 At left, Founder of New Things Lab I spoke by Zoom today with Nyckle Sijtsma in Delft, Netherlands, about his inspiring design company. I discovered New Things via an Instagram ad for the Memo White Board, a product I truly love. You will hear all about it in this conversation, along with Nyckle's personal mission to "help people think clearly."  Links: The Memo White Board, $69 My YouTube video demonstrating the Memo - February 27, 2024 YouTube video of this interview  Right-click here to open and save the audio file for this episode.    

TKC 717 Nyckle Sijtsma

                                            Author of Daybreak: A Novel I spoke with Matt Gallagher by Zoom on February 8, 2024, in advance of the release of his new novel, which was released by Simon & Schuster on February 20. It's a powerful story set in Ukraine at the start of a war that continues into its third year.  Highly recommended!  

TKC 716 Matt Gallagher

Author of Upstairs Delicatessen:  On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading  Photo by Richard Bowditch YouTube video of the interview Links “Inside the NYT Book Review: Pamela Paul & Dwight Garner” (YouTube) Garner’s Quotations: A Modern Miscellany by Dwight Garner (2020) Dwight Garner’s book reviews in The New York Times To the Finland Station: A Study in the Acting and Writing of History (FSG) Classics by Edmund Wilson  “A Book Critic as Wild for Food as He Is for Literature” by Jennifer Reese at The New York Times Book Review - October 24, 2023 Film reviews in The New Yorker by Anthony Lane Politics columns by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times Books by Cree LeFavour at Amazon.com  “Jayne Anne Phillips Finds Anguish and Asylum in Civil War America” by Dwight Garner at The New York Times - September 23, 2023 Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips (Buy This Book!) Joni Mitchell - Blue (Full Album) at YouTube Joni Mitchell Court and Spark album Part 1 and Part 2 (YouTube) Books at Amazon.com by Sheila Heti, Otessa Moshfegh and Catherine Lacey  “Review: ‘Martial Bliss,’ a Loving Memoir About a Bookstore for Military Buffs” by Dwight Garner at The New York Times - July 30, 2015 Martial Bliss: The Story of The Military Bookman by Margaretta Barton Colt (not available on Kindle) Columns by William F. Buckley Jr. published in National Review Kindle Scribe Books at Amazon.com by the poets Kay Ryan, August Kleinzahler, Louise Glück, and James Fenton  “Hunger games: A New York critic’s gluttony for books and food” by Adam Begley at the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) - November 3, 2023 If you’d like brief 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, flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 10 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

TKC 715 Dwight Garner

Author of To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Links Neil deGrasse Tyson’s website Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Late Show with Steven Colbert (2023) Carl Sagan on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - March 2, 1978 (YouTube) StarTalk Media Network Hayden Planetarium “Shot in the Arm,” a documentary scheduled for release in November, with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Executive Director If you’d like brief 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, flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 10 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

TKC 714 Neil deGrasse Tyson

Podcaster doing back flip into a black hole after interviewing Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Links Neil deGrasse Tyson’s website Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Late Show with Steven Colbert (2023) Carl Sagan on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - March 2, 1978 (YouTube) Note: To find out what really happened to the lost interview, be sure to download the NEXT episode of The Kindle Chronicles, coming to the nets later tonight.  If you’d like brief 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, flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 10 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player. (Graphic for this episode created by Len Edgerly with OpenAI's DALL-E 2)  

TKC 713  Neil deGrasse Tyson Interview Lost in a Black Hole

Author of The Great Transition Links Nick Fuller Googins’s web site Elements Books Coffee Beer in Biddeford, Maine Alice Eliot Dark Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Rutgers Newark  MFA in Creative Writing Nuuk, Greenland Green New Deal (Wikipedia)  “In historic upset, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseats 4th ranking House Democrat Joe Crowley” by Lee Harris at ABC News - June 27, 2018 The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change by Geoff Dembicki  “New report shows just 100 companies are source of over 70% of emissions” at CDP - July 10, 2017 If you’d like brief 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, flash briefing.” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 10 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

TKC 712 Nick Fuller Googins

At the closing reception yesterday at HQ2 Links Full video of Amazon’s New Products Event (YouTube)  Overview of Amazon new devices and features at AboutAmazon.com - September 20, 2023 James McQuivey of Forrester Research “Previewing the future of Alexa” by Daniel Rausch at AboutAmazon.com - September 20, 2023  "Meet Len Edgerly, Kindle superfan and host of the popular Kindle Chronicles podcast" by Tomas Kellner at AboutAmazon.com - December 2, 2022 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

TKC 711 Amazon New Products Event

Author of Hope: A Novel Photo © George Baier Links  Andrew Ridker's website New York Times  review of Hope. Interview with Andrew on  WGBH Radio Boston The Altruists by Andrew Ridker  Groundskeeping: A Novel by Lee Cole Seasonal Quartet by Ali Smith My Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa devices  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TKC 710 Andrew Ridker

