Archives for the 'Internet' Category
The lack of persistence of childhood memories
As a parent, watching my kids grow bumps into memories of my own childhood, sometimes with stark clarity and sometimes like when you forget about that top step when walking up a staircase in a dream. Now that my eight year old girl has become a big reader, I find myself remembering the books that [...]
Open Letter to Jeff Bezos: Please Create an Amazon.com Tip Jar
In which the blogger begs Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos to help keep independent bookstores alive by creating an Amazon.com Tip Jar.
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. [...]
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 [...]
