The Real Genius Of The Kindle? The Return Of ‘Unitasking’

I think Amazon should fund their own newspaper on the Kindle, as a content driver for further Kindle sales. Most of it can be comprised of aggregation, with a few exclusive investigative stories only available on the Kindle.

And what about the genius of a book ?

this reminds me of the UI principle: focus the same way your users do. if your users spend 90% of their time using two features, those are the features you should put 90% of your effort into.

one thing at a time? Like the iPhone has promoted since its launch?

&#62;When’s the last time you did only one thing at a time? If you’re reading this—particularly if you’re in the news or content business—there’s a good chance you’ll have trouble answering that question.<p>Uh, when I read that passage it was the only thing I was doing. I often multitask, but not all the time or even the majority of the time. And as others mentioned, it's not like the Kindle encourages "unitasking" any more than reading a book does.

That article is interesting, but his headshot creeps me out while I read it.

unitasking - also known as do one thing and do it well