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The Kindle Chronicles

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Jan 23, 2021 • 59min

TKC 651 Bradley Metrock

CEO of Project Voice Interview starts at 9:38 and ends at 56:32 Links “KindleDrip: Critical vulnerabilities in Amazon Kindle e-reader gave attackers free rein over user accounts” by Jessica Haworth at The Daily Swig - January 21, 2021 “Will Amazon release a Color Kindle in 2021?” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - January 1, 2021 Bradley Metrock’s web site Project Voice Coast to Coast Zoom Video Webinars Digital Book World 2021 “Pete Buttigieg testifies in Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation secretary” at PBS - January 21, 2021 Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Jan 16, 2021 • 51min

TKC 650 Cliff Guren & Thad McIlroy

Co-authors of “COVID-19 and Book Publishing” Interview starts at 8:35 and ends at 50:03 Links “Connecticut Investigating Amazon’s E-Book Business” by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Dana Mattioli at The Wall Street Journal - January 13, 2021 “When Tech Antitrust Failed: How did a case meant to lower prices instead possibly lead to higher prices?” by Shira Ovide at The New York Times - January 15, 2021 COVID-19 and Book Publishing: Impacts and Insights for 2021 by Thad McIlroy, Cliff Guren, and Steve Sieck available for free download here Panorama Project Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Jan 9, 2021 • 50min

TKC 649 Greg Epstein

Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT Interview starts at 3:53 and ends at 42:11 Links Greg Epstein’s  bio page at Harvard and MIT Greg’s Twitter account The Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard and MIT - Click Here to donate “My name is Greg, and I’m addicted to tech” by Greg M. Epstein at The Boston Globe - January 1, 2021 “In Memory of Tom Ferrick: America’s First Atheist Chaplain Died” by Greg M. Epstein at The Huffington Post - January 22, 2014 New York Times obit of the Rev. Peter J. Gomes - March 1, 2011 Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe by Greg Epstein My interview with Bryan Hudson, founding pastor of New Covenant Church in Indianapolis, Indiana - December 25, 2020 Smart Recovery Alcoholics Anonymous Light Phone, reMarkable tablet Amazon Halo Next Week’s Guests Thad McIlroy and Cliff Guren, co-authors (with Steve Sieck) of COVID-19 and Book Publishing: Impacts and Insights for 2021, available for free download here. Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Jan 2, 2021 • 52min

TKC 648 Charles LeBuff

Author of The Sanibel Island Lighthouse Interview starts at 10:11 and ends at 50:26 Links Typora.io Kindle software update to 5.13.4 The Sanibel Island Lighthouse: A Specialized History of Sanibel Island, Florida 1513-2014 by Charles LeBuff, available at Smashwords Sanybel Light: A Historical Autobiography by Charles LeBuff, available as a Kindle Unlimited selection at Amazon.com Other books by Charles LeBuff available at Amazon J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling (Wikipedia) “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society YouTube videos featuring Charles LeBuff Sanibel Historical Museum and Village Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Dec 25, 2020 • 53min

TKC 647 Bryan Hudson

Patricia and Bryan Hudson, founding pastor of New Covenant Church Links Christmas greeting from Pastor Bryan and Patricia Hudson  About New Covenant Church Biblical & Social Justice: What Is It?: An Everyday Person’s Guide to Understanding Justice and the Role of the Church in Our Society by Bryan Hudson Bryan's production company, Vision Communications Bryan Hudson’s drone video of the Sanibel Island lighthouse Ecamm Live Trust by Pete Buttigieg Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. (Thanks to David Enzel for letting me know about this.) Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Dec 19, 2020 • 55min

