tech and apps
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Offline capability is a key characteristic of modern Progressive Web Applications. There’s been steadily growing interest in making web applications survive in disconnected scenarios and Benjamin Young explains why this is so important.
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What if our guest blogger told you that ebook developers already know most of what they need to know in order to build mobile applications?
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Kaya Thomas, creator of the app We Read Too, a book resource that helps readers find books by and about people of colour, joins us on the podcast to talk her favourite books, breaking into coding, and diversifying the publishing industry.
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EXA Editor is the venerable XML editor for use with ONIX that BookNet Canada made available as a free download for the past few years. It was an excellent product with a not-so-excellent GUI (nerdese for your ability to find and click on things) and a useful tool for learning about ONIX. A number of…
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At this year’s BISG Annual Members Meeting Carolyn Pittis gave an excellent presentation on QR Codes [Wikipedia link] (2D barcodes that can repesent text) and how they are being used by Harper Collins to link books to mobile websites and extended content.