Avid reader, longtime listener
Interview starts at 12:45 and ends at 43:20
“My ideal Kindle would have real buttons and would have audio support, so that you could do immersion reading along with just straight reading.”
News
“Amazon plans to open as many as six more cashierless Amazon Go stores this year” by Jason Del Rey at Recode - February 22, 2018
“Prime Members Now Earn 5% Back When Shopping At Whole Foods Market Using the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Card” - press release February 20, 2018
Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card
“This board game is powered by Amazon Alexa” by Monica Chin at Mashable - February 19, 2018
“ENCORE: When data rules the world” interview with Yuval Noah Harari on the Financial Times Tech Tonic podcast - replayed on February 21, 2018
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Tech Tip
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Content (Books mentioned by John Aga in the interview)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer
Freddy the Pig series (Wikipedia)
Freddy the Detective by Walter R. Brooks
Books by Robert Heinlein including his Juveniles Series
Starship Troopers and Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
The Hardy Boys Starter Set (5 Volumes) by Franklin W. Dixon
Gabriel Allon Series by Daniel Silva
The Liberation Trilogy Box Set by Rick Atkinson
The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II by Jan Jarboe Russell (Audible version)
We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Film by Noah Isenberg (Audible version)
cloudLibrary by bibliotheca
RBdigital and OverDrive at Amazon app store
Our Guest for Next Week’s 500th Episode:
Kevin Keith, Amazon’s General Manager Fire Tablets; Amazon Echo & Alexa Product Marketing
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.
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