The Kindle Chronicles

Host of the Kindle Chronicles News “Amazon gets into the blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database & Managed Blockchain” by Sara Perez at TechCrunch - November 28, 2018 Bitcoin Price Plummets CoinBase (my app of choice for buying Bitcoin) “Apple Music to launchy on Amazon Echo speakers” by Tim Bradsha at The Financial Times - November 29, 2018 “Introducing medical language processing with Amazon Comprehend Medical” by Dr. Taha A. Kass-Hout and Dr. Matt Wood at the AWS blog - November 27, 2018 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande eBook promotions on Black Friday in Poland Ask Me Anything (AMA) links 2010 TKC episode recorded at Tau Game Lodge in South Africa (audio only) TKC 378 Hola from Ecuador!s TKC 529 interview with author Scott Pratt, recorded at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford, Maine TKC 336 interview with poet John Ashbery Next Week’s Guest Tom Abrahams, author of Home: A Post Apocalyptic/Dystopian Adventure (The Traveler Book 1) 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Vice Principal and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 2:28 and ends at 38:32 “Nobody can see the future, but what we can see from the past is that it unfolds according to certain properties. What [Virginia Postrel, author of The Future and Its Enemies] wrote that was so compelling was that the best properties to help that unfold in the best way are properties of experimentation, of testing, of openness, of collaboration, of letting people try what people do in an environment where they get feedback from the marketplace and then they can respond.” Interview with James McQuivey Bradley Metrock’s This Week in Voice interview with Brian Roemmelle, starting at Roemelle’s estimate that Amazon has 10,000 people working on Alexa. November 15, 2018 Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey Paleo cheese puffs by LesserEvil at Amazon.com Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress by Virginia Postrel Content “Ben Sasse: By the Book” in The New York Times - November 21, 2018 Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal by Ben Sasse Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville Next Week’s Show Since Darlene and I will be traveling next week in Tucson and Denver, I’m thinking of doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) show based on your questions or comments. Please email them to me at podchronicles AT gmail DOT com. Thanks! Outro Vector robot by Anki at Amazon.com 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Amazon Books Senior Editor Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 39:11 “We often talk about accessibility. We start there. We talk about quality of writing. The story is important, obviously. Maybe the thing that gets you over the line is your visceral reaction to the book. How much are you willing to argue for it? You win some, and you lose some. Ultimately I think we come up with a great list. Every book on the Top 20 is a great book.” News Amazon’s announcement of HQ2 Jeff Bezos tells employees that one day Amazon will fail. (CNBC) Author Scott Pratt dies in an auto accident (The Passive Voice) The Sins of the Mother by Scott Pratt and Mark Stout Richard Hollick’s sensible take on HQ2 (Making Book) Amazon’s Black Friday Week deals Tech Tip Amazon Key Home Delivery Interview with Chris Schluep Amazon Best Books of 2018 list The Amazon Book Review Podcast, available via iTunes Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Content Amazon’s Best Books of 2018 Next Week’s Guest James McQuivey, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research Outro 9News Anchor Steve Staeger interviews me about being Carless in Denver. 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of the Breakthrough series Interview starts at 9:36 and ends at 40:28 News Amazon to split HQ2 between two cities (Wall Street Journal) Amazon announces free shipping with no minimum purchase for the holidays My video of a dunk test for the all-new Kindle Paperwhite plus Darlene’s comments Interview with Michael C. Grumley Breakthrough series by Michael C. Grumley: Breakthrough, Leap, Catalyst, and Ripple Words with Friends “Could we speak the language of dolphins?” TED2013 talk by Denise Herzing “Can we really do it? The language of dolphins could be translated by 2012” by Michael C. Grumley - May 8, 2017 Content Amazon Book Review podcast The Washington Post recommends 10 books to read in November Comments CZUR scanner Next Week’s Guest Chris Schluep, Amazon’s Senior Editor for books, talking about his team’s picks for the best books of 2018. For those interested in our experience with a Tesla Model 3, I uploaded a new episode of The Edge of the Road Podcast detailing some minor problems with the car. I still love it, though. 