Every couple of weekends, the four year old and I make a trip to the library to pick out a fresh batch of books while his little brother stays at home with mom for an afternoon nap. Yesterday, we came back with about two dozen new books for bedtime reading. It turns out that I’m […]
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Listen to The World is Flat – for Free
Stepping into the wayback machine for a moment, three years ago I highly recommended that you read Thomas Friedman’s excellent book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. The book’s topics – technology and globalization – are even more relevant than when it was first released. So, if you haven’t had […]
Several months ago, I received an advanced copy of Nicholas Carr’s newest book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google. I immediately read through most of it while on a business trip and yesterday finally managed a few minutes to finish the last few pages. So, here’s my slightly-late review of this […]
A couple of weeks ago I received a free advance review copy of Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba’s new business book, Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message. I’m a couple of chapters into it, and so far it looks to be at least as good as their now classic (in my opinion) Creating Customer […]
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Quick Review: Why Johnny Can’t Brand
About a month ago, I checked out a book from the library called Why Johnny Can’t Brand : Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Big Idea. The name is a take off the 1950’s title Why Johnny Can’t Read, and got my attention enough for me to give it a chance. I’m glad I did. […]
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Back From a Christmas Break
Although I had no intention of taking a break from blogging last week, that’s exactly what happened. It was nice to have a chance to relax for a bit while spending time with Casey, Kael, family, and friends. Plus, it didn’t help that I had a mild case of writers block going on. So, if […]
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Good Reading
Somehow, I’ve managed to knock off a couple of books on my reading list in the last couple of months, dispite the fact that I’m always busy with homework and projects for the three classes I’m taking. Thankfully, the end is in sight: Only one test, one presentation, and two papers left until my semester […]