Comments for KevinPurcell.org http://www.kevinpurcell.org my brain explodes into cyberspace Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Apple’s iPad May Hurt eBook Readers by Michael Borgstede http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/679/comment-page-1#comment-105 Michael Borgstede Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:39:14 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/679#comment-105 I agree that the Apple negotiations with publishers may be a "game changer" but it was Apple that standardized the pricing of music (though they did raise their prices this last year) and now most prices are the same across the board (and if I remember right most music companies didn't like the .99 per song) so while this may create a price increase in the short term I think we will finally see a leveling out of prices that has been needed. I also hope we get a more standardizing of book formats or at least readers that will read many formats like music is now (and maybe a removal of DRM like music) So we will see but I think in the long run we will get a realistic market for eBooks thanks to Apple's strong negotiating and influencing power! I agree that the Apple negotiations with publishers may be a “game changer” but it was Apple that standardized the pricing of music (though they did raise their prices this last year) and now most prices are the same across the board (and if I remember right most music companies didn’t like the .99 per song) so while this may create a price increase in the short term I think we will finally see a leveling out of prices that has been needed. I also hope we get a more standardizing of book formats or at least readers that will read many formats like music is now (and maybe a removal of DRM like music)

So we will see but I think in the long run we will get a realistic market for eBooks thanks to Apple’s strong negotiating and influencing power!

]]> Comment on PocketSword for iPhone by Nic Carter http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633/comment-page-1#comment-100 Nic Carter Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:49:05 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633#comment-100 Hi Kevin, just a heads up that v1.1 is now on the App Store :) And to reply to Craig's comment . . . You can actually directly load files onto an iPhone, you just need to be creative in how you do it. FYI, the way PocketSword does it is to have a built-in light-weight http server which you manually start & stop & that allows to to "submit" a file for installation via a web browser. I know that other apps use WebDAV to do this that way, but I prefer the method we came up with, as all it needs is a web browser! Other methods are also possible & you can be creative & innovative in how you do it. :) Hi Kevin, just a heads up that v1.1 is now on the App Store :)

And to reply to Craig’s comment . . . You can actually directly load files onto an iPhone, you just need to be creative in how you do it. FYI, the way PocketSword does it is to have a built-in light-weight http server which you manually start & stop & that allows to to “submit” a file for installation via a web browser. I know that other apps use WebDAV to do this that way, but I prefer the method we came up with, as all it needs is a web browser! Other methods are also possible & you can be creative & innovative in how you do it. :)

]]> Comment on iPad and Bible Study by Kevin Purcell http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/668/comment-page-1#comment-98 Kevin Purcell Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:28:21 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/668#comment-98 That's good to hear. Any screen shots anywhere I can post? That’s good to hear. Any screen shots anywhere I can post?

]]> Comment on iPad and Bible Study by Drew Haninger http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/668/comment-page-1#comment-96 Drew Haninger Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:36:41 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/668#comment-96 Olive Tree also actively making Bible Study possible on the iPad. We had BibleReader running in the iPad emulator hours after Steve Jobs finished his talk…also glad to see Logos doing it … Olive Tree also actively making Bible Study possible on the iPad. We had BibleReader running in the iPad emulator hours after Steve Jobs finished his talk…also glad to see Logos doing it …

]]> Comment on “Thank God for this Win” by Mike Vincent http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/452/comment-page-1#comment-95 Mike Vincent Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:58:12 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/452#comment-95 Does God ever choose sides? Can we not believe that, for His purposes and plans, God may intervene and cause a certain team to win? Within the sovereignty of God, this certainly is possible, but not necessary. The problem is, unless we are an extreme Calvinist, we may never know, how much, if any, God interevened. However, we must believe He has a purpose and plan in all things. Does God ever choose sides? Can we not believe that, for His purposes and plans, God may intervene and cause a certain team to win? Within the sovereignty of God, this certainly is possible, but not necessary. The problem is, unless we are an extreme Calvinist, we may never know, how much, if any, God interevened. However, we must believe He has a purpose and plan in all things.

