New Podcast Up . . .
The podcasting book is on the presses and should be out quite soon (they may even have my name up on Amazon soon), and IMN just put up a new podcast episode as well. Finally, I’m loading up the iPod with a bunch of new episodes for the Thanksgiving traveling season. It’s fun audio time all around. It’s kind of hard to get into the flow of “This American Life” unless you’re in the car for a good long time, so this might work out well.
I also just bought William Gibson’s “Spook Country” - tried waiting for the paperback, but I just couldn’t make it. Couldn’t wait for the Kindle, either. The addition of WiFi and the stature of Amazon to back this new device are intriguing developments, but I’m not sure the consumer adoption of the iPod has opened the door wide enough for a better, faster eReader. Hell, I was trying to dodge $10 for a hardcover. The $400 price tag is a bit much to justify, especially when I deal with folks every day who print off e-mail and PowerPoint presentation because they’d rather read them on paper.
This is another device that may take a generation to integrate, as folks get more used to reading off of a screen. And dealing with it when your book’s battery dies.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
I listened to a crap-ton of This American Life (along with Kevin Smith’s Smodcast) on my iPod for the 9 hour solo roadtrip to South Carolina. It got me through. Good stuff.
Also, the Kindle will probably fail. it’s just too pricey, and why the heck did they put a keyboard on it? The Sony Reader looks so much better. I admit, I’ve not tried either of these devices first-hand.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I’d assume the keyboard is for accessing and responding to Amazon’s purchase needs and various blogs, maybe even note-taking at certain points in the book. Which is fine, but it’s still pricey. That “good-as-paper” display better be a hard sell for a device that delivers the same functionality as most phones and PDAs these days.