Author Archives: len

Oh What a Brand: Our Visit to L.L. Bean in Freeport

Posted on December 14, 2010 by len

When we were staying at Ocean Park this weekend, we took a run up to Freeport, Maine, for some Christmas shopping at the iconic L.L. Bean. I remember this place from my boyhood, 50-plus years ago. Things were more rustic, … Continue reading →

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Traveling Sort of Light

Posted on October 17, 2010 by len

Three days before our departure for Johannesburg, I am honing my collection of tech gear for three weeks in South Africa and Botswana. By my standards, this is traveling light! Here are the main elements, clockwise from upper left: 1. … Continue reading →

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Girl, Dog, Beach

Posted on October 2, 2010 by len

We were reading our Kindles at the beach when an autumn breeze came up. So I fetched additional layers of clothing up at the cottage and returned with a bag of almonds and a root beer. Our friend Holly, a … Continue reading →

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Train Daze

Posted on September 28, 2010 by len

Every time I ride the Downeaster between Boston and Maine, I imagine this might be the trip when I simply ride along drinking my coffee, maybe listening to music, and looking out the window. You know, take a break from … Continue reading →

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My Latest Attempt to Get Organized

Posted on September 26, 2010 by len

Stever Robbins, author of the just-released Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More — Click here for Kindle version– gave a lively presentation yesterday at Podcamp Boston 5. In the evening at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, … Continue reading →

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Paging Ahead: Tips & Tools for E-Book Mastery

Posted on September 25, 2010 by len

Here are links to items I will discuss today at 10 a.m. in the Mann room at Podcamp Boston 5: 1. Amazon Kindle. 2. Barnes & Noble nook 3. Sony Reader. 4. Borders/ Kobo. 5. Freekindlebooks.org 6. ManyBooks 7. Inkmesh … Continue reading →

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Kindle Chronicles Podcast Interview Questions for Ryan Block

Posted on September 22, 2010 by len

Ryan Block, co-founder of gdgt A month after the original Kindle launched, you wrote, “We can’t quite put our finger on it, but if Kindle’s launch feels at all to you like the act of reading has just turned a … Continue reading →

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Links for My Talk at the ZAPP® Conference 2010

Posted on September 11, 2010 by len

The following are topics and sources I will mention in a presentation titled “Benefiting from New Technologies” at the ZAPP Conference 2010 on Monday, September 13, 2010, at 1 p.m. Central Time in St. Louis, organized by the Western States … Continue reading →

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Acadia National Park

Posted on August 31, 2010 by len

A view yesterday of Jordan Pond from the Carriage Road. What a gorgeous spot Acadia National Park is! Compared with Yellowstone, it’s a postage stamp. But we had a sweaty, great time biking from the Brown Mountain gate to the … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Nice to Blog About Mother Nature

Posted on August 25, 2010 by len

My whining about perfect weather three days ago led to, no surprise, three days of gray, chilly, windy and today rainy skies – the worst weather we’ve had here in Maine all summer. Nice. “What a freakin’ day,” my wife … Continue reading →

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