Catholic Tech Talk

As the conversation continues about technology and the Church, those advocating it’s uses encounter a lot of objections.  The objections interestingly seem to be pretty consistent.  It came up again last night in a phone conversation and today online, and a question has been going through my mind for a while now . . . [...]

Yup, it’s that time of year again . . . Back To School.  Parents are gathering supplies and getting ready for that first day (if it hasn’t already come like here in Florida).  And this year, students may have something different in the backpacks . . . a tablet or ereader.  Many are still trying [...]

eReaders are definitely a hot item and their are plenty of options.  Barnes and Noble hit the eReader world with the Nook® in 2009.   Now called “Nook 1st Edition”, featured eInk paper0like display and a small LCD touch control screen at the bottom.  This past month, Barnes and Noble revamped the original Nook® and released [...]

There is a lot of talk among legislators, educators, and parents about ebooks in schools (both public and private such as our Catholic Schools)at the k-12 level.  I agree that there are potentially great benefits for improving education as well as huge long-term cost savings.  This is not an easy move either, and in many [...]

This past week, Barnes and Noble released the long-awaited software update to the Nook Color.  Like any software update, it’s rolled out to owners incrementally.  But Barnes and Noble also offers the ability to download the update file and install it manually. The update gives users some great new capabilities: Apps that can be purchased [...]

I’m close to making a purchase decision on an eReader, specifically the Sony PRS-300 (Pocket Edition). It looks to be just the right size for me and the right price. Have a couple questions for folks with an eReader… Do the Sony products allow you to ‘subscribe’ to a blog somehow? Would love to be [...]