Author of The Last Green Valley Interview starts at 6:34 and ends at 49:20 Note: I will be discussing my Mark Sullivan interview Monday May 9, 2021 at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here . I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “Amazon Partners with Tile to take on Apple AirTags” by Jon Fortt and Fahiemah Al-Ali at CNBC - May 7, 2021 Kevin Kelly recommends...
May 08, 2021•53 min
Senior Editor at Amazon Original Stories Interview starts at 16:40 and ends at 51:54 Note: I will be discussing my Kjersti Egerdahl interview Monday May 2, 2021 at 1 pm EDT (Note the new day and time) on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here . I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “LinkedIn Names Amazon No. 1 Company Where Americans Want to Work in 2021” - Amazon Press...
May 01, 2021•52 min
Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Interview starts at 9:33 and ends at 51:30 Note: I will be discussing my James McQuivey interview Saturday April 24, 2021 at 4 pm EDT on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon updates Echo Buds (CNBC) Pre-order Echo Buds (2nd Gen) here at reduced price Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Ston...
Apr 24, 2021•55 min
Author of Young Blood , an Amazon Original Series trilogy Interview starts at 21:00 and ends at 58:16 Photo by Jason Robbins Note: I will be discussing my Andrew Barrer interview Saturday April 17, 2021 at 4 pm EDT on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Young Blood trilogy (Young Blood, Blue Dog and Crescent Moon) by Andrew Barrer - free to Prime members and Kindle Unlimited subsc...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr
Zooming with the author of Vanishing Asia Note: I will be discussing my Kevin Kelly interview Saturday April 10, 2021, at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Kevin Kelly’s Kickstarter page for Vanishing Asia Kevin Kelly’s web page “Making a Fairie Door” video at Kevin’s TRY YouTube Channel Next Week’s Guest Andrew Barrer, author of the Young Blood Trilogy , published by...
Apr 10, 2021•50 min
Len, Darlene, Sophie and Deb at our second rental on Sanibel Island Note: There will be no Clubhouse gathering tomorrow, because we are still on our drive from Sanibel to Cambridge, Mass. The weekly post-podcast Clubhouse salon will resume on April 9, 2021. Links Island Inn web cam on Sanibel Len’s Newsletter Posts on Substack: Travels with Sophie - April 2, 2021 Leaving Sanibel - March 30, 2021 Whelk versus iPhone - March 13 The preferred hotel chain of The Kindle Chronicles is Marriott Courtya...
Apr 03, 2021•38 min
City Manager of Sanibel, Florida Interview starts at 19:29 and ends at 58:23 Note: I will be discussing my Judith Zimomra interview Saturday March 27, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon Halo Band “Bose announces Sleepbuds II” by Chris Welch at The Verge - September 22, 2020 Amazon hiring spree during pandemic by Nick Wingfield at The Information - March ...
Mar 27, 2021•59 min
Founder and President of Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency Interview starts at 15:12 and ends at 53:38 Note: I will be discussing my Ann Rittenberg interview Saturday March 20, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon Care Long Live the Nook! Mobi, we hardly knew ye “Michael Dorman to Headline ‘Joe Pickett’ Drama Series Ordered by Spectrum Originals” by Nellie An...
Mar 20, 2021•56 min
Author of How to Train Your Mind : Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation , an Audible Original Interview starts at 15:54 and ends at 55:13 Note: I will be discussing my Chris Bailey interview Saturday March 13, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “What Big Tech Antitrust Foe Lina Khan Could Do at the FTC” by Josh Sisco at The Information - March 10, ...
Mar 13, 2021•58 min
Author of Dark Sky, Book 21 in the Joe Pickett series Photo by Dave Neligh Interview starts at 19:40 and ends at 43:22 Note: I will be discussing my C. J. Box interview Saturday March 6, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links President Biden’s video on union election in Alabama Amazon EU blog on Working at Amazon “When Amazon Raises Its Minimum Wage, Local Companie...
Mar 06, 2021•47 min
Author of The Other Emily Interview starts at 23:28 and ends at 55:19 Note: I will be discussing my interview with Dean Koontz Saturday February 27, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. Links Pocketbook Inkpad Color 7.8 - at Goodereader.com The all-new Echo Show 10 (3rd Generation) Instagram photo of Sophie listening to my playing guitar How to Train Your Mind by Chris Bailey, an Audible Original The Husband: A Novel by Dean Koontz (publis...
Feb 27, 2021•56 min
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?...
Feb 20, 2021•56 min
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, marria...
Feb 13, 2021•50 min
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 Gat...
Feb 06, 2021•55 min
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 Change...
Jan 30, 2021•52 min
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 Tr...
Jan 23, 2021•59 min
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 Ste...
Jan 16, 2021•51 min
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...
Jan 09, 2021•50 min
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 ...
Jan 02, 2021•52 min
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 y...
Dec 25, 2020•53 min
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 t...
Dec 19, 2020•55 min
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 R...
Dec 12, 2020•50 min
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 Gue...
Dec 05, 2020•55 min
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 G...
Nov 28, 2020•53 min
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 ...
Nov 20, 2020•40 min
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...
Nov 13, 2020•50 min
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 Origin...
Nov 07, 2020•51 min
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 ...
Oct 31, 2020•51 min
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, ...
Oct 24, 2020•47 min
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 St...
Oct 17, 2020•55 min
