Book Reviews
Review: Seveneves
Seveneves would probably be better as a movie. Seveneves is the latest novel from Neal Stephenson, and it’s a story that starts with an unexplained event which causes the breakup of the moon, but quickly spirals into global crisis…
Review: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
An acquaintance referred me to The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. As much as I like to peruse self-help and self-improvement books, I admit that I probably would not have been interested in this one without a…
Review: The One Minute Manager
The One Minute Manager takes about 20 minutes to read through. And I can save you 19 minutes by summarizing the three things that the managerial protagonist in the book learns from the One Minute Manager (OMM): * Set goals * Give…
Succumbing to Social Media for News Feeds
I’m throwing in the white towel. After trying to hold out for what seems like years to my RSS reader and feeds, I’m moving most of my news sourcing to Twitter. I still subscribe to a select handful…
Review: The Dark Forest
The Dark Forest is the second book in the sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem. I had previously reviewed the first book, so skip this post if you don’t want to be spoiled, or at least readthe previous…
Review: Death by Video Game
Video games, as an expressive medium, has always inspired other forms of media. From music concerts to massive online forums to dedicated video streaming sites, there are many vibrant communities of gamers whose passion for games transcends the game itself.…
