TKC 175 Robert Darnton
Podcast:The Kindle Chronicles
By: LenEdgerly
Published:December 10th, 2011
Duration:44:58
Channels:Technology, Gadgets, Arts, Literature
News - 1) Amazon announces KDP Select. 2 ) The Department of Justice joins the European Commission in investigating the agency model for e-book pricing, via ComputerWorld. Tech Tips - Fire: WiFi Analyzer helps you see if you're camping on your neighbor's WiFi channels. Click here for the steps to add Screen Filter (not in the Amazon Adroid App Store) to your Fire as a way to lower the screen brightness when you're reading in bed. Kindle Touch: Andrys Basten's rundown of tips includes navigation tips for the Touch. Correction: I confused WEP and WPA in the podcast. George from Tulsa caught the error and states "The SAFE WiFi Security Standard is WPA. WEP has long been hacked." My apologies for the mixup! Interview (Starts at 13:04) - Robert Darnton, University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library, gives a thorough update on progress toward the planned April, 2012 2013, launch of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). I visited him at his office in Harvard Yard on Wednesday, November 30. He is the author of The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History and The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future, as well as a New York Review of Books essay in October titled "Jefferson's Taper: A National Digital Library." Content - Music: 25 Days of Free Holiday Music at Amazon's mp3 Store. Free Prime Movies: "The Gay Divorcee" starring Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers and "You've Got Mail" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. App: Stitcher for listening to podcasts on your Fire. Kindle Single: Playbook 2012: The Right Fights Back by Evan Thomas and Mike Allen. Next Google Plus TKC Hangout: Wednesday, December 14 at 3 p.m. Eastern. Next Week's Guest: Sven Birkerts, author of The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age.
The Kindle Chronicles
Weekly podcast comprising News of the Kindle, Tech Tips, interview with a guest, content recommendations and listener comments. Produced by Len Edgerly, co-founder of E-Books for Troops and host of The Edge of the Road podcat.
About the Author
Len Edgerly
Denver, Colorado
Website: thekindlechronicles.com
Bio: Kindle and car tech podcaster, poet, living in Denver and Cambridge, Mass.
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