Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the first show of 2017 by discussing their professional goals for the year. Dvorak plans to release books on Plato and market cycles before June, while Curry aims to finalize his dedicated podcast hardware device.
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Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the first show of 2017 by discussing their professional goals for the year. Dvorak plans to release books on Plato and market cycles before June, while Curry aims to finalize his dedicated podcast hardware device.
President Obama launched a $250 million initiative to provide free e-books to low-income children through major publishers. The program is part of a broader goal to provide high-speed internet to 99% of students by 2018. Critics argue the initiative ignores existing free resources like Project Gutenberg, which offers over 48,000 professionally edited public domain books.
Audio Book Production, Tom Swift and Dialect
The challenges of recording audiobooks are discussed, including maintaining consistent intonation and dealing with historical texts written in dialect. The hosts explore the political correctness of reading Mark Twain or the Tom Swift series in their original forms and the availability of public domain works on Project Gutenberg.
