Posts Tagged ‘ books ’

I’ve read more than a few books about systems thinking and business processes, including All That Matters About Quality I Learned in Joe’s Garage, a few on the Toyota Production System, and several on kaizen and lean manufacturing. But I have to say that Timothy Johnson’s latest book SWAT: Seize the Accomplishment ranks up...
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Watch to the end to see the very smart and simple UI elements: Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.
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I’ve owned and been reading from a Kindle for a couple of weeks now. A number of people have been asking when I’ll post some thoughts on it … so here goes. What I didn’t like I won’t be curling up with it I stare at a screen 10-12 hours a day, sometimes more....
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Obviously … the revolution is accelerating. Wow. For every 100 books we sell in physical, we sell 48 Kindle books,” said Cinthia Portugal, a spokeswoman for Amazon.com. “This is up from 35 books for every 100 in May. Our customers tell us they read more with Kindle because they never have to worry about...
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Wow. This is great – you can’t invent stuff this good. Sony has had a digital reader product for some time now: Reader Digital Book. Lately Amazon refreshed its Kindle, and is of course getting much more virtual ink. So here’s a small piece of Sony’s marketing campaign that I stumbled across during a...
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Complaints are too easy – I like to blog raves as well as rants. I’ve just received excellent, above-and-beyond, unexpected great services from two class organizations: Blurb, and the Nielsen Norman Group. Blurb recently printed the book I did for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. A number of books arrived with scratches. I emailed...
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My parents recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. So my sisters and I held a celebration at the Four Seasons in Vancouver … and we also created a book showcasing my parents’ lives and our life as a family. I used Blurb to create the book. It was great, but as with all projects...
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It’s hard to see a writer that could be so good settle for so much less. I recently revisited an author I followed in my teens, Alan Dean Foster, and picked up one of his more recent titles, Reunion. My mini-review, as I posted it on Shelfari: Sophomoric. I read a lot of Alan...
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Michael Port sent me a manuscript of his latest book, Beyond Booked Solid a couple of months ago. It’s the follow-up book to Book Yourself Solid. In spite of all good intentions, it sat on at table in my office for two months. I’ve just now started to crack it open and check it...
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I’m currently reading Chris Hunter’s Eight Lives Down, an autobiography of his time in Iraq with the British army as an explosives technician, defusing bombs and IEDs. He starts off every chapter with a quote, and I really appreciated this one: We tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method...
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I like to keep track of what I’ve read. What I’ve done till now is just post titles and authors to this blog. I noticed and checked out Shelfari years and years ago, but never really got the hang of it, and never really posted any books to it. However, I just tried it...
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Going back to the library today … Bloom, by Wil McCarthyGreat book – read it first years ago, but always a pleasure. Shooter, by Jack CoughlinDisturbing book by a ex-Marine sniper. Homegoing, by Frederik PohlGreat, as Pohl usually is, with a twist. Love Thy Neighbor, by Peter MaasAn excruciatingly honest and painful biography of...
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I just finished my recent semester and can get into some serious reading. Here’s what’s been on my bookshelf lately: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared DiamondGreat book, really excellent … exploring the various factors in how societies fail. Talked about Anasazi, Norse in Greenland, Easter Island, Rwanda, and many...
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Yesterday I bought 27 books from Amazon – mostly from the marketplace. Why not? The book are almost new, and they’re easily half off or less.Today I got a notice that a book I bought via the marketplace was previously sold.No biggie – I just went back to Amazon, chose the next available seller...
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John Varley’s Mammoth:Great read with a nice twist at the end.Blindsight by Peter Watts:Dark – both literally and figuratively. Impressive work, though.Menace in Europe, by Claire Berlinski:Good read, but a pretty pessimistic view of Europe’s direction. Berlinski should know, though: she’s a grand-daughter of Jewish escapees from Hitler’s Germany and lives in Europe today.Platinum...
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