After returning my Motorla Xoom I bought my iPad2 WiFi. I could jump on top of the heap of rabid Apple fans and produce one more piece of pro-Apple-ganda, but you know, while the iPad2 definitely has its merits, it got me thinking.
I didn’t own an iPad, I just stared and wondered about them from a distance. I believe in buying out of a [...]
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Review – iPad2, vs Xoom, vs the...
After returning my Motorla Xoom I bought my iPad2 WiFi. I could jump on top of the heap of rabid Apple fans and produce one more piece of pro-Apple-ganda, but you know, while the iPad2 definitely has its merits, it got me thinking.
I didn’t own an iPad, I just stared and wondered about them from a distance. I believe in buying out of a [...]
Review of Motorola Xoom & Android...
Last Thursday I bought a Motorola Xoom. It’d been out for a couple of months, so I figured there had been the time to mature a bit, and I was curious about whether or not we should start investing our development efforts into Android. If I believed the tech media, I was missing the boat, but I’ve learned to follow my gut. I’ [...]
Review: Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Te...
This was Patrick Lencioni’s first book, written about 13 years ago, and revised about 3 years ago. It’s a good book, but I think it is overshadowed by how far he has come in his other books. This should surprise no one, as you’d expect an author to evolve over time and he really has. That being said, this is still a really g [...]
Review: Death by Meeting by Patrick L...
If you have meetings, you need to read this book. I just flew through Death By Meeting. Like Patrick Lencioni’s Getting Naked book, this one was a fast read and an excellent book for anyone, but in particular leaders of companies.
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It’s amazing how often our intuition can get put aside by nor [...]
Review: Drive by Daniel H. Pink
I just finished the book Drive, which is all about motivational models, and it summarizes the rise of change from the classic ‘reward the good behaviour and punish the bad’ (called Motivation 2.0) to the more ‘autonomy, mastery and purpose’ (Motivation 3.0).
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It really is a great read [...]
Review: 8 Things We Hate About I.T.
Over the Christmas holidays I read the book 8 Things We Hate About I.T. by Susan Cramm, published by Harvad Business Press. The book had been recommended by a customer at a meeting where I presented my Consumerism presentation, which was the vehicle for us to getting to discuss his current IT strategy situation.
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Book Review: Getting Naked by Patrick...
This book by Patrick Lencioni was excellent, as it brings to the table a clarity about what makes some consultants great while others are only good at best. It really is a must read.
The story nature of it makes it a really easy read. The ideas in it are clear, and well summarized at the end after the story. So what’s it about? It’ [...]
Book: Malcolm Gladwell’s Tippi...
Have you ever wondered why “that guy knows *everyone*” or why some ad text sticks in our cumulative social heads? Right now, the catch phrase popping up seems to be “there’s an app for that”, implying… well you know.
Then this is the book for you:
Buy it!
I consumed this book in a couple of hours over ab [...]
Dragon Age – The Beginning
After investing several hours into John Woo’s Stranglehold game I have turned to Dragon Age. Stranglehold was cool but the heart of it is about bullet time and just shooting enough guys and pulling off style moves before you die. I’d hit a point where my age’d reflexes (a venerable 37 years) were offered the opportunity to p [...]
Next book, Outliers
My friend and financial planner recommended Outliers to me a couple of months ago. Thanks for some Christmas money we were able to help Amazon make it through the holiday season with a bit more profitability, and acquired the book.
I’m about 50 pages in and what I’ve read so far, I like. It’s in a different league of materia [...]