if you're not reading kottke, you should be...

http://kottke.org

seriously. the guy has amazing range, daily. here's part of a post of his from yesterday...

http://kottke.org/10/11/kindle-and-kinect-christmas

The cheapest Kindle is now only $139 (and the one with free 3G is $50 more). They are going to sell a metric crapload of these things this Christmas. And even if they don't, they're going to sell 50 million metric shitloads of Kindle books because you don't even need a Kindle to read Kindle books...Amazon has readers for the iPad (which is way better than Apple's iBooks app IMO), iPhone, Android devices, Blackberry, WinPhone 7, Windows, and OS X. I never would have predicted it, but I am a firm convert to Kindle books...and I don't even have a Kindle. The killer feature here is Amazon's multi-platform support. I *love* reading books on the iPad at home but when I'm out and about, if I've got my iPhone in my pocket, I can read a book. The best book is the one that's always with you.

that last line pretty much sums it up. but remember when "the killer feature" for the kindle was instant-download, then the sheer number of books? i love that amazon keeps iterating the process. yes, sir, i'm a big fan of what amazon is doing... -bowerbird p.s. the line traditionally goes: "the best camera is the one that's with you." kottke improved it. twice.