Archives for the 'Culture' Category
On the Pleasures of Re-Reading vs. Blogging
On a recent road-trip with my eight-year-old daughter, H, we visited with a favorite former student of mine, Y, who is now a high-test corporate attorney. We met at the Emeryville Barnes & Noble and as we wandered, picking up fresh books for H, Y mentioned that she never re-reads novels, always preferring something new. [...]
15 Books
[Cross-posted from Facebook because ultimately I realized that there was nothing TOO personal here... with the possible exception of #5...] I saw my old friend Debbie Ginsberg get tagged with this and read her list with fascination. Coincidentally, I’d been thinking along these lines just last night when I found myself picking up book #1 [...]
The Problem with Micropayments, and an Alternative
Many years ago I lived in Ireland for my junior college year and stayed in a dorm where they kept the rooms crisp. I could stick a 25 pence coin into a little toaster in my room that would blast out five minutes of heat. When I was under my blankets at night I wouldn’t [...]
Do All Business Strategy Books Suck? (#5) Guest Post by Northwestern’s Don E. Schultz
The story so far (skip this paragraph if you already know): Last week, Brian Reich threw down a challenge about all business strategy books sucking, to which I replied, set up the Twitter hashtag #bizstratbooks, and additionally asked a few friends who read everything to comment. The first respondent was Accuquote’s Sean Cheyney; next were [...]
Do All Business Strategy Books Suck? (#4) Guest Post by Catalyst:SF’s John Durham
The story so far (skip this paragraph if you already know): Last week, Brian Reich threw down a challenge about all business strategy books sucking, to which I replied, set up the Twitter hashtag #bizstratbooks, and additionally asked a few friends who read everything to comment. The first respondent was Accuquote’s Sean Cheyney; next was [...]
