I live in the Future

[fabrisse]

I have a type 1 Kindle. I got it for my 47th birthday and called it my magic book.

While I don't find it as easy to read on the computer as I do on the Kindle, when Kindle for PC came out, I downloaded it and I've found it useful as the Kindle I have does not have the memory space of later models. I downloaded a couple of samples to my PC on Sunday. There were two options: Send to Kindle, Send to PC.

Today, I checked out a book on city planning I had been recommended. It was available on Kindle, and, as I often do, I opted to "Read Sample Now" -- which, by the way, is one of my favorite things about Kindles. I appreciate it more for the books it weeds out than the ones I ultimately buy. There was a third choice: Send to Cloud Reader.

I LOVE IT. I uploaded my music, etc. to Amazon's Cloud Player before they made the official announcement of its existence. Since I have to stuff envelopes (hey, don't judge me, I'm employed), being able to bop along to my music -- I do have headphones -- or being able to play a little Haydn when my cubicle mates are being distracting has been wonderful. And now there's a whole fluffy cloud of my books.

It's great to live in the future!

Comments

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

I love living in the future, too!

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

It's thrilling.

[moria923.livejournal.com]

I know it's not the main thing you do, but that so-called job you and I shared a few years ago actually made me long for stuffing envelopes. Then, at least, my *mental* time would have been my own.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

I still say that was one of the hardest, and least well paid, jobs that I have ever had to do. And yes, whenever I lament my envelope stuffing, I remember I could be reading aloud -- quickly and oftentimes with punctuation -- for $8 an hour. *G*