]]> Comment on Logos 4 Much Faster in Beta 2 of 4.0a by Kevin Purcell http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/570/comment-page-1#comment-94 Kevin Purcell Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:14:17 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/570#comment-94 If you go to community.logos.com and enter the Logos 4 forum, at the bottom of the page is a link to Beta forum. You can find it in there. If you go to community.logos.com and enter the Logos 4 forum, at the bottom of the page is a link to Beta forum. You can find it in there.

]]> Comment on Logos 4 Much Faster in Beta 2 of 4.0a by Joe Mayden http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/570/comment-page-1#comment-93 Joe Mayden Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:36:36 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/570#comment-93 What is the web address for the latest Logos 4.o beta download What is the web address for the latest Logos 4.o beta download

]]> Comment on PocketSword for iPhone by Craig Rairdin http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633/comment-page-1#comment-92 Craig Rairdin Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:02:22 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633#comment-92 Thanks for the clarification regarding our BookBuilder program, which can be used to build add-on reference books for our Windows, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, and iPhone readers. Because there's no way to directly load files directly onto an iPhone, those books have to be hosted on our server so that PocketBible for iPhone can find and download them. Once they're on the server, you as a user are in control of who can download them. You can not only download them yourself but you can grant others the right to download the books you create. Lots of people are submitting content to us every week for their own use, so we welcome your readers to give it a try. PocketBible for iPhone is free and includes 39 Bibles and reference books plus over 200 more available for sale at our site. Thanks for the clarification regarding our BookBuilder program, which can be used to build add-on reference books for our Windows, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, and iPhone readers. Because there’s no way to directly load files directly onto an iPhone, those books have to be hosted on our server so that PocketBible for iPhone can find and download them. Once they’re on the server, you as a user are in control of who can download them. You can not only download them yourself but you can grant others the right to download the books you create.

Lots of people are submitting content to us every week for their own use, so we welcome your readers to give it a try. PocketBible for iPhone is free and includes 39 Bibles and reference books plus over 200 more available for sale at our site.

]]> Comment on PocketSword for iPhone by Kevin Purcell http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633/comment-page-1#comment-89 Kevin Purcell Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:36:25 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633#comment-89 Thanks for the updated information. I look forward to seeing the new features when it comes out. Make sure you stop by to let us know when it is ready. As for the "modern" issue, i focus on an English speaking audience in my blog so that is why I make that comment. That doesn't mean that the older translations are not valid or useful, but they are less that I would prefer. If you could get things like NIV, HCSB, NLT or others added, it would go a long way to making PocketSowrd a much more useful app for me and many others. But it is a good app and being free there is NO reason anyone shouldn't try it out. Thanks for the updated information. I look forward to seeing the new features when it comes out. Make sure you stop by to let us know when it is ready.
As for the “modern” issue, i focus on an English speaking audience in my blog so that is why I make that comment. That doesn’t mean that the older translations are not valid or useful, but they are less that I would prefer. If you could get things like NIV, HCSB, NLT or others added, it would go a long way to making PocketSowrd a much more useful app for me and many others. But it is a good app and being free there is NO reason anyone shouldn’t try it out.

]]> Comment on PocketSword for iPhone by Nic Carter http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633/comment-page-1#comment-88 Nic Carter Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:59:06 +0000 http://www.kevinpurcell.org/archives/633#comment-88 Hi Kevin, thanks for the positive review :) FYI, many of the non-English translations are "modern", but for English-speaking people like you (and I!) that doesn't help much. ;) Also, version 1.1 is almost ready with support for dictionaries & hopefully support for Strong's. To find out more about what's in the works, dev-wise, you can follow @PocketSword on Twitter, too :) Thanks, ybic nic... :) [PocketSword developer] Hi Kevin, thanks for the positive review :)

FYI, many of the non-English translations are “modern”, but for English-speaking people like you (and I!) that doesn’t help much. ;)
Also, version 1.1 is almost ready with support for dictionaries & hopefully support for Strong’s. To find out more about what’s in the works, dev-wise, you can follow @PocketSword on Twitter, too :)

Thanks, ybic
nic… :)
[PocketSword developer]

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