Kindle Scribe, next to photo of my father  Click here for download link for new update  

TKC 709 Another Scribe Update

Author of  Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier   Links Kevin Kelly’s website  Recomendo newsletter “The Future Will be Shaped by Optimists” - Kevin Kelly TED talk (YouTube)  Vanishing Asia: Three Volume Set: West, Central and East by Kevin Kelly AI Image Generators: DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion Kevin Kelly on Twitter ### If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

TKC 708 Kevin Kelly

A Rainy Day on Sanibel Island "4 new features to try out on your Kindle Scribe" by Christian de Looper at AboutAmazon.com Click here for the latest Kindle Scribe software update, 16.1.13.  Release Notes for 16.1.13 Sanibel Journal podcast  Click here for audio file of this episode

TKC 707 Scribe Update

Sample new brush tools for Scribe  eWritable post on today's Kindle Scribe update  Kindle Scribe at Amazon.com  Kindle software updates at Amazon.com Click here for Kindle Scribe software update 5.16.1.2  Click here to download audio file

TKC 706 Kindle Scribe Update

Author of  How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times Links YouTube video of this interview with Chris Bailey  How to Calm Your Mind - Audible Version, narrated by the author  “How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation” by Chris Bailey (An Audible Original, 2021) The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey (2016) Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction by Chris Bailey (2018) Books at Amazon.com and  YouTube videos by Ajahn Brahm Chris Bailey on TKC 658 - March 13, 2021  “Burnout with Dr. Christina Maslach” - University of Minnesota Extension Other YouTube interviews with Chis Bailey by Chris Williamson and Chase Jarvis. ### If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my  Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TKC 705 Chris Bailey

My Grandson showing chemistry notes on his Kindle Scribe Links Kindle Scribe at Amazon.com How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey The Joy of Sticky Notes - YouTube video by Len Edgerly Quantum Radio by A. G. Riddle - available for pre-order with delivery March 2, 2023 If you’d like brief 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.  Sanibel Journal is my new podcast about the rebuilding of Sanibel Island after the devastation of Hurricane Ian.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.      

TKC 704 James and the Scribe

Me and My Scribe Links Kindle Scribes for sale at discounted prices How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey Quantum Radio by A. G. Riddle - available for pre-order with shipment March 2, 2023 If you’d like brief 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.  Coming soon: Sanibel Journal, my new podcast about the rebuilding of Sanibel Island after the devastation of Hurricane Ian. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TKC 703 Why I Love the Kindle Scribe

Me and My Kindle Scribe Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Necessary Errors: A Novel by Caleb Crain Note: I plan to upload a video of this episode of the podcast, recorded while I was creating the podcast audio. If I succeed, you will be able to find it in my YouTube Channel. Next week, from Sanibel FL, I plan to create a video comparison of the Kindle Scribe, reMarkable 2, Kobo Elipsa, and Boox Air Note by Onyx.  ### If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my  Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.    

TKC 702 Kindle Scribe Review

Amazon Vice President - World Wide Publishing Links Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Amazon Publishing Kindle Direct Publishing  Kindle Vella Comixology  AmazonCrossing Amazon press release introducing  Kindle Scribe Books by Andy Weir Lost in Time by A. G. Riddle Amazon First Reads Reminders of Him: A Novel by Colleen Hoover  Books by Melinda Leigh Amazon Book Clubs Piece by Piece: How I Built My Life (No Instructions Required) by David Aguilar Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen ### If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my  Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TKC 701 Charles Kronbach

Kevin Keith, VP of Amazon Devices, shows me a Kindle Scribe Links Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Amazon press releases introducing  Kindle Scribe,  Halo Rise, and four new Echo devices plus upgrades to Echo Studio Audio. AboutAmazon.com Poetry books by John Ashbury at Amazon.com If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my  Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.   Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TKC 700 Day 1 in Seattle

Darlene and Sophie compare three Kindle models Click here to order Kindle Scribe or here to order the new basic Kindle. Follow the rebuilding efforts on Sanibel Island at MySanibel.com   ###   If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my  Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TKC 699 Darlene's Next Kindle?

Vice President - Amazon Devices Links Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Amazon press releases introducing  Kindle Scribe,  Halo Rise, and four new Echo devices plus upgrades to Echo Studio Audio. Kevin Keith on  TKC 533 October 19, 2018   “Amazon Wants to Cocoon You With ‘Ambient Intelligence’” by Steven Levy at Wired - September 28, 2022   “Amazon introduces Halo Rise” at Amazon’s blog - September 29, 2022 Click here to request an invitation to buy Halo Rise - $140 Follow the rebuilding efforts on Sanibel Island at MySanibel.com Sanibel City Manager Dana Souza on  The Today Show - September 30, 2022   ###   If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my  Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom 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 weekday except usually by 8 a.m. 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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