Word: quittners
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Kindle Me Delighted If Josh Quittner were elderly with macular degeneration, he would be as thrilled as my Kindle-loving 76-year-old husband [March 30]. The print can be made larger. It is so light, he can hold it. He doesn't lose his place. If his eyes get tired, a soothing voice can read to him. And it is so painless to use. Whiny kids in their 40s and 50s can complain, but for us, the Kindle is priceless. It has changed his life. Barbara Plungy, DENVER
...Kindle Me Delighted If Josh Quittner were elderly with macular degeneration, he would be as thrilled as my Kindle-loving 76-year-old husband [March 30]. The print can be made larger. It is so light, he can hold it. If his eyes get tired, a soothing voice can read to him. Whiny kids in their 40s and 50s can complain, but for us, the Kindle is priceless. Barbara Plungy, Denver...
...Josh Quittner were elderly with macular degeneration, he would be as thrilled as my Kindle-loving 76-year-old husband [March 30]. The print can be made larger. It is so light, he can hold it. If his eyes get tired, a soothing voice can read to him. Whiny kids in their 40s and 50s can complain, but for us, the Kindle is priceless. Barbara Plungy, DENVER...
...borderline everything, from diabetes to elephantiasis. Luckily, there's a raft of new gadgets on the market that use high-tech sensors to help me get a handle on my love handles. During the past month, I've focused on two gizmos that promise to pound the Quittner bod back into its more kittenish shape. One, the cigarette-lighter-size (and awkwardly named) Smheart Link, works with an iPhone to monitor my heartbeat during customized daily workouts. The other, the Bodybugg, measures my caloric expenditure. I recommend each. (Watch Josh Quittner get fit with his web and tech gadgets...
Accompanying Walter's story is a terrific piece by our well-known tech editor-at-large Josh Quittner, who believes that the salvation of journalism may lie in a combination of the next generation of e-readers and micropayments. Josh, a former editor-in-chief of Business 2.0, has spent more than a year thinking and reporting on this idea. The advent of the iPhone and devices like it--killer gadgets connected to a store where one can make a micropayment with the touch of a button--was his eureka moment. I think Walter's and Josh's insight, reporting...