just an asterisk

I received a Kindle 2 for Christmas – or rather 2 and ½ months later, when Amazon announced its second reading device, updated my order and shipped. If you’ve never heard of the kindle, check out this quick video introduction.

There has been a flurry of articles recently by new kindle owners, desperate to reinforce the permanence of paper and to cynically point out that the new Kindle still isn’t perfect. The Just an Asterisk perspective? Well the first thing I downloaded to read was Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Outliers”, in which he describes an outlaw that was “just dumb enough to be fearless, just bright enough to be dangerous and a dead shot”. I think we can describe the Kindle with the same terms. Read more »