Rubicon is looking for a few (3) excellent leaders

We’ve got 3 interesting roles to add to our Rubicon (actually our current company is called Rubicon, and we’re creating a new company we affectionately called Rubicon TNG until we name it more formally). We’re ready to hire some leaders who want to co-own and co-build a business that enables transformative outcomes. We wanted to ask you, our community to help us get the word out on it.

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The future of publishing: Why ebooks failed in 2000, and what it means for 2010

This post is adapted from a speech I gave at the O’Reilly Tools of Change publishing industry conference in February. It’s a great time for ebooks. There are at least six ebook reader devices on the market or in preparation….

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Ars Technica - Don Reisinger on Amazon's Kindle

Don Reisinger wrote a very comprehensive opinion piece on Ars Technica yesterday.

He has quite a wish list for the next version. But even though he covered its sales, a still too-high price, its ability to let you read more than just books, a possibly enhanced screen, tons of content available, a potential move into textbooks (big bucks), and e-Ink technology improvements, Don missed the one deal-breaker that will forever keep me from buying a Kindle.

Design.

With all the great design houses available, I can’t believe Amazon got this device so wrong. The mere sight of a Kindle is enough to start my gag reflex.

I don’t care what its technical attributes are - I’m not shelling out any amount of money for a device that looks like someone left a piece of beige plastic and a calculator on a radiator overnight.

There’s no excuse for selling good technology in a Frankenstein package - I’d hoped for so much more, Amazon!

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Tags: Amazon , design , e-Ink , innovation , Kindle , textbooks