John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about iBooks Author, Apple's real and stated motivations for entering the textbook market, and what really matters in education. This is followed by a long, ill-considered rant about Wikipedia. (Warning: original research, no neutral point of view.)

Links for this episode:

  • Apple sued by Toronto lawyer over stolen MacBook, iPhone - thestar.com
  • Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia
  • Apple's textbook plan feels like a blast from the past - Macworld
  • Holding out for an ePub hero - Macworld
  • Wishing on an ePub: Five hopes for Apple's rumored e-publishing software - Macworld
  • Glazman Responds to My Response - Daring Fireball
  • The iBooks 2.0 built-in widgets – Baldur Bjarnason
  • High Schools Are Step One Of Two - McKay Thomas
  • Apple's wager - Ars Technica
  • Citogenesis - xkcd
  • No original research - Wikipedia
  • What counts as a reliable source? - Wikipedia
  • Using Game Design to Improve My Classroom - YouTube
  • The Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire Became a Videogame Hit - Wired
  • Cow Clicker - Wikipedia
  • Articles for deletion: FTFF - Wikipedia
  • Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
  • Stare at the red dot…
  • Dan Benjamin - Wikipedia

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