This week, Apple holds its annual Worldwide Developers Conference: the big gala held every June when Apple developers get together to learn and network, and…
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As headlines go, another story about Facebook in trouble over their mishandling of user data is “Dog Bites Man,” isn’t it? But when TechCrunch revealed…
OPLIN 4Cast #574: Algorithms on trial
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All at once, it seems that algorithms, the means by which computers solve their problems, are themselves becoming problematic. “Algorithm” used to imply objectivity, an…
OPLIN 4cast #485: Reading the pictures
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Many things in life are not easy for blind people, and the internet is certainly one of those things. Screen reader software has never been…
OPLIN 4cast #348: Goodbye, Skeuomorphs
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Back in June, Apple announced that it was going to start avoiding skeuomorphism. Skeuomorphism is not some contagious disease; it’s a design principle that, when…
OPLIN 4Cast #289: Lessons from Apple
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Most public libraries do great customer service. When asked about their local libraries, the vast majority of people praise them, much more than any other…
OPLIN 4Cast #268: Thunderbolt is coming
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Be warned, this post is a little heavier on technical jargon than our usual posts because it’s about an emerging technology, called Thunderbolt, that you…
OPLIN 4Cast #254: Paying for content
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Newspaper and magazine publishers share a common problem with libraries: how do you convince people (or government officials and administrators in the case of libraries)…
OPLIN 4Cast #232: The iPad at one
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It may be hard to believe, but the iPad is only just a little over one year old. During that brief time period, it has…
There’s a battle shaping up over the business of selling digital newspapers and magazines to users of tablet devices, like the iPad. While Apple has…