Archive for May, 2006

May 28th, 2006 by alephnaught

The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable

Title: The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable Author: The Group of 33, Seth Godin Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (October 20, 2005) ISBN: 1591841038 I actually read this one a few weeks ago and forgot to enter it here – big mistake, this is a must-read book. […]

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May 28th, 2006 by alephnaught

Don’t Be Friends With Christians or Jews, Saudi Texts Say

Don’t Be Friends With Christians or Jews, Saudi Texts SayBy HASSAN FATTAHMay 24, 2006Quoted from The New York Times

Posted in Saudi Arabia,

May 28th, 2006 by alephnaught

Somali in The Hague Faces a More Personal Attack

Somali in The Hague Faces a More Personal AttackBy Marlise SimonsMay 24, 2006Quoted from The New York Times

Posted in The Netherlands,

May 23rd, 2006 by alephnaught

Going Dutch Has New Meaning In Corporate Takeover Battles

A short article from the Wall Street Journal on May 22, 2006 by Adam Cohen.

Posted in The Netherlands,

May 21st, 2006 by alephnaught

The Marketing Playbook

Title: The Marketing Playbook: Five Battle-Tested Plays for Capturing and Keeping the Lead in Any Market Author: John Zagula, Rich Tong Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (October 21, 2004) ISBN: 1591840384 This book proposes that there are five marketing plays to make: the Drag Race, the Platform Play, the Stealth Play, the Best-of-Both Play, […]

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May 21st, 2006 by alephnaught

Nathan’s visit and Spamalot

Nathan came in this weekend – he got here Friday night. Aviva was going to drive out with me to pick him up but she had saved a stray dog, she was in heat and in our yard, Basil was going nuts (even “fixed” (why do we say a dog is fixed when they’ve been […]