Thursday, January 29, 2009

"Tropic of Hockey" by Dave Bidini

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Note from me: This isn't a common occurrence, but in addition to this blog, I'm putting the post below on my hockey blog at http://a...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

"Why We Shouldn’t End Our Manned Space Program" Article from Esquire

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Finally. I know this borders on the ridiculous, but I say... finally, the article "Why We Shouldn't End Our Manned Space Program...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

"Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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Just finished reading "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell and I'd say that it's place high up the New York Times Bestseller L...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Time Magazine - Feb 2 Issue

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Great cover story by Joe Klein in the Feb 2 issue of Time Magazine . Titled "Obama Promises New Destiny, Work Begins Today" , it ...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Fortune Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For

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Fortune Magazine recently came out with it's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list and there's quite a few intere...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Inauguration of President Barack Obama

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From http://www.whitehouse.gov/ ... From http://www.time.com/ comes Nancy Gibbs' piece "Barack Obama's Inaugural Address: Humi...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Inauguration Tomorrow

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The official Presidential Inauguration poster ... designed by artist Shepard Fairey . On a related note, there's a very interesting piec...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

BusinessWeek Magazine - Jan 19 Issue

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Several interesting things from the Jan 19 issue of BusinessWeek. Probably most noteworthy was a book excerpt from Consultant Ram Charan in...
Friday, January 16, 2009

National Day of Service: Monday Feb 19

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Not to be lost in the excitement of the Feb 20 swearing-in of Barack Obama as President of the the United States is the day before... Marti...

Sports Illustrated Point After Piece on Kayla Hutcheson

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Sometimes you come across a piece of writing that is just brilliantly worded and the topic almost secondary. From a pure "good writing...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

"Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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It's been some time since I read it, but I highly recommend "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin (website here ) for any...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Living Healthy Writings from Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Andrew Weil

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There's no shortage of writing out there about how to improve our health and "live right", but two authors that keep coming up...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

"What's Wrong with Silicon Valley?" Cover Story from BusinessWeek

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Really interesting cover story from the Jan 12 issue of BusinessWeek . With it's alternate title for the web of "Whatever Happened ...
Friday, January 09, 2009

"Voice of this Generation" Piece on Writing from Time

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It's not a recent piece, but an article titled "Who's the Voice of this Generation?" from a 2006 Time Magazine bears rea...
Saturday, January 03, 2009

Books and Authors of Interest

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Since I use this forum to list and review the books I've finished reading, it probably also makes sense to utilize it as a place to note...

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" came as part of the Christmas Day wave of hopeful blockbusters and even for those with high...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

"Too Fat to Fish" by Artie Lange

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I recently finished reading comedian Artie Lange's memoir "Too Fat to Fish" and... man, what a train wreck (not the book, bu...

Cover Story on Cisco in Fast Company Magazine

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Really interesting story in the recent Dec/Jan issue of Fast Company Magazine on Cisco Systems . The piece by Ellen McGirt is titled ...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

HP PC Division & Other Stuff of Note from BusinessWeek

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The Dec 22 issue of BusinessWeek featured an interesting strategy profile on the HP PC business titled "How HP Got the Wow! Back...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Obama Election Night Piece from Esquire

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A great piece from the Jan 2009 issue of Esquire Magazine is "American Surprise: How Election Night Brought Us Home Again" by no...