberation, our esteemed panel of judges decided that Sharon Chinn of Sheridan Library deserves to be the December Techie of the Month for her post on 12/3. We were impressed with Sharon's discovery of a children's book that integrated new technologies into the text to make it an interactive experience for families. Sharon showed curiosity about a new kind of children's book, talked to the author, and generated excitement about how families could use this book. We liked learning about this from Sharon. This very same book was featured in the Denver Post soon after Sharon's post. We heard about it here first! Congratulations, Sharon! An Amazon gift card is on the way to you.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Multimedia Novel 7"
Time to share my experience with my device - Multimedia Novel 7", or Pandigital Novel, Android system, Multimedia Tablet and Color eReader. It was a gift from my children for my birthday, which was in June. I was excited very much. First of all, downloaded pictures of my family and my friends, but of course! Then I practised downloading Ebooks (EPUB and PDF are the supported formats). Then I was happy to download music from Freegal! Told my granddaughter that she would be able to do this, 3 songs per week for free!
Not long ago I booked a librarian (Thank you Katya!) and learned how to download Russian books.
Then time came to learn how to download ebooks directly on my device using Overdrive (Thank you Laura!). We all noticed that the device was a little bit too slow. But I said : "Patience, Tanya! You are discovering a new land!"
So I was enjoying reading my books. One day my husband decided to buy a memory stick for my Novel. We incerted it, found it in the Novel, formatted it, and ..... the device died, I remember the date - January 7. We kept it charged and in 2 days it came back to life! Hurray! I worked with it for some time, for an hour or so, wanted to download another book from the library, did it and it died again!.
I registered it on Pandigital website, asked if they could help me, because I am not satisfied with it.
Does anybody else has the same device and can share their experience with me? Was it just my luck? Because I am on the edge of saying: Don't buy it guys!
Not long ago I booked a librarian (Thank you Katya!) and learned how to download Russian books.
Then time came to learn how to download ebooks directly on my device using Overdrive (Thank you Laura!). We all noticed that the device was a little bit too slow. But I said : "Patience, Tanya! You are discovering a new land!"
So I was enjoying reading my books. One day my husband decided to buy a memory stick for my Novel. We incerted it, found it in the Novel, formatted it, and ..... the device died, I remember the date - January 7. We kept it charged and in 2 days it came back to life! Hurray! I worked with it for some time, for an hour or so, wanted to download another book from the library, did it and it died again!.
I registered it on Pandigital website, asked if they could help me, because I am not satisfied with it.
Does anybody else has the same device and can share their experience with me? Was it just my luck? Because I am on the edge of saying: Don't buy it guys!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Free method to sign and send digital documents
SignNow.com is a free website which allows users to sign and send digital documents. It includes features like uploading or creating a new document, inviting another signer, adding notes and CC emails, and drawing, printing or uploading your personal signature. Check it out; it can be useful for you or your patrons http://signnow.com
About my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus with 16GB Memory
I spent some time for comparing all Tablets before I chose to buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus with 16GB Memory. Finally I made my decision. Some of the reasons are:
1. The Samsung’s are known to have amazing screen quality.
2. The Samsung’s hardware has a great reputation in the business when it comes to quality.
3. This device is amazingly Thin, Light and Stylish
Once I get to use the Tab more, I'll update on books, music, movies and other uses for it. I've only had it for less than a week so hasn’t had time to get fully acquainted with it.
If you are looking to get a tablet now for yourself or someone else, you will not go wrong with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, no doubt. I know I am more than delighted about mine!
1. The Samsung’s are known to have amazing screen quality.
2. The Samsung’s hardware has a great reputation in the business when it comes to quality.
3. This device is amazingly Thin, Light and Stylish
Once I get to use the Tab more, I'll update on books, music, movies and other uses for it. I've only had it for less than a week so hasn’t had time to get fully acquainted with it.
If you are looking to get a tablet now for yourself or someone else, you will not go wrong with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, no doubt. I know I am more than delighted about mine!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
I wanted to add a bit of my own advice on how to protect these great devices that we have all become to love! Touch screens have become the standart for ereaders, but let's face it, they are delicate, and it makes me nervous to drop my iPad in my purse/backpack and just go. I would first recommend a cover for your device, and second, I think it is imperative to purchase a screen protector. If you go to a major retailer you can pay big bucks for one of these, some people pay up to $60! I went online to ebay, and bought a pack of 3 screen protectors for only a few dollars! The screen protector I am using is: 99% transparent, anti-scratch, reduces smudging and the material is from Japan. Small tip on the application of these protectors that I found from research online: apply the screen in a humid bathroom after a shower, it minimizes the tiny fuzz particles and makes your device look like you don't even have a protector on it!
First of all, I would like to add my thanks to ALD for their generosity and desire to truly integrate their staff with today's technology. I purchased an iPad, and although it was daunting to use it at first, I quickly learned how easy it was to download books from our web site, surf the web, and do so much more. What great timing from ALD for this reimbursement opportunity, many patrons came to the library after the holidays to ask our assistance, as ereaders have become such a hit in the market and were given as gifts to many. Although training was helpful and created a great foundation for this technology for the staff, it is of course the personal hands on experience you gain from owning one of these products and using it daily that allows you to really understand it and its capabilities.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Ten years later, Windows XP still dominates the Web
And in the Apple market, Lion is still trailing two-year-old Snow Leopard
In its final monthly report for 2011, NetApplications offers a window on the shifting fates of the various flavors of Microsoft (MSFT) Windows and Mac OS X that show up at its 40,000 clients' websites.
As a rule, creaky old legacy systems dominate.
Windows XP, which Microsoft introduced in August 2001, is still the single most-present PC operating system, with a 46.5% share of global Web traffic.
And Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), which Apple (AAPL) launched in Aug. 2009, still has a 3.1% market share to Lion's 2.0%
But despite the persistence of aging OSs, there was a lot of rapid movement in 2011. Lion's Web presence went from 0% to 2% in just over two months. And Windows 7, for its part, went from 21.7% to 37% in the space of a year, a 71% increase.
It was not a good year for Vista or "Other," however. Both experienced significant share drops in 2011
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