The Kindle Chronicles

Via ChatGPT, a graphic illustrating the sleuth-like intestigations that resulted in Chris Bailey's new book, Intentional: How to Finish What You Start
LINKS
Intentional: How to Finish What You Start by Chris Bailey
"There are just 12 basic values" by Chris Bailey - September 4, 2025
Core Values Test: If you click on this link you will be able to take the test, which takes about 12 minutes, for $25--a 50% discount. Thank you, Chris!
Chris's three previous books: The Productivity Project (2016), Hyperfocus (2018), and How to Calm Your Mind (2022)
My previous Kindle Chronicles interviews with Chris in 2021 and 2023
Time & Attention, Chris's podcast co-hosted with his wife, Ardyn Nordstrom
"The Book I've Been Waiting to Write for 15 Years" by Tiago Forte - November 11, 2025
Getting Things Done by David Allen

The New Colorsoft, with Sophie and Darlene's sister Gail
Links
Click here for today's release of three new Kindle Scribe tablets, including the amazing Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, which Darlene's sister Gail talked about with me for today's episode.
Click here for the 15-minute video I uploaded to YouTube about the Scribe Colorsoft. I focused on what it will mean for my decades-long journaling practice.

Panos Panay, SVP Devices & Services at Amazon
Links
Coverage of today's media event in NYC:
About Amazon
"Amazon Finally Did the Damn Hardware Right" by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at The Verge
"The 5 Hottest AI Features from Amazon's September Hardware Reveal" by Eric Hal Schwartz at Techradar
"Everything Amazon Announced Today at Its Fall Hardware Event" by Julian Chokkattu at Wired
Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of Etiquette for Lovers and Killers
Photo © Chris Doody
Links
Anna Fitzgerald Healy's website
The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: 50th Anniversary Edition
"The Vampire Facial" by Anna Fitzgerald Healy, reprinted in Dark Matter Magazine
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Audiobook preview for Etiquette for Lovers and Killers (YouTube)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Wood Island Lighthouse
Amazon page for Alexa+
"More Than a Million People Now Have Alexa Plus" by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at The Verge - June 10, 2025
To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, 
Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of The Day Makes the Year
Links
The Day Makes the Year (Makes a Life): Transform Your Work and Life with One-Day Success by Doug Fleener
Doug's web site
See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar
The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr
To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, 
Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.