The wonder of technology
While chatting in IRC(Internet Relay Chat) today with Chris Dent (a new co-worker at Socialtext), I mentioned that about 15 years ago I once bought a book solely because upon reading the first sentence in the bookstore I noticed the word “obstreperously.” Now, I had read a few of this author’s books before, so I [...]
What you’re buying
Thought some of you might be interested in what other tins readers are buying. Here is a sampling of what tins readers have bought this quarter at Amazon.com:
Books:
* Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, by Biz Stone
* Dark Age Ahead, by Jane Jacobs
* Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance, [...]
Trippi’s book - quick review
Since Kos weighed in a “couple weeks ago”:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/19/13631/4734, and Cory just posted “his review”:http://www.boingboing.net/2004/08/03/joe_trippis_revoluti.html, I figured it was high time I get my own review together.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is a terrific read. You’ll get through it in a day or two - because once you get into it, you want to read [...]
ArchPundit wants to do a book club
Arch Pundit “suggests”:http://www.archpundit.com/archives/009998.html of Trippi’s new book:
bq. Hey, maybe Klau, The Cross guys, Hiram and I should have a book club on this one? What do you guys thing? Anyone would be invited, but all of us have differing levels of using blogs for campaigns.
This is a great idea. I’m game.
(Speaking of which, Joe’s in [...]
There’s more to the Da Vinci Code?
Hey “AKMA”:http://akma.disseminary.org/archives/000804.html — what do you make of “this”:http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/05/19/books.davinci.code.ap/index.html?
Turns out Dan Brown left out the most controversial part of The Da Vinci Code was that Jesus may have survived the crucifixion? Whoa.
(Brown claims he has plenty of supporting theories as to how this may have been, but ultimately decided it would have been too sensational [...]
Small Pieces, Loosely Joined (Jr.)
Thanks to Jim McGee for catching this last week — it looks great:
Going to need this.Small Pieces Loosely Joined for kids.
David Weinberger is one of the most cogent and original thinkers about the meaning of the Net and the impact it has, and can have, on our lives and our society. As one of the [...]
The Confusion
Neal Stephenson has a new novel coming out in two weeks: The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle. I still haven’t read Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, so I guess I better get busy.
And Volume Two is just 823 pages — that’s darn near svelte compared to Quicksilver.
50 Ways to Love Your Country
MoveOn.org has a new book out: 50 Ways to Love Your Country. It’s currently #2 at Amazon.com; help make it #1!
From the book description:
bq. With more than 2 million members, MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism. In their first-ever book, they take their message offline with MoveOn’s 50 [...]
Footprints of God
Just finished reading Footprints of God, the latest book from “Greg Iles”:http://www.gregiles.com/. I’ve written about Iles “before”:http://www.rklau.com/tins/archives/2002/08/06/the_quiet_game.php — and I can’t think of an author I’d rather read right now.
Footprints of God is outstanding, and yet again proves that Iles defies any particular genre. This time it’s science (artificial intelligence, evolution) combined with religion (the [...]
Book review: Softwar
At last January’s “LegalTech”:http://www.legaltechshow.com/, I met Charlie Uniman. It’s always nice when someone who’s read the blog introduces themselves; more refreshing was that Charlie, a lawyer for over twenty years in Manhattan, demonstrates what (in my experience, anyway) is a rare grasp of how technology can (and should) fundamentally change the practice of law. In [...]
