Thanks for posting about this David! Frank and I are really excited to be bringing TECH cocktail to Boulder. There is a lot going on in Boulder and we hope we can help in our own little way to get the town recognized for all the great technology it produces.

On another note I should mention that this event will be very special in that it is also a pilot event to test a partnership we're working on with the DEMO conference.

The DEMO folks are helping us with logistics and finding sponsors which they have a lot of experience with. This really helps take some of the burden off of Frank and I since TC is still a two man part-time show.

Looking forward to seeing the best of Boulder tech on March 6!

• 43 weeks ago

Good point John. The closed ecosystem is definitely a big negative (and is why I haven't plopped down the dough for a Kindle yet).

I hope things will get better over time with the kindle and devices like it in terms of a more open ecosystem though. This is just the first shot at something like this. It is like web content was before the movement to free up content and open up the walls.

Big content producers (in this case book publishers) have to get comfortable with the idea first and then we can push them to what's right. In fact, since Amazon has so much power in the book sales ecosystem they can push to create a more open ecosystem and the publishers should listen (one would hope).

Generally though I think I would like the device as a way to manage all of my books and an easier way to travel with them even though it is a bit restrictive.

Its really a decent (maybe even good) book reader with a lot of other ill conceived features. Its not perfect but it is interesting and it should shake things up one way or another.

• 54 weeks ago

I like this system a lot and I know I will get a lot of value out of it. My only issue now is formatting.

When you click on the comment list from a post of the main page and that post doesn't currently have any comments the user is brought to the permalink page (of course). The formatting then messes up a bit so that the user is left at the bottom of the page past the comments which would frustrate me if I wanted to comment.

The formatting is also a tad off on the posts with comments (comment box is too long, etc.). Any ideas guys?

Once I get the formatting fixed I know I will love this thing.

• 55 weeks ago