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Kindle Fire: The Curated Content Device
I had one primary goal when I ordered a Kindle Fire: it would free up the iPad to leave home during the day for my wife and kids to use. (Okay, okay, stop looking at me like that. I also … Continue reading
Six Days With the Kindle Fire
Since the first Kindle was released, Amazon has offered a device that’s the perfect storm for this tech-loving book lover. Or is it book-loving tech lover? Either way, I’m a lover, and tech gadgets and books sit high on my … Continue reading
Hands on With the Kindle
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, while we were all listening to Peter Gabriel, I ordered the new $79 Kindle model. The three readers in our house have been happily passing it around the last few weeks. We’re making … Continue reading
Standing Outside the Library Blasting Peter Gabriel on my Boom Box
I’ve not been the most faithful library patron over the years, though I have made sure my kids have maintained regular visits. I find a lot of value in having my own books arrive at my doorstep or on a … Continue reading
Hands On, Hypothetically, With a Nook Color
I can neither confirm nor deny most of what you are about to read. One of my current web projects is a contracted site for a company that makes mobile apps for iOS and Android. Because of their market, we’re … Continue reading
Hey Publishers
Hey publishers, I would like to think of us as friends. I read lots of books, and most of them I purchase so I can mark them up and revisit them. Several of you have been kind enough to send … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged books, ebooks, ipad, kindle, publishing, reading
The Thing About Kindle You Might Not Know
In some of the discussions weighing the pros and cons of ebooks, there is one significant point that I think is often overlooked. For my use, it is one of the most important. And Kindle ebooks do it best. I … Continue reading
hands on with kindle for mac
Four months after releasing Kindle for PC, Amazon dropped a Kindle Reader for Mac this week. I installed it last night and played with it for about five minutes. That’s all it took to learn what it could do. When … Continue reading
ephemera
When Amazon announced that they were opening the Kindle up to developers, there was only one app I could imagine that would be useful on the Kindle: Instapaper. Never mind. Last night, I tried out Ephemera. It’s fantasticical. (Sorry…sometimes exuberance … Continue reading
Posted in tools Tagged instapaper, kindle, software
for the love of instapaper
Every once in a while, I have one of those What apps do you have on your iPhone? conversations. It’s kind of the 2009 version of How much can you bench? I thought Instapaper was mainstream, but it’s not seldom … Continue reading
Posted in tools Tagged capture everything, instapaper, iphone, kindle, reading
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