Why don’t I write a blog? People keep asking me that question and I have more recently been asking myself the same question. I usually answer myself and most other people that I already post my thoughts and comments on facebook, YouTube, twitter and flickr, where my friends eyeballs are already directed. And, I am
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Motoko Rich of the New York Times recently released the first of what will be a series of articles addressing online reading and the movement away from traditional forms of reading (i.e. books, newspapers, journals). I won’t go into a huge rant here as the article is quite lengthy and very detailed. But to summarize
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Before the iTunes App Store, first generation iPhone users pointed their browsers to the Apple Web App store which features thousands of web applications specifically designed for the iPhone and iTouch. Users have the ability to browse through the same categories as they can in the now popular iTunes store, but they don’t have to
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Spreed was recently featured in XYYZ Magazine. They really hit the nail on the head when it comes to the limitation of mobile devices. Although the iPhone has a huge screen, it still has some major real estate issues. When reading articles users can easily get overwhelmed by too much text and a slew of
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Below is a link to a fantastic article about Spreed written by Michael Tipper a professional speed reading coach based out of the UK. Michael sums up spreed perfectly and has put together an instructional video on how to read using clusters. The educational component of Spreed is very important as it is a departure
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I would just like to say thank you for all the help and support that we have received from the North American tech community. The Spreed:News launch yesterday was spectacular and we are even more excited for the coming days. Please contact us or post a comment here if you have any feedback or ideas
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I am very proud to announce to launch of Spreed:News today. Spreed:News is a mobile application that gives users a better reading experience on their mobile devices. The first version of our software will be available only through the iPhone. However, we will be working hard over the next month to offer both Windows Mobile
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Those of you who are tech-savvy probably already saw the mistake we made in yesterday’s blog. In our excitement over what we had perceived to be a major step forward in mobile device design, we rushed to an incorrect assumption. A statement on Readius’s website was misunderstood and led us to think that this was
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At Spreed we love the Kindle. Any technological innovation that makes electronic reading easier and more accessible is alright with us. But the product has two clear limitations that bother us. First, and foremost, is its size. We get it – Amazon is almost metaphorically replicating the traditional book here. But in this case we
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For a few years now there have been various journal papers and blog articles positing the theory that our reading behaviour, that of the so-called Google Generation, is changing to adapt to the medium of the internet, some say becoming more shallow. McLuhan followers will have been sitting smugly in front of their screens. The
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