The Kindle Chronicles

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.

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.

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.

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.

Senior Maverick at Wired Magazine Interview starts at 5:05 and ends at 45:39 Links Kevin Kelly’s back articles at Wired Magazine Kevin Kelly’s Technium blog Weekly newsletter Recomendo Vanishing Asia book in Instagram  Weekly podcast about the four favorite tools of remarkable people Daily Cool Tools website TRY video channel Kevin Kelly on Twitter Kevin Kelly’s YouTube Channel “AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform--Call It Mirrorworld” by Kevin Kelly at Wired - February 12, 2019 The Long Now Foundation “Confessions of a Phone Bank Captain” by Len Edgerly at Medium - November 5, 2020 The Freewrite Traveler: The Ultimate Distraction-Free Writing Tool On the Road with Alexa If you’d like daily updates during Darlene’s and my Tesla drive from Cambridge, Mass., to Sanibel Island in Florida, 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. Accompanied by the puppy Sophie, we leave tomorrow morning (Saturday, November 14, 2020.) Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Editor in Chief of Audible Originals Interview starts at 12:17 and ends at 42:35 Links “Bezos sells more than $3 billion worth of Amazon shares” by Annie Palmer at CNBC - November 4, 2020 “Amazon unveils its new electric delivery vans built by Rivian” at The Verge - October 8, 2020 “Long Way Up” available on Apple TV+ Freewrite Traveler - $429 Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa - By Len Edgerly “Confessions of a Phone Bank Captain” by Len Edgerly at Medium - November 5, 2020 Audible Originals Serial Podcast “Actor Jesse Eisenberg Pens and Performs New Audible Original” (Audible press release) - April 9, 2020 “The Social Network” (2010) on Netflix “When You Finish Saving the World” on Audible Words + Music titles at Audible “On Power” by Robert A. Caro, an Audible Original Audible Plus and Audible Premium Plus memberships “Stories of a Lifetime” by Dan Rather, an Audible Original “The Future of Global Convergence” (YouTube video) by Kevin Kelly Pete Buttigieg’s conversation with Jonathan Alter on the Deciding Decade podcast Next Week’s Guest: Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired Magazine Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of Memorial: A Novel Interview starts at 18:36 and ends at 48:00 Links “Jeff Bezos in 1999 on Amazon’s Plans Before the Dotcom Crash” - CNBC video at YouTube February 8, 2019 Audible Plus membership, $7.95 a month Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality headset at Amazon.com - $299 Bryan Washington’s web site Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington My 2015 interview with Chris Meadows, who died of injuries sustained in a bicycle accicent last month, much too young. Upcoming Guests David Blum, editor in chief of Audible Originals Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired Magazine Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Amazon’s Director and General Manager, Alexa Shopping Interview starts at 11:57 and ends at 39:44 Links “Blogger-gamer-techie Chris Meadows mixed brains and kindness: ‘How can I make your day better?” by David Rothman at Teleread - October 20, 2020 Paperlike iPad screen protector $39.99 Kesler Woodward’s web site John Love Linkedin page Chris Meadows obituary Lean Six Sigma (Wikipedia) Dog Man books by Dav Pilkey  Upcoming Guests David Blum, editor in chief of Audible Originals Bryan Washington, author of Memorial: A Novel, available for pre-order with release on October 27, 2020 Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of Facebook: The Inside Story Interview starts at 16:43 and ends at 53:31 Links “Amazon’s Prime Day Accelerates Shift to Online Shopping” by Sebastian Herrera at The Wall Street Journal - October 16, 2020 Kids Against Maturity: Card Game for Kids and Families - $29.99 at Amazon.com reMarkable 2 tablet Be Free Organizing in Boulder, CO Steven Levy’s home page “Does the House Antitrust Report Mean That Tech is Evil?” by Steven Levy at Wired - October 9, 2020 Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life by Jonathan Alter Insanely Great: The Life and Times or Mcintosh, the Computer that changed Everything by Steven Levy Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology (paperback) by Steven Levy The Unicorn’s Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius by Steven Levy “Does the House Antitrust Report Mean That Tech is Evil?” by Steven Levy at Wired - October 9, 2020 Click here to subscribe to Wired magazine for only $5 for the first year, including exclusive access to Steven Levy’s Plaintext email newsletter Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

Author of Elsewhere Interview starts at 19:22 and ends at 55:16 Links “Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets” by Majority Staff Report of House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary (PDF) Steven Levy’s Plaintext newsletter - October 9, 2020 “House’s Antitrust Verdict on Big Tech: The Information’s Tech Briefing” - October 6, 2020 “Fringe notions on antitrust would destroy small businesses and hurt consumers” at Amazon’s Day One Blog - October 6, 2020 “Update on COVID-19 Testing” at Day One Blog - October 1, 2020 Dean Koontz, author of Elsewhere, published by Thomas & Mercer on October 6, 2020 Dean Koontz’s author page at Amazon.com Dean video introducing Elsewhere A Mighty Blaze - Mighty Mystery Celebrity Event with Dean Koontz - October 6, 2020 Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.