January 26, 2010When Geekdom Is Changed ForeverNo, it's not an invasion of killer bees that you hear. It's the buzz around the Apple tablet, which could bridge laptops and hand-held devices while offering a great book-reading experience. Barnes & Noble shares have bumped up on rumors that it will have a role in the new device. The web is alive with fake sneak peaks. How scared is Amazon? Will Apple dislodge the Kindle from its place of primacy? International Business Times says the market is out there for the tablet, and it's big. Will Apple, the ultimate purveyor of cool devices, hit another home run with an iTablet? T-Day is Wednesday. Posted by Andy Le Peau
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January 19, 2010How to Read MoreI'm a very slow reader. Always have been. And yet when people hear of the books I've read over the course of a year, they tell me they wish they could read more. I've found several reading strategies to be very helpful. Even if you employ just one of the ideas below, you can read a half dozen or more books in a year: Continue reading "How to Read More"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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January 11, 2010Francis Schaeffer: Fifty Years after TimeFifty years ago today, Time magazine published an article on Francis Schaeffer, who with his wife founded "one of the most unusual missions in the Western world." What made their ministry, nestled in the Swiss Alps, so different? They focused on intellectuals--artists, musicians, students, atheists, Jews, Catholics and Protestants--an eclectic mix of people that in 1960 the church tended to neglect. Continue reading "Francis Schaeffer: Fifty Years after Time"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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January 5, 2010The 2010 AndysLast week I posted what I read in 2009. Here's the best, the most, the worst and the biggest of what I read this past year: Continue reading "The 2010 Andys"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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