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The 2024 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide
Since 2013, I’ve done a holiday gift guide that’s basically a curated roundup of stuff from the best gift guides I can find. I always do it a little bit differe
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The 2023 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide
Itttt’s baaack… After not happening for the past three years, the Kottke Holiday Gift Guide has returned. I’ve scoured the internet and dozens of other gift gui
Letting things build
This week I put together a reading list for my digital aura series. I recall starting to write around Thanksgiving — but when I looked back at my reading, I’d started reading for it months earlier. (No wonder it’s felt like such a big endeavor!)
This Viral ‘Purse Kindle’ Is Tiny, Adorable, and a Lot of Work
The Xteink e-readers are compact and portable, but, with a steep learning curve, they’re not for everyone.
Pebble Index 01
A smart ring that records voice notes at the press of a button and transcribes them to your phone. External memory for your brain.
Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming
A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens
Pluralistic: Kickstarting “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI” (14 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
My next book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, will be out in about a month – and (once again) Amazon's monopoly audiobook platform refuses to carry it, and so (once again) I'm pre-selling the audio, ebook and print edition in a Kickstarter campaign that proves that DRM-free isn't just the right way to reach an audience, it's also the best way to reach them:
The 11 best new sci-fi books to check out on your new Kindle
Something to read in the new year
Libby
All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.
Getting Started with Reader
Walkthrough guides can be really boring so we've laced ours with spicy memes to keep those dopamine receptors firing while while we subliminally teach you the basics of our reading software. We hope you don't mind a little fun.
The life-changing magic of wearing smartglasses | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Elle Hunt’s review of Meta smartglasses, pointing out that the technology has a lot to offer to people with visual impairments or hearing loss
headway.page
headway.page brings your e-reader into the Atmosphere. Sync your reading progress from any KOReader Sync-compatible device to Popfeed.