[eboyhan]

Hi,

I've been a member of this forum since November of 2009. I have contributed a bit to the Kindle and Calibre forums. I also post quite a bit on the Amazon community forums. I have been an owner of a Kindle DX since November of 2009. I have read about 120 titles on it, and I find it to be a useful device. Since acquiring it, I have bought perhaps only two or three books in print editions.

I use my Kindle primarily as a "reading" device, and not as a "storage" device. Once I have read a book I store it elsewhere (on my PC, in the Amazon archive, or in Calibre).

I also tend to use my KDX as a replacement for my laser printers -- I often print various documents to PDF, and then read those PDF documents on my Kindle DX. I find that the toner and paper savings thus achieved have already paid for the purchase of the KDX (and that doesn't reflect the cheaper prices generally available for e-book versions of whatever I choose to buy).

I am self-employed, I am involved in the technology industry both as a commentator on technology trends, and as a management consultant on technology purchasing decisions. Some of my work is with large IT departments, and consequently I am very interested in technology developments in areas of interest to them. I am particularly interested in technologies that facilitate the deployment of large numbers of desktops. I also have quite a few small business owners as clients, and I am especially interested in technology issues that affect them (which tend to be quite a bit different from things of interest to the large IT department).

I am very interested in how current web technologies are changing the landscape of our everyday lives and forcing traditional businesses (especially those in the publishing and entertainment industries) to refocus/rearchitect, or go out of business.

I am also interested in how Amazon will respond to all the changing conditions in the environment in which they function: their somewhat testy relationships with publishers, a slew of new e-book reading devices (and let's not forget the iPad), a potential Kindle 3 announcement, etc.

I wish Amazon would come out with a PDF reader at least as good as Adobe's; I also wish that they would provide better Kindle synchronization facilities -- especially for documents and books not acquired from Amazon.