Chris Webb's Lifestream

Just found a 3 wolf moon tshirt. Yes I plan to wear it.

Jul 28th

Boarding a flight with @jennylwebb and the boys for a little R&R at the Jersey shore.

Jul 27th

Heading to my 20 Year High School Reunion soon. Any last minute advice?

Jul 26th

Market opportunity: RT @Powells MJ’s ‘88 autobiography Moonwalk coming back to...

Jul 26th

Barnes and Noble E-Book Store Follows Amazon’s Lead — And Repeats Its Errors...

Jul 24th

Random House digs in over e-book rights http://is.gd/1KotQ

Jul 24th

Bezo’s apologizes for Kindle Orwell deletions: http://is.gd/1Jv9I

Jul 24th

I’m very happy to see our first Amazon Top 10 Computer book since I took over the UK group....

Jul 24th

When did Twitter post the Twitter 101 Guide for Business? http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/

Jul 24th

Weddings are supposed to be joyous! The Power of The Unexpected: http://is.gd/1JdYd

Jul 23rd

Just met with @AndyRathbone here in the Indianapolis office - one of the industry’s best...

Jul 23rd

On the other hand, I have no idea what kind of pressure AZON was under from publisher who held the...

Jul 21st

Rethinking the Orwell/Kindle issue. Removing ebooks from devices (because you can) was the wrong...

Jul 21st

RE: B&N its good to see competition in this space. Kindle has excellent ebook buying experience...

Jul 21st

Very informative post from Alan Rinzler on Bookscan, a sales reporting tool used by a large majority...

Jul 21st

Catching up on the news from @eBooksBN on their new announcements on PlasticLogic and iPhone &...

Jul 21st

RT @doctorow I sold 25000 Amazon books from BB links last 12 mos; <2% Kindle books. Ebooks still...

Jul 21st

At the risk of begin unpopular, I think the Kindle recall of unlicensed Orwell ebooks is akin to...

Jul 20th

PR fiasco - granted. They could have handled it better - there were many options. But the rights...

Jul 20th

I have an Amazon branded cover for my Kindle but have not seen the cracking issue. Anyone else have...

Jul 17th

Good news - Bertrams is ahead of forecast: http://is.gd/1ALEo

Jul 17th

Some students say “e-texts were awkward and inconvenient” in a pilot program at NW...

Jul 17th

Amazon Kindle coming to the UK “before Christmas”? http://is.gd/1AKRa

Jul 17th

Geek Alert! Real-time virtual reenactment of the Moon Launch/Landing with actual audio etc....

Jul 17th

Does the Book Industry Want To Get Napstered? http://is.gd/1AW5b

Jul 17th

Management buyout of Borders UK, backed by Valco Capital Partners (VCP) http://is.gd/1B8M6 (via...

Jul 17th

Up at a ridiculous hour for a trip to London’s Heathrow to catch an early morning flight home...

Jul 17th

Financial Times editor: “most news websites will charge within a year” (via @GregMitch)...

Jul 17th

Situation over, but stil not boarding yet.

Jul 17th

My flight delayed indefinately due to suspicous package. Area now restricted, lots of police.

Jul 17th

Boarding UA929 LHR ORD @jennylwebb

Jul 17th

RT @BubbleCow: An agent explains why sometimes passion is not enough - http://ow.ly/hiNc

Jul 16th

Grabbed the Kindle edition of Chris Anderson’s FREE for the flight home tomorrow:...

Jul 16th

grabbing a quoick bite to eat in between meetings.

Jul 15th

anyone tried the Bolt browser? works great on my blackberry.

Jul 15th

Australian copyright protection likely to be eliminated over next three years http://bit.ly/3l6rx2...

Jul 14th

Here we go again: RT @digitalfiction: Re-Rumor: Apple Tablet Coming in October, Priced at $800 |...

Jul 14th

Seriously? New Chinese ebook reader looks nothing like the Kindle.? http://is.gd/1x0Dl

Jul 14th

Seriously? New Chinese ebook reader looks nothing like the Kindle.? http://is.gd/1x0Dl

Jul 14th

Has anyone seen a good reference implementation or case study application that uses Azure?

