When I first opened up the Kindle Paperwhite, I couldn’t decide if it was useful or useless - that home screen didn’t help - until I sent my first article from my read-it-later app (DoMarks, absolutely fantastic) and checked out The Economist… and proceeded to shift my subscription from the iPad to the Kindle - and did likewise for NYRB and The New Yorker: each weekly issue delivered, much slower, much nicer.

I've already come across two or three books (one of which arrived the other day) which probably would have been better on a Kindle - or at least more amenable to fragmented reading than physical books. I'm also finding it great for reading B&W manga - Tezuka's BLACKJACK Volume Three is queued up.

Verdict: useful.

In tandem / parallel / whatever, I'm coming down with a desire to return to a more analog approach. While I won't be returning to the index card system – illegibility and utility don't mix in perpetuity – I do want to focus more on handwriting notes, journaling, etc. and using digital as a way to store and deep link them for use.