I assume you have heard about Flipboard, and bet that if you own an iPad you may be a Flipboard user just like me. For those not familiar with Flipboard, think of it as your very own personal social magazine. The Flipboard app pulls information from the web, both from news sources and from your friends pages and services, like Facebook and Twitter. All this information is presented automatically in an appealing magazine-like format. Needless to say the content of your magazine is updated continuously.

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Recently Flipboard released a new version and introduced Flipboard Accounts. I believe this is a big deal in those environments and households where not every single individual has its own iPad. With Flipboard accounts you can share an iPad but still have your own very personal Flipboard magazine. As the company states; “With Accounts, your reading preferences stay with you no matter how you access Flipboard. For example, families and friends who share an iPad can log into Flipboard and find their favorite sections.” Read further >

Recently I attended the annual meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). For the benefit of readers of this blog who weren’t able to attend the meeting, I’ll provide a few highlights below. Read further >

I live in Connecticut and we were hit by a freak snowstorm on Oct. 29, with up to 18 inches of snow in some areas. I’m fortunate that I have power and heat, but as of Nov. 3, approximately 540,000 electric company customers still have no power. This situation, which follows a similar loss of power in August 2011 as a result of Hurricane Irene, made me think about ways to remain connected and productive. Read further >

The November issue of the Journal of Accountancy has an article where experts explain what should be on your wish list for 2012 or a preview to Tech 2012. Rick Richardson comments are most interesting to me in terms of intelligent solutions. “ I think one of the biggest issues is they’re now throwing around a term called the post-PC era. That is an (era) where the desktop and/or laptop computer, at least for some users, is going to have a metamorphosis in terms of who uses it and for what is it used.” Read further >

Last year the iPad dominated most of the discussions at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year it’s about platforms – two years ago it was all about eBooks. Attending a discussion on apps, enhanced eBooks, pricing and content strategy, representing an eBook manufacturer, the CEO of an eBook-platform and two publishers, the most frequent term I heard was “convergence.” Read further >

In my last post, I wrote about attending the Third Annual Wolters Kluwer eBook and Mobility Summit 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland, where I was part of a presentation on lessons learned from mobile app development. I included highlights from a checklist that we recently created. In this post, I’m including a few more highlights that I hope you find useful. Read further >

I attended the Third Annual Wolters Kluwer eBook and Mobility Summit 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland, this week, a wonderful opportunity to exchange information with my colleagues around the globe. I was part of a presentation on lessons learned from mobile app development and I included a checklist that we recently created. Read further >

There is no question that people expect information to be at their fingertips, all the time. It’s a fact that we live in an increasingly mobile world; it’s fascinating but well discussed. Almost everyone is now a part of Gen V (Generation Virtual, didn’t you know?). But let’s dig a little deeper. How can going mobile be a real asset for customers, one that generates genuine value for them? Read further >

With so much development occurring in China, Chinese professionals have a very real opportunity to contribute to improving their societies. It’s a sentiment I heard echoed by the people I spoke with last week at the 2011 Beijing International Book Fair. It’s also interesting to think about the role of technology in facilitating professionals here to be more efficient, and achieve better results. Watch the video clips below to hear some of these conversations. Read further >