TKC 718 Thought Partner at SXSW
The Kindle Chronicles
In this special episode of The Kindle Chronicles, my guest is ChatGPT. I had no idea I could use OpenAI's revolutionary AI assistant as a Thought Partner. That's how Peter Deng, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT uses the tool he leads. So, on a tight deadline this morning at the Hampton Inn Capitol/University, I put together an "interview" with ChatGPT and recorded it. I left the gaps where my Thought Partner (TP) was thinking, illustrated on my iPhone as a cloud pulsing, so you will hear how long TP took to come up with pretty amazing answers. SXSW is going to make Peter's talk available on...
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TKC 717 Nyckle Sijtsma
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At left, Founder of 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 , $69 My demonstrating the Memo - February 27, 2024 of this interview to open and save the audio file for this episode.
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TKC 716 Matt Gallagher
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Author of 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!
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TKC 715 Dwight Garner
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Author of Photo by Richard Bowditch of the interview Links (YouTube) by Dwight Garner (2020) Dwight Garner’s book reviews in by Edmund Wilson by Jennifer Reese at The New York Times Book Review - October 24, 2023 Film reviews in by Anthony Lane Politics columns by in at Amazon.com by Dwight Garner at The New York Times - September 23, 2023 by Jayne Anne Phillips (Buy This Book!) Joni Mitchell - at YouTube Joni Mitchell Court and Spark album and (YouTube) Books at Amazon.com by , and by Dwight Garner at The New York Times - July 30, 2015 by Margaretta Barton Colt (not...
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TKC 714 Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Author of Links Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Neil deGrasse Tyson with Steven Colbert (2023) Carl Sagan on with Johnny Carson - March 2, 1978 (YouTube) 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 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. and then...
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TKC 713 Neil deGrasse Tyson Interview Lost in a Black Hole
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Podcaster doing back flip into a black hole after interviewing Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Links Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Neil deGrasse Tyson with Steven Colbert (2023) Carl Sagan on 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 flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each...
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TKC 712 Nick Fuller Googins
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Author of Links Nick Fuller Googins’s in Biddeford, Maine , an imprint of Simon & Schuster Rutgers Newark , Greenland (Wikipedia) by Lee Harris at ABC News - June 27, 2018 by Geoff Dembicki at CDP - July 10, 2017 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my 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. and then click "Save Link As..."...
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TKC 711 Amazon New Products Event
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At the closing reception yesterday at HQ2 Links of Amazon’s New Products Event (YouTube) at AboutAmazon.com - September 20, 2023 of Forrester Research by Daniel Rausch at AboutAmazon.com - September 20, 2023 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 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....
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TKC 710 Andrew Ridker
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Author of Photo © George Baier Links Andrew Ridker's New York Times of Hope. Interview with Andrew on Boston by Andrew Ridker by Lee Cole by Ali Smith My flash briefing for Alexa devices and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
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TKC 709 Another Scribe Update
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Kindle Scribe, next to photo of my father for download link for new update
info_outlineTech Tip - Amazon Mobile on the iPhone/iPod Touch is pretty neat, but you can't use it yet to order a Kindle book. For the adventurous - how to update your customized photo screensavers on the Kindle. (Thanks to MobileRead forum member Phuocle for the steps.)
Interview - Will DeLamater, creater of the EduKindle blog, has evidence that the Kindle is making inroads in schools. Plus interesting educational developments for the Kindle in Utah and at the Harvard Medical School.
Quote - The beginning of The Dip by Seth Godin. How to be a successful quitter.
Comments - Karen, Linda Hopkins, and Dan.
Upcoming interviews: Steve Shaw, creator of the Kindlelicious blog; Joshua Tallent of Kindle Formatting, and Capt. Crispin J. Burke, who is Kindling while on assignment in Iraq.