Archive for March, 2009
Kindle 2.0 is a Pretty Hot Topic on Twitter
I am a big fan of Twitter. At first I didn’t get it. Why would anyone need to post “what he/she is doing” at anytime and in less than 140 characters? But after a few back and forths, a few links clicked, a lot of new friends made …well, I am now hooked.
On a friend’s [...]
Free Customized Magazines from Time
What if you could customize your own magazine – combining content from a variety of your favorite topics? And what if they were willing to send it to you for free?
Time Magazine is trying something new – an experiment they have called “Mine”. Basically, they are offering to create a customized publication “especially for you”. [...]
Saving the New York Times with an Amazon Kindle
In a tight economy every business starts to tighten its belt. CEO’s start to look for ways to trim the budget and make do with less. Entrepreunerial-minded business leaders look for ways to do the same thing but in a more economical way. Do you think the newspaper publishers will look at the Kindle as [...]
InstaPaper and the Kindle 2.0
Got “InstaPaper”?
News of this handy website/service is quickly sweeping through the social media avenues. Basically, Instapaper is a site that will collect all of the web articles and posts you mark and want to come back to later. Have a blog post you want to read but don’t have time right now? [...]
What’s on Your Kindle?
What’s on Your iPod?
It’s an interesting question. One that has been asked of last election’s presidential candidates (Obama:What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye; McCain: Dancing Queen by ABBA). Do you think Jennifer Aniston has some John Mayer on there? Oprah even had a “What’s Playing on Your iPod Concert”. But don’t ask that [...]
Is the Kindle 2.0 the “iPod” for Books?
Has Amazon hit the mark? Will the Kindle 2 become wildly popular as the “iPod” for books?
With nearly 1000 comments from purchasers in the first half of March, it would seem that the Kindle is “selling like hotcakes”. The Kindle 2.0 was released February 24, 2009. And while Amazon has not officially released how many [...]
Is the Kindle a Book Killer?
I have to admit that I am a lover and collector of first edition hardcover books. I have a collection of a few John Steinbeck first editions and have all the Harry Potter books (don’t we all?). And I love an old cookbook, full of blobs and chocolate fingerprints. I have [...]
Ipod App Store and Kindle Unite!
Twitter is all abuzz today with everyone talking about the latest Kindle release – an app that allows Ipod touch and IPhone owners to put their Kindle books on their Apple devices. Here’s a GREAT video (from Matt Miller at ZDNet.com) that compares the Kindle 2.0 and the iPhone, both being used for reading:
A few [...]
Your Kindle 2.0 + Favorite Periodicals = LOVE
The new Kindle 2.0 is great for books (of course) but do you realize it’s also great for all of those other things you read? One of the things I love most about my Kindle is the ability to catch up on my favorite newspapers and magazines, especially while I am out and about.
Having [...]
The Kindle 2.0 Has Arrived!
It’s the latest buzz – the Kindle 2.0 has arrived.
Sold exclusively at Amazon, this little portable ebook reader packs a punch!
Weighing in at just over 10 ounces, the Kindle 2.0 is lighter than most paperback books. It is quite slim, measuring about 1/3 inch – about the size of a pencil.
Sporting a whopping 2GB of [...]