Tag Archives: books

Conflictual views of the Internets

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Tweet Internet and the Digital world are great, no doubt. Sometimes, though, we are confronted with the thin line that borders the realms of the virtual and the earthly. I was discussing with my daughter about the issues around the … Continue reading →

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Book publishing via WordPress

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Tweet A tool I’m looking into for my project of Zen of Teaching is PressBook, a WordPress-based solution to author, produce and distribute books. PressBooks lets you and your team easily author and output books in multiple formats including: epub, … Continue reading →

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Books! [Finding]

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Tweet Many tools help to collect books and articles’ metadata and create a bibliography. WorldCat.org is the latest I found and it captures my attention because it is a very well done tool. First it can find books from all … Continue reading →

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Twitter Books

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Tweet Cover of The Twitter Book I just got my invitation into Twitter Lists, thus Mashable‘s HowTo article on How To Use Twitter Lists comes quite handy. I’m learning from it, but also from Robert Scoble‘s spicy remarks and advice. … Continue reading →

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Seth Godin on textbooks

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Tweet Image byhttp://www.prestonlee.com/archives/67 via CrunchBase Seth on why the textbook industry deserves to die {from edu.blogs.com}. Seth Godin (author of Tribes, among others…) writes an interesting argument favoring the disappearance of textbooks. Yes, textbooks, as those used in classes, he … Continue reading →

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