Episode 52: 52: Marked for Deletion

Hosted byJohn Siracusa

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about iBooks Author, Apple's real and stated motivations for entering the textbook market, and what really matters in education. This is followed by a long, ill-considered rant about Wikipedia. (Warning: original research, no neutral point of view.)

Links for this episode:

• Apple sued by Toronto lawyer over stolen MacBook, iPhone - thestar.com
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia
• Apple's textbook plan feels like a blast from the past - Macworld
• Holding out for an ePub hero - Macworld
• Wishing on an ePub: Five hopes for Apple's rumored e-publishing software - Macworld
• Glazman Responds to My Response - Daring Fireball
• The iBooks 2.0 built-in widgets – Baldur Bjarnason
• High Schools Are Step One Of Two - McKay Thomas
• Apple's wager - Ars Technica
• Citogenesis - xkcd
• No original research - Wikipedia
• What counts as a reliable source? - Wikipedia
• Using Game Design to Improve My Classroom - YouTube
• The Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire Became a Videogame Hit - Wired
• Cow Clicker - Wikipedia
• Articles for deletion: FTFF - Wikipedia
• Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
• Stare at the red dot…
• Dan Benjamin - Wikipedia

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