Comments on: TKC 105 Bob Stein

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:18:28 +0000

Why do people with a bias in another medium always try to claim their new spanking medium will obliterate the other(s)? Why can’t they accept that it is more likely various media will exist along side each other just radio, TV, stage plays, operas, movies, books, do today? Am I the only one amazed that their entire institute consists all of non-book people, i.e., no bona fide writers of novels, of actual books. It is heavily biased toward multi-media people. Steins own background is in CD-ROMs, not books at all. And yet they have usurped the word “Book” for their institute. Stein says reading books existed for a short time. But that is only due to technology, education, progress, not because pre-book reading (group oral readings) was better in any way. It is a comment meant to seem profound yet rather superficial and unexamined and I would have challenged him on this if I were interviewed him. Staged plays have existed for many centuries compared with film. Does that make film inferior? Does that mean film won’t last? That’s simply because of technology, not because the former condition was necessarily superior in some way. The name of his institute was misleading. It should be the future of the CD-ROM or of multimedia because that seems to be the very obvious bias.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:08:42 +0000

Spoke too soon. The item showed, but the linked episode is showing up as a link to http://www.thekindlechronicles.com/ rather than an episode.

The last (regular) episode that appears properly in the podcast feed is 102, with the link showing as:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/thekindlechronicles/TKC_102_Kristin_Sarah_Steven_1.mp3

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:02:09 +0000

Yep, all good now. Thanks, Len.

By: Len Edgerly

Len Edgerly — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:19:42 +0000

Bill, I think I fixed it. I can see TKC in the feedburner feed now. Please let me know if you’re still having trouble with it.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:15 +0000

Len,

This episode is not appearing in your podcast feed at:

http://www.thekindlechronicles.com/feed/podcast/

so I’m not getting it on my mp3 player yet.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:58:34 +0000

Hello Len,

All of your podcasts are outstanding; this one was outstandingly outstanding! One reason for my addiction to your podcast is that you are totally focused on the topic and have very little ‘fluff.’ They are jam-packed with pertinent news, interviews, tips and information. Many of the other podcasts that I listen to –or should I say used to listen to– spend a considerable amount of time on banter, weather, other non-related topics. Sometimes the other podcasts are most informative, often times they offer little of interest. It may be that in their attempt to be all things to all people, they offer little for topic-specific people like me.

I greatly enjoyed this week’s podcast, particularly (1) Alan Morris’ labor of love and his blog post about converting The Last Enemy to Kindlelese, and (2) your interview with Bob Stein.

Concerning ‘losing oneself,’ I find that I can lose myself in several formats –except video;I find video most distracting and limiting– if I am totally engrossed in topic/idea, etc. When I am reading something, if I see a new concept or even just a new word, I often research it briefly and then return to reading having a renewed focus for the subject at hand. We all have our own way of losing ourselves. I am focused as long as I am viewing text and related images –even though they may be on several different websites– but the younger generation may be just as focused using text, images, video and audio. (I have co-workers that listen to music all day long –I find music also distracting– and they tell me that it helps them to concentrate on the job at hand.)

Lastly, I am dreaming of the day when the Kindle will easily allow us to (1) annotate our ebooks, and (2) research ebook topics and ideas.

I am eagerly looking forward to your next podcast.