34 tweets | 23 @tweets
34 tweets | 23 @tweets
jtallent: Nice to have you as twiends, @jforrest and @KFZuzulo. Either of you going to be at #TOC?
jtallent: About to head to airport to fly to #TOC
jtallent: Any other #toc tweeps bored?
jtallent: #toc looking for a group to do dinner with. Anyone up for kosher steaks or greah
jtallent: #toc -- heh, that should be "great fish"
: @jtallent - some kindle luv 4 u RT @kirkbiglione: reads books aloud. Nice accessibility feature. #TOC
jtallent: #toc - The Kindle also does something Sony and iPhone eBook apps have not done -- it allows authors and small pubs to self-publish easily
: Kindle allows authors & small pubs 2 self-publish ez-ly, unlike Sony & iPhone eBook apps (via @jtallent) #TOC
: RT @ShermanHu: Kindle allows authors & small pubs 2 self-publish easily, unlike Sony & iPhone eBook apps (via @jtallent) #TOC
: RT @shermanhu: Kindle allows authors & small pubs 2 self-publish ez-ly, unlike Sony & iPhone eBook apps (via @jtallent) #TOC
: Yay! @jtallent taking the podium at #toc
: @jtallent's talk at #TOC promises to be techie w/ code examples for Kindle. Hooray!
: Good to see @jtallent is from Austin—guy's knowledge of all things Kindle/Mobi/ePub is encyclopedic. #toc
: RT @aaronhierholzer: Good to see @jtallent is from Austin—guy's knowledge of all things Kindle/Mobi/ePub is encyclopedic. #toc
: Kindle formatter Joshua Tallent has a twitter page: @jtallent and a website: #toc
jtallent: Headed to #toc tweetup. With this much walking I'm going to lose 10 lbs.
jtallent: #toc help! Where is kemia bar? I'm at 630 9th ave, but don't see it
jtallent: #toc page numbers should not be used? I disagree with Scott Meyers on that. He totally skipped over the issue of indices.
jtallent: #toc at the Sparking an eBook Revolution - and I found a table with power access!
: which was of more value to you? RT @jtallent: #toc at the Sparking an eBook Revolution - and I found a table with power access!
jtallent: #toc - Key takeaways: Experiment, Discoverability, Control, Relationship
jtallent: why does everyone think books are on the way out? I agree that content delivery is more than books, but books are still important. #toc
jtallent: Great numbers from HarperCollins search inside the book feature - which is, by the way, a product created by LibreDigital. #toc
jtallent: If you have not decided where to go for this session, The Rise of eBooks will be a great talk. #toc
jtallent: I just had lunch with some great guys. @cart and two guys from Amazon (!!) #toc
jtallent: Future of eInk - 2009: new screen sizes, touch and pen interfaces, flexible displays - 2010: more flexible screens, possibly full color #toc
jtallent: I'm searching for _#toc_ live on TweetGrid Search - #toc
: RT @jtallent: Future of eInk - 2009: new screen sizes, touch and pen flexible displays-2010: more flexible screens, possibly full color #toc
jtallent: the iPhone is not an eBook reader! I get why people like it, but how can you read on such a small screen? #toc
: @jtallent Well, I just put my eyes on one word, and then let them slide across to the next one. It's easy, you should try it. #toc
jtallent: @trovebooks I have a G1 (Android) #toc
jtallent: @robotech_master cute #toc
: @jtallent Hey, you asked. #toc
: Can anyone answer? @jtallent: iPhone is not an eBook reader! I get why people like it, but how can you read on such a small screen? #toc
jtallent: @totai YOu keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. #toc
jtallent: Stanza would not exist without the Kindle #toc
: @jtallent: "how can you read on such a small screen?" very well, thanks. #toc
: @jtallent: Stanza would not exist without the Kindle #toc -- are you serious?!!?
jtallent: @mikecane - just quoting from the session, but I agree that the Kindle really did take eBooks to the next level #toc
jtallent: @jwikert makes a big deal about Amazon not offering an upgrade for early adopters. Apple didn't, neither did Sony #toc
: @jtallent Not true!! Sony offered 500 owners $100 off $505 as trade-in! #TOC
: @jtallent ...and we'll see if T-Mobile offers any kind of upgrade for G1 users... #toc
jtallent: @mikecane - ok, i stand corrected. What about Apple? #toc
jtallent: @bollyweed I did not buy the G1 with the goal of getting a deal on an upgrade. Then again, I'm a gadget guy. #toc
: @jtallent damn, I'm mixing up "upgrade" and keep relevant. It seems TMo is lagging behind expectations for the G1--I still love it, tho #toc
jtallent: dude, global cell phone sales 1,280,000,000 #toc
jtallent: Only "hundreds of thousands" ebook readers? I'd expect it is around a million by now, considering all of the ones out there #toc
jtallent: ErrNET.net sounds like a great option for self-published authors. Great proofreading at 50 cents per page. #toc
: RT @jtallent: ErrNET.net sounds like a great option for self-published authors. Great proofreading at 50 cents per page. #toc
jtallent: Having troublee getting internet access #toc. Anyone else?
: @jtallent I saw complaints in the #toc stream all day yesterday about the unreliability of the 'net there, so I think it's not just you.
jtallent: I feel better now about my bluescreen experience monday. If @timoreilly has problems too, I'm in good company. #toc
jtallent: very telling to the general religious attitude of the group. Cathedrals of learning overtaking cathedrals of spirituality. #toc
jtallent: Very interesting to see how the conversion process happens for a non-techie. #toc
