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Celebrity Kindle: Kristina Halvorson

Posted by CJ on Aug 27th, 2010
Kristina Halvorson is the founder and CEO of BrainTraffic.com, a content strategy agency. She’s also the expert on content strategy, having literally written the book about it (If you work on the web, it’s a must read – Content Strategy for the Web) as well as presenting frequently...

New Kindles Ship Early

Posted by Mike on Aug 25th, 2010
According to Amazon’s press release, issued this morning, Amazon has begun shipping the new generation Kindles two days ahead of schedule.  Just because they can. In addition to shipping the new Kindles early, Amazon also announced that they’ve sold more next-gen Kindles than any other product...

Celebrity Kindle: Gina Trapani

Posted by CJ on Aug 20th, 2010
As the founding editor of Lifehacker.com – a site dedicated to helping readers live more organized, more productive, and yes, geekier lives – Gina Trapani knows a thing or two about gadgets. I was pleased to see a Kindle show up in her must-have items in her laptop bag. Lifehacker ran a...

Celebrity Kindle: Michelle Branch

Posted by CJ on Aug 13th, 2010
Singer and songwriter Michelle Branch hit on a topic most Kindle owners have probably thought about before – those author screensavers are kind of creepy. Personally, I always feel like Emily Dickinson is looking at me. Branch’s beef is with Grapes of Wrath writer John Steinbeck. Source:...

Octovo Solis Product Review

Posted by Mike on Aug 8th, 2010
The kind folks over at Octovo were nice enough to send us a few of their products recently. A few cases for the Kindle 2 (which will have write-ups from CJ soon, since she’s the Kindle 2 owner), and their Solis light, which I gladly have been using at night for the last month or so. I used to keep...

Covers for Kindle with 3G and Wi-Fi

Posted by CJ on Aug 5th, 2010
The new Kindle – the one with 3G and Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi-only and the graphite color – that some folks are calling Kindle 3 only has two options available for covers right now. Both are from Amazon and both are available in a variety of colors. For the first time, though, Amazon is offering a...


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