TKC 646 Joanna Penn

Author of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds: The Impact of Converging Technologies on Authors and the Publishing Industry  Links Articles and podcasts about the future by Joanna Penn: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/future/ “9 Ways That Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Disrupt Authors and The Publishing Industry” - The Creative Penn podcast - July 1, 2019 GPT-3 (Wikipedia) 1 the Road by Ross Goodwin (Hardcover) Pharmako-AI by K Allado-McDowell - Available for pre-order in the US, with delivery January 4, 2021 The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (written with a number of AI tools, including GPT-2, available via Kindle Unlimited) The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity by Arthur I. Miller Futurebook conference and Wired Live conference Stripe and PayPal The EU Digital Services Act Joanna (JF) Penn’s Payhip store for direct purchases of her books BookFunnel  Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality headset “Google wants to offer audio versions of more books using auto-generated narrators” by Abner Li at 9to9Google - December 3, 2020 Next Week’s Guest Bryan Hudson, founding pastor of New Covenant Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, and author of Biblical & Social Justice: What Is It?: An Everyday Person’s Guide to Understanding Justice and the Role of the Church in Our Society  Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. (Thanks to David Enzel for letting me know about this.) Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Dec 12, 2020 • 50min

TKC 645 Jennifer Schiff

Author of the Sanibel Island Mysteries series Interview begins at 16:20 and ends at 45:54 Links “Google is going to convert ebooks to audiobooks” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - December 8, 2020 “Tattered Cover sold to local investment group, making it the U.S.’s largest black-owned bookstore” by John Wenzel at The Denver Post - December 9, 2020 Fintie Folio Case for Kindle Oasis at Amazon.com “Amazon Kindle for iOS can now add a widget to the homescreen” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - November 11, 2020 Jennifer Schiff’s author page at Amazon Jennifer’s books at Shovel & Pail Press MacIntosh Books + Paper, Sanibel FL The Sanibel Sunset Detective Mysteries series (12 books) by Ron Base The Doc Ford Novels (24 books) by Randy Wayne White The Molly Murphy Mysteries(17 books) and The Royal Spyness Series (14 books) by Rhys Bowen The Islands of Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum in Sanibel Tinder Fella: A novel by Jennifer Schiff A Shell of a Problem audiobook at Audible Next Week’s Guest Joanna Penn, author of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds: The Impact of Converging Technologies on Authors and the Publishing Industry. Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. (Thanks to David Enzel for letting me know about this.) Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Dec 5, 2020 • 55min

TKC 644 Adam Leeb

CEO and Co-founder of Astrohaus Interview begins at 16:36 and ends at 52:56 Links “Amazon’s Alexa-powered smart glasses are now more widely available” by Nathan Ingraham at Engadget - November 19, 2020 Echo Frames (2nd edition) r/Kindle Reddit post on new Oasis cover -$25  Fintie Origami Case for All-New Kindle Oasis - $20 Sale: Buy a Freewrite 2nd Gen or a Freewrite Traveler and get a free 1-year extended warranty Markdown Guide Sprinter Online Typewriter from Freewrite NaNoWriMo Next Week’s Guest Jennifer Lonoff Schiff, author of the Sanibel Island Mystery series Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Nov 28, 2020 • 53min

TKC 643 James McQuivey

VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Links James McQuivey’s site at Forrester “Learn from 2020 To Create Your Anywhere-Work Strategy” at Forrester.com - November 17, 2020 NPR interview with Nicholas Christakis - October 29, 2020 Ford’s all-electric Mustang “Your Brain Is Not for Thinking” by Lisa Feldman Barrett at The New York Times - November 23, 2020 “A Holocaust Survivor Lifts Neighbors in Dark Times” by Matina Stevis-Gridneff at The New York Times - November 20, 2020 Next Week’s Guest Adam Leeb, CEO and co-founder of Astrohaus, creator of the Freewrite Traveler Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. (Thanks to David Enzel for letting me know about this.) Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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Nov 20, 2020 • 40min

TKC 642 On the Road to Sanibel Island

Len, Darlene, and Tess Links Courtyard by Marriott Baked Beans at Bailey’s General Store, Sanibel FL Tesla Model 3 Maho Bay Campgrounds, St. John USVI A Shell of a Problem: A Sanibel Island Mystery by Jennifer Lonoff Schiff (first in a series of six) “Why Sanibel Island is the ‘Sea Shell Capital of the World’” by Charity de Souza at Trips to Discover Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, with an Introduction by Walter Isaacson Mary Bondurant, Sanibel realtor extraordinaire Sanibel Historical Museum & Village Next Week’s Guest James McQuiviey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

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