
#TodayILearned Wayne Newton is still alive. Good for him. Googled while watching National Lampoons Vegas Vacation. That‘s all I got today 😂

#TodayILearned Wayne Newton is still alive. Good for him. Googled while watching National Lampoons Vegas Vacation. That‘s all I got today 😂

As insightful and interesting as So You‘ve Been Publicly Shamed is in its current form, I finished it desperate for a revised and updated edition, one that addresses public shaming not as a “new trend we should be wary of” but as an ever-present reality of daily life in the 2020s. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/so-youve-been-publicly-shamed-jon-ronson-re...

This is an interesting book about how internet language has jumped into and shaped our daily lives even offline, but also how algorithms have impacted that by amplifying certain things. The author is well positioned to discuss this as an influencer and content creator who has also done his research, but he‘s also an undergrad who keeps referring to himself as a “linguist,” which I find premature.

Amazon has Prime Day going on this week and Audible has a Prime Day sale on audiobooks. I wanted to write a haiku to Amazon.
Amazon
I‘m not impressed with your Prime Day deals this week
I didn‘t see anything that I wanted to buy
I looked at your Audible Prime Day books too
I‘m not impressed with your selection on there either
I‘d be more impressed if my books on my Audible wishlist were on sale
#haiku #haikuhive #haikuaday

We do not care that we laughed so hard at the podcast we listened to on our walk, that the neighbors must think we‘re crazy. #wdncw

I came up with a good idea for using the Wish List feature on Amazon. I‘ve decided to make 2 TBR lists. 1 list has books I want to read on Kindle Unlimited and the other list has books that I have to buy because they‘re not on Kindle Unlimited. During the Stuff Your Kindle Day events, if the books are free then I‘ll buy them but if they‘re not free or if I can read them on Kindle Unlimited then I‘ll add them to one of my lists.

It took me 11 months, but I finally finished this! Really great book about cybersecurity: accessible to non-specialists while including lots of detail. Shapiro writes in a highly informative yet slightly sardonic voice that I enjoyed.

Can't say that I completely understood everything Lanier said, but I did get the main message: social media is ruining the world and we are its slaves. Not Litsy.