On the Nexus 7

Today at its I/O conference, Google unveiled the Nexus 7.

While we won’t know for sure until mid-July when it ships, this devices seems physically very much like the Fire, but maybe faster. It’s 7-inches,, black with a front-facing camera. That said, I do think the device is nicer looking than The Fire, which is based on the Blackberry Playbook’s hardware.

Google has clearly aimed at the Kindle Fire with this device. The Fire, of course, runs a forked version of Android controlled by Amazon.

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Writers I Read: Dr. Drang

Stephen: Dr. Drang, thanks for taking some time from whatever it is you do to chat. For those readers who might not know, tell us a little about what you do online. Dr. Drang: My blog, “And now it’s all this,” lives at leancrew.com, where I try to post 4–5 times a week. I have an extraordinarily poor sense of marketing, so my domain, blog name, and pseudonym have no relationship to one another. Fortunately, Google sends people who search for “dr drang” to my site.

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RSS Sponsor: Wet Frog Studios →

Thanks to Aaron at Wet Frog Studio for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed! — SH


Your mom was wrong.

She told you not to judge a book by its cover. But everyone does it. And if you sell an app, publish a book, run a business or write a blog, you need to put your best foot forward.

Thankfully, this week’s sponsor is Aaron Mahnke from Wet Frog Studios. Aaron designs brands for developers, authors, writers and businesses. And he does a really good job. Want proof? Check out the cover of my book, Bartending, or the best-selling iPhone app Drafts. Ever read an article over at Minimal Mac? Yeah, he did that, too.

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