TKC 513 Nick Wingfield
06/02/18 • 44 min
Senior Editor, The Information
Interview starts at 11:36 and ends at 43:50
“[Amazon’s HQ2 decision] will be before the end of the year, unless something radical changes. I don’t think it’s imminent. It’s probably--I’m guessing here--but it’s probably months away. I would guess like towards the end of the summer, early fall. That’s really not based on hard facts but kind of reading between the lines.”
News
Data Guy’s presentation to the 2018 Science Fiction Writers of America conference
“Amazon Publishing Has Signed with Patricia Cornwell for an Exclusive New Series” by Adam Rowe at Forbes - May 29, 2018
“Where Will Amazon HQ2 Go? Ranking Puts Raleigh on Top, Boston at Bottom” by Alexandre Tanzi at Bloomberg - May 30, 2018
Tech Tip
My current stylus for Kindle and tablet reading
Interview with Nick Wingfield
“‘The Information’ hires NY Times’ Wingfield” by Chris Rouh at Taking Biz News - May 15, 2018
Next Week’s Guest
Jade Chang, a contributor to the first Amazon Original Stories collection, titled The Real Thing: A Bundle of Love Stories.
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.
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Senior Editor, The Information
Interview starts at 11:36 and ends at 43:50
“[Amazon’s HQ2 decision] will be before the end of the year, unless something radical changes. I don’t think it’s imminent. It’s probably--I’m guessing here--but it’s probably months away. I would guess like towards the end of the summer, early fall. That’s really not based on hard facts but kind of reading between the lines.”
News
Data Guy’s presentation to the 2018 Science Fiction Writers of America conference
“Amazon Publishing Has Signed with Patricia Cornwell for an Exclusive New Series” by Adam Rowe at Forbes - May 29, 2018
“Where Will Amazon HQ2 Go? Ranking Puts Raleigh on Top, Boston at Bottom” by Alexandre Tanzi at Bloomberg - May 30, 2018
Tech Tip
My current stylus for Kindle and tablet reading
Interview with Nick Wingfield
“‘The Information’ hires NY Times’ Wingfield” by Chris Rouh at Taking Biz News - May 15, 2018
Next Week’s Guest
Jade Chang, a contributor to the first Amazon Original Stories collection, titled The Real Thing: A Bundle of Love Stories.
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.
Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!
Previous Episode
TKC 512 Andrew Updegrove
Author of the Frank Adversego Thriller Series
Interview starts at 11:14 and ends at 35:51
“Alexa’s pretty primitive. I think it’s very concerning from a cybersecurity point of view, because people have already learned how to spoof Alexa. Just a few days ago they came up with the equivalent of a dog whistle-type command that you couldn't hear, but Alexa could. Someone could turn it on and off.”
News
“An Amazon Echo recorded a family’s conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says” by Hamza Shaban at The Washington Post - May 24, 2018
“Don’t Freak Out About That Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Situation” by Lily Hay Newman at Wired - May 24, 2018
“HBG, Amazon Partner on Narrative Content for Echo Device” by Calvin Reid at Publishers Weekly - May 22, 2018
“Are ebooks dying or thriving? The answer is yes” by Thu-Huong Ha at Quartz - May 13, 2018
Tech Tip
Use Household Profiles to Share Your Fire Tablet - Amazon.com
Interview with Andrew Updegrove
The Frank Adversego Thrillers by Andrew Updegrove at Amazon.com
The Blockchain Affair (chapter by chapter, beginning with Prologue and Chapter 1)
Content
Books on Artificial Intelligence recommended by Andy Updegrove:
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies 1st Edition by Nick Bostrom
Thinking Machines: The Quest for Artificial Intelligence--and Where It’s Taking Us Next by Luke Dormehi
The Quest for Artificial Intelligence by Nils J. Nilsson
Podcast interviews with James and Deborah Fallows, authors of Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America: Max Linsky of the Longform Podcast, Ezra Klein of The Ezra Klein Show, John Dickerson of the CBS This Morning Podcast, Sam Wang of the WooCast Politics & Polls podcast, and Chuck Todd of Meet the Press podcast.
Next Week’s Guest
Nick Wingfield, former tech reporter at The New York Times, currently senior editor at The Information
Outro
Thanks to Stephen Campbell of The Author Biz podcast for generously helping me meet the deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect in Europe today. I modeled my new Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy on Stephen’s website.
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.
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Next Episode
TKC 514 Jade Chang
Author of “The List” in Amazon’s The Real Thing Collection
Interview starts at 13:23 and ends at 39:21
“I think we look at the Big Five publishers as being kind of set in their ways and really traditional, but I actually think that everyone is looking to try new things. I think everyone is realizing that just putting out a hardcover in the exact same way isn’t going to always work in a way that they would hope. It’s more that I’m just excited about different ways of approaching storytelling.” (Photo credit: Teresa Flowers)
News
Echo Look ($199.99) is now available to all U.S. customers (press release) - June 6, 2018
“Want to Read Michael Lewis’s Next Work? You’ll Be Able to Listen to It First” by Alexandra Alter at The New York Times - June 2, 2018
“Amazon’s Fire TV Cube is an Echo, streamking box, and universal remote in one” by Chris Welch at The Verge - June 7, 2018
Interview with Jade Chang
“The List” by Jade Chang in the Amazon Original Stories collection, The Real Thing
The Wangs Vs. the World by Jade Chang
“The Deceptively Simple Work of an Artist Who Hallucinated as a Child” by Tasos Gaintatzis and Marina Legaki at The Hundreds - December 19, 2014
“Love and Estrogen” by Samantha Allen in The Real Thing collection
Content
“What Books are Highlighted the Most Densely?” By Daniel Doyon at Readwise - May 10, 2018
Next Week’s Guest
Bradley Metrock, CEO of Score Publishing, which is the new owner of Digital Book World, scheduled for October 2nd through 4th in Nashville, Tennessee.
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.
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