Author and his dog, Finnegan

Interview Starts at 11:07

I see the alphabet as disappearing, the alphabet itself. It’s designed for something else.  We don’t have a need for the kinds of sensibility that it provides. That is, our new situation doesn’t say, “We need this alphabet. We need this way of imagining the world, of using our minds.” There are other ways around that are faster, more in tune with the technology.

Show Notes and Links:

News
“Is Amazon Invincible?” by Andrew Rhomberg at Digital Book World – July 23, 2013
Jellybooks
Readmill

Tech Tip
How to use your Kindle in a book group discussion

Interview with Eric McLuhan
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan – $13.72 on Kindle
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man by Marshall McLuhan – $18.12 on Kindle
The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man by Marshall McLuhan – used paperback (Please click on “Tell the Publisher I’d like to read this book on Kindle” button)
The Laws of Media:The New Science by Marshall Mcluhan and Eric McLuhan – Not available on Kindle. Click here to let publisher know you’d like to read it on Kindle.
The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan - Click here to let publisher know you’d like to read it on Kindle.
Letters of Marshall McLuhan Corinne McLuhan, editor - Click here to let publisher know you’d like to read it on Kindle.
Media and Formal Cause (2011) by Marshall McLuhan and Eric McLuhan - Click here to let publisher know you’d like to read it on Kindle.
NeoPoiesis Press

Content 
“Introducing ‘The Kindle Singles Interview’” - Amazon press release – July 25, 2013Loic LeMeur video interview with Dave Morin, cofounder and CEO of Path, at LeWeb 2011
President Shimon Peres: The Kindle Singles Interview - 99 cents on Kindle
“Path releases exclusive new client for Kindle Fire HD” by Brian Hough at BestTechi – July 19, 2013
“Announcing: Path is Now Available on the Kindle Fire” at Path Blog  - July 18, 2013

Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named “Well, You Needn’t.” This version is “Ra-Monk” by Eval Manigat on the “Variations in Time: A Jazz Persepctive” CD by Public Transit Recording” CD.

Next Week’s Guest
James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research

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