Oct 18
JetPack: the Always-Open University Library that Fits in Your Pocket
Posted: under Design, Google Android, Mobile Web Design, monetizing mobile content, Web Tech.
Tags: apps, cross-platform compatibility, digital publishing, jetpack. mobile web, JPUR, purdue, textbooks
…but without the annoying biology grad student who is using himself as a human guinea pig to see if it’s possible to survive for 3 months on a diet of only beer, vitamin pills and broccoli florets.
The switchover to all-digital textbooks is happening faster than predicted. I'm not too sure about reading an entire text on a smartphone screen, but for in-between class cramming, or getting instant updates to course material, it's not a bad choice.
I’d love to say that this is it, we’ve found the perfect replacement for textbooks, but from what I can see here, this is still a very limited solution. They are also trying to accomplish something that is unbelievably complex. I know, because we’ve been trying to do the same thing: come up with a way to create once-publish many.
