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Who uses, recommends or left Kindle, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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I guess I should mention I also got a 3G Kindle which I love and a Withings scale that posts my weight to Twitter, which is lots of fun, but also kinda cheesy because every post has their URL slapped on the end of it.
His Uses This interview, on the multi-monitor rig and Windows utilities behind Dinosaur Comics.
2012-04-20·usesthis.com ↗
The Kindle has been a magical device for me. Besides being able to instantly start new books, I love how single purpose the Kindle is. It makes it very easy to read books (as it should).
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given while he was CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign.
2012-02-01·usesthis.com ↗
I have a Kindle. I love it, unabashedly. I think good technology turns us into the people we want to be, and since getting the Kindle, I've probably increased my reading two-fold.
His written "Uses This" interview, describing a deliberately mobile studio.
2011-04-18·usesthis.com ↗
Audiobooks is what got me started on my reading journey. I've since switched to the Kindle for the majority of my reading but I keep Audible specifically for biographies.
His /uses page, a walk through the hardware, software and services he works with.
2025-01-02·seastone.io ↗
To read books, I use the Kindle.
'How to Accomplish More with Less' — the tools he uses for organization and creation.
2020-09-13·eugeneyan.com ↗
Personally, I prefer physical books when I travel. However, I can't argue against the convenience and simplicity of the Kindle.
Kepnes's “My Favorite Gear for Travelers” list; the page carries an Advertiser Disclosure and its Amazon links are affiliate-tagged (tag=nommatstra…).
2026-03-26·nomadicmatt.com ↗
I tend to carry a book with me everywhere I go, so I was recently lent a Kindle to help with that. I don't like it but I begrudgingly use it when travelling.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
I have audio recorders that come out when I'm doing fieldwork. I tried a Kindle but found I didn't like.
Her Uses This interview, on the two devices she lives in and the Mac software around them.
2009-08-12·usesthis.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.