The Kindle Chronicles TKC 439 Darlene's 2016 Tech Review
My Wife Darlene, Claire and a new quilt
Interview starts at 12:28 and ends at44:58
"What’s great about Audible is you still get to hear a story. You’re not reading it, but you’re still getting a story. And for me sometimes when I get stuck on stuff in my studio, it’s just keeping me in the room long enough to get past it. And Audible does that."
News
“Alexa Devices Top Amazon Best-Seller List This Holiday - Millions of Alexa Devices Sold Worldwide” - press release December 27, 2016
“Amazon Has ‘Best Ever’ Holiday” at Forbes - December 27, 2016
“Not Everyone Shops on Amazon. Who Knew?” at WSJ What’s News podcast - December 30, 2016
“Amazon workers sleep in tents near firm’s Scottish depot to avoid travel costs” by Tom Mendelsohn at Ars Technica - December 12, 2016
“Here’s How Amazon is Flexing Its Muscle in Air Cargo” by Reuters at Fortune - December 23, 2016
“Amazon looks to the sky to store products” by Reuters at Yahoo Finance - December 29, 2016
“As We Leave More Digital Tracks, Amazon Echo Factors in Murder Investigation” at NPR - December 28, 2016
“Can Alexa help solve a murder? Police think so—but Amazon won’t give up her data.” by Amy B. Wang at The Washington Post - December 28, 2016
Interview with My Wife Darlene
“Is the Kindle Oasis Really Worth It?” - My YouTube review of the Oasis featuring “The Wife Test,” Darlene’s first impressions - April 27, 2016
Web page of Darlene’s quilting teacher, Susan Carlson
“These Ford Cars Will Soon Be Able to Talk to Amazon’s Alexa” by Reuters at Fortune.com - October 3, 2016
Spire breath tracker
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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