Happy Tuesday,

Ramps and fiddleheads are among my favorite signs of spring. While the forest floors remain mostly fern-free, the ramps are beginning to show themselves through the moist leaves from last year. In fact, right between the warehouse and upper building at our Waitsfield headquarters is a small patch of ramps I just might raid before I head home tonight.

Saturday, of course, is iPad day. I just cannot wait to get my hands on my own so I can watch this new product category evolve. The App store ecosystem will immediately be more interesting with this device around, and Apple certainly has the power to turn so many industries upside-down. Hopefully students everywhere can more easily afford textbooks, newspapers regain substantial profitability while improving content and reinventing themselves, and independently owned bookstores stay afloat.

As always, thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com