Archive for December, 2006
How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Creating or Choosing an Enterprise Architecture Framework
Title: How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Creating or Choosing an Enterprise Architecture Framework
Author: Jaap Schekkermann
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Trafford (July 6, 2006)
ISBN-10: 141201607X
ISBN-13: 978-1412016070
This book disappointed me. There are some good recommendations, but there’s little empirical material to lend credence to the claims. And, over half the book is [...]
December 26th, 2006 by alephnaught
The Whole Deal: Fulfilling the Promise of Acquisitions and Mergers
Title: The Whole Deal: Fulfilling the Promise of Acquisitions and Mergers
Edited: Michael Sisk and Andrew Sambrook
This book is a collection of articles from the magazine Strategy+Business . The first three-fourths of this book is right on target, discussing mergers and acquisitions. There is a section on strategic alliances which, while useful, seems out [...]
December 26th, 2006 by alephnaught
Apocalypto
Aviva and I went to see Apocalypto on Christmas day. Interesting film – as I suspected, it was visually stunning and very, very violent (I had to cover my eyes a couple of times). The movie is somewhat predictable – man is separated from his family, survives by luck and skill, returns, saves his [...]
December 23rd, 2006 by alephnaught
Anniversary dinner at Merlo on Lincoln
In preparation for our 16th anniversary night out, Aviva was in a quandry – where to go to dinner? We wanted Italian food – we love Italian food, but there are very, very few places in Chicagp that have food that, in our opinion, tastes at all like the preparations in Italy. I [...]
December 15th, 2006 by alephnaught
Management of the Absurd
Title: Management of the Absurd
Authors: Richard Farson and Micheal Crichton
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (March 13, 1997)
ISBN: 0684830442
I didn’t like this book at all. It contains a number of paradoxes related to management, but there are precious few ideas about what to do about them. The book brings into question a [...]
December 9th, 2006 by alephnaught
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
Title: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
Author: Paul Cartledge
Hardcover: 376 pages
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover (November 2, 2006)
ISBN: 1585675660
Having studied ancient Spartan history in college, I just had to read this book when I found out it was available.
The book is divided into three main sections: the lead-up to the battle, the battle itself, and the [...]
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December 31st, 2006 by alephnaught