The Kindle Chronicles

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist & Creator of the Noahpinion blog/newsletter Interview starts at 11:40 and ends at 56:07 Links Note: I will be discussing my interview with Noah Smith Saturday February 20, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I had originally planned the Clubhouse room for 1 p.m. but now realize that’s pretty early for a Saturday morning, especially on the West Coast.  Amazon’s Day 1 Editions products “What’s Amazon’s Secret?” by Jonathan A. Knee at The New York Times - February 13, 2021 Noah Smith’s Noahpinion blog and newsletter Noah Smith on Twitter “It’s not Cancel Culture, it’s Cancel Technology” by Noah Smith at Noahpinion - February 16, 2021 (behind paywall) Brad DeLong’s Grasping Reality blog Gamergate controversy - Wikipedia “Here’s what you need to know about Clubhouse, the invite-only social app” by Tim Marcin at Mashable - January 4, 2021 “Fretting About Inflation May Be Just the Cure We Need” by Noah Smith at Bloomberg Opinion - February 18, 2021 Upcoming Guests Next week: Dean Koontz, author of The Other Emily, a novel available for pre-order with release on March 23, 021 Friday, March 3: C J Box, author of Dark Sky, Book 21 in the Joe Pickett series, available for pre-order with release March 2, 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.

A Freshman at The Cambridge School of Weston Interview starts at 14:06 and ends at 49:32 Links “Marty Baron Considers His Time at The Washington Post” by Isaac Chotiner at The New Yorker - February 7, 2021 My previous interview with James on January 31, 2020 for TKC 600 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School The Cambridge School of Weston Terrence Roberts Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Mass. 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.

Principal Product Manager & Worldwide Series Lead at Amazon Interview starts at 13:51 and ends at 52:50 Links Amazon earnings release “What to expect from Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy” by Jason Del Rey at Recode - February 3, 2021 Steven Levy on Jeff Bezos announcement - February 5, 2021 “Who is Andy Jassy? 6 things to know about Amazon’s next CEO” by Harry McCracken at Fast Company - February 2, 2021 The Joe Pickett series by C. J. Box The Dark Tower series by Stephen King The Traveler’s Gate trilogy by Will Wight The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson The Milkweed triptych by Ian Tregillis Author Follow updates from Amazon 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.

Sanibel FL Chief of Police Interview starts at 12:47 and ends at 49:04 Links “Amazon Expands Secretive Trucking Program” by Paris Marineau at The Information - January 25, 2021 “One Tale from an Amazon Seller” by Shira Ovide at The New York Times - January 27, 2021 Sanibel Police Department Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, available for pre-order, with release on February 9, 2021 “Why (and How) Amazon Created the Kindle and Changed the Book Industry Forever” at Entrepreneur - January 27, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.