Jul 14th

Sunny day in London.

Jul 13th

Wishing there was some sort of calibre plugin that I could point to an RSS feed and end up with a...

Jul 12th

Catching up on what I missed after having to leave #followreader early yesterday. Great...

Jul 11th

Good - dont have to strip my Win 7 RC installs - RT @dsilverman: Win7 upgrade question finally...

Jul 11th

UK followers - Can I get my Skype In calls (online number) on a Three Skype phone?

Jul 11th

RT @bookish_type: “The Revenge of Print” An essay on how & why print books will...

Jul 11th

“…there is space for print not only to exist in modern society, but to thrive, if...

Jul 11th

Wondering if the Disneyland Marriage Proposal video is for real, or a slick SM campaign. Anyone have...

Jul 11th

“Book publishing has gone over a cliff in a fancy red sports car,” says @katmeyer...

Jul 11th

Creating Great Products: Listen. Listen. Do. http://is.gd/1tQ3v

Jul 11th

Spoke to @amazon customer service about Kindle price drop. I actually missed it by 6 days. Rep says...

Jul 10th

By the way, @amazon Kindle Customer Service is 866-321-8851.

Jul 10th

“Amazon.com’s $9.99 e-book price is unsustainably low for the company and publishers”:...

Jul 10th

You saw this coming: Google prepping Chrome OS for netbooks. Android methinks? http://is.gd/1r2ti

Jul 9th

They have good riot police in LA, right? RT@indystar: Lakers sign Artest to $18 million deal...

Jul 9th

RT @loubarr “If you have to swallow a frog dont look at it too long And if you have to swallow...

Jul 9th

Amazon drops Kindle 2 to $299. I missed the 30 day rebate period by 1 day.

Jul 9th

An early start to the day - up at 5:30 am for meetings with my UK colleagues.

Jul 8th

I see Chris Anderson’s new book, FREE is available as on o-book on Scribd (http://is.gd/1pTxM)...

Jul 8th

Id like to loan Kindle ebooks to friends & family same as paper - transfer to their Kindle,...

Jul 8th

Excellent debate on @zeldman ‘s blog - XHTML DOA WTF http://is.gd/1pU9R

Jul 8th

Wondering if #moonfruit tastes like an Apple.

Jul 8th

Just negotiated a new author contract with a “new to me” agent. Beginning to end in...

Jul 8th

Springwise: Pay to digitize a book, and share in its future sales. http://twurl.nl/rez6mr (via...

Jul 8th

Geek Alert! Atari Museum releases source code for 15 classic Atari 7800 games http://is.gd/1ojLU

Jul 6th

Day 2 at @holidayworld with the family. A fantastic park!

Jul 5th

Wiley-Blackwell study predicts impact of economic downturn on its STM publishing partners...

Jul 3rd

Amazon tip: To see the UK version of an Amazon product page, just change “.com” to...

Jul 3rd

Author John Green says publishers should lower advances and increase royalties. What do you think?...

Jul 3rd

Having breakfast with my oldest son at Sunrise Cafe. What 4 year old loves poached eggs?

Jul 2nd

Busy day ahead - moving new books into the approval process. Lot’s of signing going on over...

Jul 2nd

RT @DanielLiterary: Newsweek’s 50 Books to Read Now, and Why: http://bit.ly/2eTz1

Jul 2nd

Yikes RT @TelegraphMG: 28 Wimbledon staff sent home with suspected Swine Flu : Nearly 30 staff...

Jul 2nd

New Elonex ebook reader exclusive at Borders UK. - http://is.gd/1kpcV

Jul 2nd

Anyone know anyone at the Bonnie Doon Ice Cream Company? I have an out of state friend who wants...

Jul 2nd

Dads, my 4 yr old ends up playing with our Lego creations, mostly vehicles. Do you ever glue them...

Jul 2nd