I got my Kindle at the beginning of Christmas week. The holidays gave me a chance to show it to a number of friends and relatives who don’t read ebooks, don’t know about ebooks, and have never tried reading on a screen. Several of them had heard about the Kindle and were primed to see [...]

Over the past week or so, I’ve been watching my daughter, who is a high school sophomore, doing research for a history paper on Danton and the French Revolution. The teacher told the kids to find, as sources, at least two books, two arcticles, and two reputable website (which, by his definition, doesn’t include wikipedia). [...]

I flew across the country this Sunday to attend a conference, on Virgin America. It’s my second flight on VA, and I largely enjoy it, at least as well as JetBlue. But looking at their “Red” in-flight entertainment system today, with a menu button marked “Read” along with Music and Games and Chat and other [...]