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Compré una muy bonita impresora/scanner de Epson, el modelo CX5600, el cual veo que esta comercializandose bastante bien en Argentina.

Al momento, no tengo los drivers para Leopard, y los de Tiger no me andan… si alguien sabe como hacerla andar, se agradecerá algun tip!

UPDATE: Probé los Discussion forums de Apple y tuve una respuesta en 10 minutos, pero no muy concreta (con sugerencias sobre mas pruebas). Lo mas efectivo hasta ahora fue enviar una consulta a Epson USA y en 24hs me confirmaron que aun on hay drivers para Leopard, para este modelo. Asi que warning si van a comprarla! Calculo que tardaran en aparecer un par de semanas. Veremos como sigue esto. Por ahora es una linda pisapapeles.

Seth’s Blog: Letters, brochures and email
Email (sent with permission) has a different function. Its job is to get a response. To move a conversation forward, to help you learn a little bit about the person you’re engaging with.

If your emails read like direct mail letters or look like brochures, you’re wasting time and effort.

“According to William Glasser, we learn “10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what is discussed with others, 80% of what is experienced personally, and 95% of what we teach to someone else.”

Technology Review: The Secret of Apple Design
“There were three evaluations required at the inception of a product idea: a marketing requirement ­document, an engineering requirement document, and a user-­experience document,” Norman recalls. Rolston elabo­rates: “Marketing is what people want; engineering is what we can do; user experience is ‘Here’s how people like to do things.’”

MIT World » : Relearning Learning-Applying the Long Tail to Learning
With the avid participation of online users, the distinction between producers and consumers blurs. In the same way, says Brown, knowledge ‘production’ must flow more from ‘amateurs’ – the students, life-long learners, and professionals learning new skills. Brown describes amateur astronomers who observe the sky 24/7, supplementing the work of professionals in critical ways. A website devoted to Boccaccio’s Decameron welcomes both scholars and students, opening up the world of professional humanities research to all.