Blue Ocean Strategy
Hindsight is 20/20. The problem with books of this nature is that they often appear to be cherry-picking data to fit the narrative. So, do you want the blue pill or the red pill?
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Curiosity
I did a tear-down of an old, non-functional laptop and retrieved these parts. My son saw what I was doing and was curious to watch but my wife told him to study for his PSLE. Way to kill curiosity!
Hmmmm…
After a long layoff (been busy listening to Dan Carlin’s superb “Hardcore History“), I came back and listened to the “How I Built This” podcast again. This show has an impressive line-up of interview subjects (probably thanks to the NPR branding), but the line of questioning by Guy Raz is riddled with many softball questions.… Read More »
The Circle
The Circle by Dave Eggers My rating: 5 of 5 stars This cautionary tale of a dysfunctional Utopian society may well illustrate the end of privacy as we know it. The story revolves around the Circle (no pun intended), an omnipresent tech company that implements increasingly invasive business practices on its employees, known as Circlers… Read More »
Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days
Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days by Chris Guillebeau My rating: 2 of 5 stars I picked up this because of Guillebeau’s previous book, and boy, was I disappointed! I mean… Uber? Taylor Swift? Fiverr? Seriously? There’s nothing new in here that you’re not being bombarded regularly if you’re looking for ideas… Read More »
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bringing Up Bébé is full of the collective parenting wisdom of the French, not just from luminaries such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walter Mischel and Françoise Dolto (who was also covered extensively in the book),… Read More »