Author Archive
Visited Nathan this weekend
This weekend Aviva and I went to Detroit, a dying city. We went to the naming ceremony for the daughter of a cousin of Aviva’s – it was a very nice ceremony. Saturday I got to see Nathan – as you can see from this picture, he looks a lot like his dad: Nathan is […]
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. […]
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
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
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.
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, […]
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 […]
April 15th, 2006 by alephnaught
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Title: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Author: Charles Seife Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (September 1, 2000) ISBN: 0140296476 This was a really fun read – it reminded me of discussions I had in college about zero and infinity (and part of the whole thing about Aleph Naught and the Null Set). […]
April 8th, 2006 by alephnaught
The Wisdom of Crowds
Title: The Wisdom of Crowds Author: James Surowiecki Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (August 16, 2005) ISBN: 0385721706 In my quest to learn more about business (never ending it seems), I found this book referenced in one of the business-related RSS feeds I read daily. This is a really good book, I almost […]
March 25th, 2006 by alephnaught
Company: A Novel
Title: Company: A Novel Author: Max Barry Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Doubleday (January 17, 2006) ISBN: 0385514395 This was a truly fun read, and in some ways may remind you of the TV show, “The Office,” but with some very dark twists. There are some interesting observations (like balancing happiness with work), and the ending […]
June 4th, 2006 by alephnaught