This is a video excerpt from my May 14, 2013, Skype interview with Vivienne Roumani, director of the documentary “Out of Print,” narrated by Meryl Streep. The full audio interview is in Episode 250 of The Kindle Chronicles podcast, uploaded on May 17, 2013. For screenings and other information about the film, please be sure [...]
If you heard my interview with Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock, in TKC 244 last month, you know he planned to spend two full days getting ready for his encounter with Stephen Colbert. Well, it looks as if his preparation paid off, because the interview on May 7 went very well indeed. It was a lightning [...]
This is a video excerpt from my May 1, 2013, Skype interview with Sam Tanenhaus, newly named as a writer-at-large at The New York Times after nine years as editor of The New York Times Book Review and host of the long-running Book Review podcast. The full audio interview is in Episode 248 of The [...]
I wasn’t able to record video of my entire conversation with Otis Chandler on April 11, 2013, because the Skype connection was dropping out, and I wanted to preserve as much audio quality as possible for use on the podcast. This video captures the first few minutes of the interview. For the complete interview with [...]
This is most of the interview I recorded for TKC 244 with Douglas Rushkoff on April 1, 2013 by Skype. I had to trim it slightly to meet YouTube’s limit of 15 minutes.
This is the video version of my review of the Accessorise Bluetooth wireless portable speaker and how to use it with a Kindle Fire HD 7″ and 8.9″. If you are reading this on your E Ink Kindle as a subscription to my blog (thank you!), you won’t be able to play the video on your [...]
In this video, you will find out which of the 23 entrants in the Kindle Fire Sweepstakes is our winner. With encouragement from Darlene, our Yorkie Claire actually selected the winning entry from my Harvard cap. The decision of the canine judge is final! If you can’t watch the video and want to know right [...]
I’ve had a ball playing with the Microsoft Surface, which I like quite a lot. Any time a gadget forces me to learn a new interface, I get excited. I’m not tempted to replace my 11-inch MacBook Air with this contender, but I am impressed. For this video, I focused on reading with the Surface [...]
This video tutorial takes about eight minutes to show you some tips for easy navigation of the Kindle Paperwhite’s touch screen. I had new users in mind when I prepared this, emphasizing the different actions that result from a tap or a tap-and-hold, as well as how to highlight and how to make a screenshot. [...]
The Kindle Paperwhite hopped onto the WiFi network at my local Starbucks in Harvard Square with no problems. From the Home screen, I clicked on Menu, then Settings, then Wi-Fi Networks. I tapped on “attwifi,” which was at the top of the list of available networks on Church Street in Cambridge. It then took eight seconds [...]
