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An Apple Store on 3G Day from Len Edgerly on Vimeo. This was the scene inside the Cambridgeside Apple store on July 11, 2008 as I began the process of buying an iPhone 3G. What I thought would take 15 … Continue reading →

I arrived at the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall in Cambridge, Mass., at 3 am to become the third person in line at the Apple store. Two hours later and it’s still just we three. Looks like I’m likely to get a … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Train Geek, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. I love trains, and the two-hour Downeaster from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, to … Continue reading →

My Dad, 81, a new Kindle reader, joins me in reading today’s newspapers while we wait for my mother during her appointment medical at Southern Maine Medical Center. Mobile post sent by LenEdgerly using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 Tweet

I just finished A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America by Virginia’s U.S. Senator, Jim Webb. It’s an eloquent extended essay on America that helped me understand why Webb leads the current Intrade prediction market’s pick for … Continue reading →

“Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one,” H. L. Mencken famously said. That truism has taken another giant step backwards into history, with Amazon’s Digital Text Platform. With DTP, you can self-publish at the Kindle Store … Continue reading →

At today’s Social Media Breakfast 8 hosted by Bryan Person and Bob Collins, one of the great presentations was by Rob Lane, cofounder and CEO of Overlay.tv . Rob’s demonstration reminded me of a talk I heard by Alex Lindsay … Continue reading →

Someone named Jay Wyatt emailed this graphic to me, saying “Feel free to use this as you like.” I must say that the further I get into Web’s latest book, A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America, … Continue reading →

Last night I noticed something about the way I read books on the Kindle. Because I can so easily switch among books, it’s as if I am reading a composite book, a mashup of three books at once. This creates … Continue reading →

I always believed that the way Barack Obama ran his campaign would be his best demonstration of leadership ability, offsetting the fact that his resume otherwise does not contain any governerships, CEO positions, or military command. By now, the results … Continue reading →