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A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. Hosted by Dan Benjamin & John Siracusa.
Hypercritical #52: Marked for Deletion
January 27, 2012 at 2:45pm • Short URL • Wiki Entry
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about iBooks Author, Apple’s real and stated motivations for entering the textbook market, and what really matters in education. This is followed by a long, ill-considered rant about Wikipedia. (Warning: original research, no neutral point of view.)
This episode is sponsored by MindNode and Sourcebits.
Notes Sponsored by HelpSpot.
- Apple’s textbook plan feels like a blast from the past – Macworld
- Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
- Stare at the red dot…
- Holding out for an ePub hero – Macworld
- Wishing on an ePub: Five hopes for Apple’s rumored e-publishing software – Macworld
- Apple’s wager – Ars Technica
- Glazman Responds to My Response – Daring Fireball
- The iBooks 2.0 built-in widgets – Baldur Bjarnason
- Cow Clicker – Wikipedia
- Articles for deletion: FTFF – Wikipedia
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – Wikipedia
- Using Game Design to Improve My Classroom – YouTube
- The Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire Became a Videogame Hit – Wired
- No original research – Wikipedia
- High Schools Are Step One Of Two – McKay Thomas
- Apple sued by Toronto lawyer over stolen MacBook, iPhone – thestar.com
- What counts as a reliable source? – Wikipedia
- Citogenesis – xkcd
- Dan Benjamin – Wikipedia
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