In my world, the only thing sadder would be a lost Amazon Kindle e-book reader that's not missed!
It's been four weeks now since my Amazon Kindle turned up gone. This was the Kindle I'd really been interested to use, paid the full $399 price, patiently waited for to arrive through Amazon's multiple-week backlog, and then shared with my wife, a much more avid reader (of books anyway). We both were enjoying, for a few weeks anyway, at least some of the advantages of the state-of-the-art e-book reader. But obviously, not that much!
Despite kicking myself for almost assuredly leaving it in the airplane seat pocket on a Friday afternoon flight, the truly interesting observational take-away is that I didn't notice it was missing for a full 24 hours. I can't imagine being unaware that my iPhone or laptop (or keys, or briefcase, or other vital possession) wasn't with me for a whole day!
With the airline lost-and-found process now exhausted, my ambivalence towards the loss can clearly only be put behind me one way -- another new gadget some day soon! (But not a new Kindle -- tried it, kind of nice, but not worth buying another one, this generation anyway. Too many of the well-documented flaws -- each in itself minor but adding up to a mostly unpleasant and even at times annoying user experience.) And btw my indifference towards the loss made it into my son's friend's Tumblr, so that was worth something right there!
It's been four weeks now since my Amazon Kindle turned up gone. This was the Kindle I'd really been interested to use, paid the full $399 price, patiently waited for to arrive through Amazon's multiple-week backlog, and then shared with my wife, a much more avid reader (of books anyway). We both were enjoying, for a few weeks anyway, at least some of the advantages of the state-of-the-art e-book reader. But obviously, not that much!
Despite kicking myself for almost assuredly leaving it in the airplane seat pocket on a Friday afternoon flight, the truly interesting observational take-away is that I didn't notice it was missing for a full 24 hours. I can't imagine being unaware that my iPhone or laptop (or keys, or briefcase, or other vital possession) wasn't with me for a whole day!
With the airline lost-and-found process now exhausted, my ambivalence towards the loss can clearly only be put behind me one way -- another new gadget some day soon! (But not a new Kindle -- tried it, kind of nice, but not worth buying another one, this generation anyway. Too many of the well-documented flaws -- each in itself minor but adding up to a mostly unpleasant and even at times annoying user experience.) And btw my indifference towards the loss made it into my son's friend's Tumblr, so that was worth something right there!
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It's Eva, Jordan's friend. Sorry to hear about your kindle in the first place, and again that you don't seem to miss it.
I guess it's true what they say: if you love something, leave it on a plane. If you get another one, it's yours. If not, it was never meant to be (this generation, at least).
Hope you're well!
Eva