Scott Kehoe, Technical AdvisorMassachusetts Library System

scott@masslibsystem.org / 866-627-7228 / AIM: scottatmls

Wordz4

2day

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Touch2

• Touchscreens!

• tablets / slates / half-a-laptop

• smartphones

• e-readers

• tablet computers & computer monitors

• automobile dashboards

• kitchen appliances

Apps4

• psst ... it’s just software & a marketing bonanza

• the geek15 minutes of fame

• It's about access, not the device

• Angry Birds & Netflix & Kindle

Ecosystems

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• Not biology ...technology

• Game consoles: Xbox, Nintendo, Playstation

• Apple - iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch

• Microsoft - Windows & Internet Explorer

• Amazon Kindle / Barnes & Noble Nook

• OverDrive

Consolidation?Synergy?

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• AT&T & T-Mobile

• Comcast & NBC

• CBS & Showtime & Simon & Schuster

• Wall Street Journal & Fox & Harper Collins

• Disney & ABC & Marvel Comic ...and Apple

• Time-Warner & HBO & DC Comics

Ramifications

10

• First Sale Doctrine• Copyright• DRM• licensing

DOWNSIDE

• Content everywhere

• Cheaper content

• Device doesn't matter

• Ecosystems cross-pollinate

UPSIDE

Workshop handouts, slides, links:http://www.masslibsystem.org/continuing-education/mls-ce-handouts/

New York Times Technologyhttp://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology- David Pogue’s weekly columns & reviews

Wall Street Journal All Things Digitalhttp://allthingsd.com/- Walt Mossberg’s weekly Personal Technology column

NPR Technology & Popular Culture podcasts (weekly)www.npr.org/rss/podcast

Pew Internet & American Life Projectsuccinct reports on all aspects internet use by Americanswww.pewinternet.org

Where to get more info!