Just Got A Kindle
When I was in Boulder last week, a colleague mentioned that he had a Kindle, so I got a chance to play with one - it’s a lot smaller than I imagined and not as bad looking as I had expected from reading reviews.
Anyhow, I was so smitten that I ordered one there and then to be delivered on my return to Seattle the following day.
It has seriously changed how I read.
I have always have been a prolific reader, but every time I went anywhere I struggled with the decision about what books to take.
Now I just take everything.
I’ve loaded it up with a few new books that I’ve been meaning to read and a few creative commons books too, such as Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and Blood, Sweat & Tea by Tom Reynolds.
In addition to books, you can email your kindle PDF files (amongst other formats), so I’ve sent a bunch of papers to it, including the Larrabee paper.
Highly recommended.
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I'm just discovering the joys of an e-book reader as I just bought the new Sony - the Kindle is not available in the UK so was not an option.
One of the unanticipated practical benefits for me is to be able to read in my wind-down period at the end of the day. With tired eyes at that time of night, smaller print on most novels are a strain to read and so I end up watching a bit of TV instead. With the reader, I can enlarge the text dynamically so it is less effort and spend my wind-down time more effectively than staring at the box.