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Palm Desert, CA, March 21 – 26
Aviva and I had to expend some effort to get to Palm Desert this year. We originally had a flight through Dallas on March 20th, but that flight got canceled so they put us on the later, non-stop flight. Weather in Chicago canceled that flight. American put us in a Delta flight on the 21st, […]
March 21st, 2007 by alephnaught
American Commercial Banking: A History
Title: American Commercial Banking: A History Author: Benjamin J.Klebaner Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company. (September 1990) ISBN-10: 0805798153 ISBN-13: 978-0805798159 This was a good introduction to American commercial banking; as a history it connects well with other books I’ve read about the history of American currency (which had a major impact on banking […]
March 11th, 2007 by alephnaught
300
This was a good graphic novel and a good translation to a movie. Because the book is so short, the movie actually provides more development than the book (rare in film). The film was photographed like a graphic novel – grainy colorful frames, occasional spot color, large blood swatches, extra contrast; some of the scenes […]
March 7th, 2007 by alephnaught
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Title: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Author: Chip Heath Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Random House (January 2, 2007) ISBN-10: 1400064287 ISBN-13: 978-1400064281 This is a really really good book – I’ve been using ideas from Made to Stick during my work day while I was reading it! It should come […]
February 26th, 2007 by alephnaught
Hannibal Rising
We saw “Hannibal Rising” yesterday. We wanted to see this Saturday but the Chicago Reader had the wrong show times for the theatre. So, we went to the first showing on Sunday morning. The movie was fun; it explains why Hannibal Lechter eats people, how he got involved in art and medicine, and why he […]
February 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
Cirque du Soleil’s Delirium
Here’s a link to the page from Cirque du Soleil in case you want to learn more about this show and to get tickets. Aviva and I braved the cold (its just now getting above freezing here) to see the show last night. It was similar but different from the other shows we’ve seen. This […]
February 15th, 2007 by alephnaught
A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder – How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place
Title: A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder – How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place Author: Eric Abrahamson, David H. Freedman Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (January 3, 2007) ISBN-10: 0316114758 ISBN-13: 978-0316114752 I don’t remember how I found out about this book, […]
February 10th, 2007 by alephnaught
24 Declassified: Cat’s Claw
Title: 24 Declassified: Cat’s Claw Author: John Whitman Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: HarperEntertainment (December 26, 2006) ISBN-10: 006084227X ISBN-13: 978-0060842277 Just to show that I don’t only read deep tomes…. I’ve been reading each of these books as they come out (I have a pre-order at Amazon for the next two). I love […]
January 30th, 2007 by alephnaught
January 14th, 2007 by alephnaught
Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution
Title: Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Author: Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson Hardcover: 234 pages Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (August 8, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591398398 ISBN-13: 978-159139839 This is a great book once you have some knowledge of what architecture and strategy are. I think a […]
March 26th, 2007 by alephnaught