“The Kindle will be to traditional books as the Segway is to walking.” (via slashdot)
“The Kindle’s so ugly, Speak-and-Spells run away crying when it comes in the room” (overheard)
“Amazon is touting this as the iPod of e-book readers … it’s actually the Zune of e-book readers.” (via slashdot)
“Is it just me, or is there something a bit weird about naming a product for reading books with a word which means “to set on fire”? Now, maybe as a name for Dell laptop…” (via slashdot)
Robert Scoble does an on-the-street usability-test / review of Amazon Kindle. It’s a rambly interview and the video is poor quality but it’s a refreshing antidote to the nauseatingly saccharin Amazon promo video.
I'm Harry Brignull, User Experience Designer at Clearleft in Brighton. My work involves a mix of User Research and Interaction Design. In the past few years I've consulted for The Guardian, Haymarket, Madgex, British Airways, Vodafone, O2 and many others.
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