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Vice President, Macmillan Podcasts & QDT Interview starts at 9:43 and ends at 40:01 “We can think of podcasting as an entry point to audiobooks. They are less of a commitment, they are free, they can actually give you great insights into book discovery. Podcasts can move at a more rapid pace.” News Jeff Bezos in Cambridge! Black Friday deals Harlequin makes an eReader platform change 4-Star Amazon store coming to Denver Tech Tip Live Ballot on Alexa Interview with Kathy Doyle Macmillan Podcasts “How to Listen to a Podcast with Ira and Mary” (YouTube) - October 3, 2014 Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips Mignon Fogarty author page at Amazon.com I Love You, But I Hate Your Politics podcast Steal the Stars podcast, audiobook, and novel But That’s Another Story podcast with Will Schwalbe The Savvy Psychologist podcast with Ellen Hendriksen, PhD How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety by Ellen Hendriksen, PhD and Audiobook Dirty John show Panoply podcast network Nutrition Diva podcast The Argument - New York Times podcast Slow Burn - Slate podcast Masters of Scale podcast with Reid Hoffman Digital Book World 2019 Comments Heavenly Body by my sister, Stephanie Edgerly Next Week’s Guest Michael C. Grumley, author of the Breakthrough series 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Site Reliability Engineering Lead at Shopify Interview starts at 10:07 and ends at 43:36 “If someone were to come around with some hardware that was even 50 percent worse than the Kindle but was opened up for easy highlight consumption, making it easier to see what highlights my friends have done, and all these sorts of things--I would switch in a heartbeat. ” News “Amazon Kindle versus iPhone XS Max: choosing the best e-book reader” at AppleInsider - October 24, 2018 “Jeff Bezos wants us all to leave earth--for good” by Steven Levy at Wired - October 15, 2018 Interview with Simon Eskildsen “How I Read” by Simon Eskildsen at his blog - July, 2018 Shopify The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander (not available on Kindle) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Listen Notes Readwise Doing Good Better by William MacAskill Content Heavenly Body by Stephanie Edgerly (my sister) was released this week at the Kindle Store for $5.49. Highly recommended! Next Week’s Guest Kathy Doyle, vice president - podcasting at Macmillan Publishers 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Joerg Tewes, Head of Kindle Product Management, and Kevin Keith, VP Amazon Devices New Paperwhite at Amazon.com Kevin Keith, VP-Amazon Devices Joerg Tewes, Head of Product Management for Kindle Press Release on new Paperwhite - October 16, 2018 Click here to check for software updates for your Kindle or Fire device Next Week’s Guest Simon Hørup Eskildsen, author of “How I Read” 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Host of Evil Genius Chronicles Interview starts at 10:55 and ends at 40:51 “Really and truly [with a DIY book scanning device] I’m moving my hoarding from physical hoarding to digital hoarding. But I’m in favor of that maneuver. The bits and bytes are cheaper to store, and they take up a lot less room, and I’m okay with that.” News Data Guy’s presentation slides at Digital Book World “Alexa, launch Fortnite” at Amazon’s Dayone blog - October 11, 2018 “Xbox One bundles at Amazon will come with a new Echo Dot for free” by Emily Heller at Polygon - October 12, 2018 “Amazon patents new Alexa feature that knows when you’re ill and offers you medicine” by James Cook at The Telegraph - October 9, 2018 Interview with Dave Slusher Evil Genius Chronicles (Patreon page) ServiceNow’s NowForum in Sydney, Australia Dave Slusher’s blog post on building a book scanner - September 25, 2018 DIY Book Scanner Forum Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster Fuller 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

David Peach, TKC Reporter-at-Large Links Mentioned in this Episode Digital Book World 2018 Alexa Developer website The Dog Feeder Skill for Alexa Digital Book World Hall of Fame inducts Marie Dutton Brown and Len Edgerly Novel Effect skill for Alex Audioburst Libsyn Macmillan podcasts Readercoin Veronica and the Volcano by Geoffrey Cook OverDrive Next Week’s Guest Dave Slusher of The Evil Genius Chronicles podcast 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

CEO of Open Road Integrated Media Interview starts at 3:32 and ends at 27:40 “Industry-wide, if you took all eBooks, it looks like it’s going down maybe 7 to 10 percent. If you look at the very top booksellers it looks like it’s down 30 percent.” New Alexa Products The Verge’s Dan Seifert’s first impression (video) of Alexa-powered AmazonBasics Microwave “In Defense of Amazon’s Alexa Microwave” by Jeffrey Van Camp at Wired - September 23, 2018 Dan Seifert’s first impressions of new Echo Show and other devices Interview with Paul Slavin Open Road Integrated Media Author Earnings Open Road newsletters Next Week’s Show David Peach and I will bring you highlights from Digital Book World 2018 in Nashville 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.