Posts tagged with Reading
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Random Walk is the classic investment tome. I have been meaning to get through it for a while now, but I've only recently had a chance to read through its timeless advice. I guess I really shouldn'…
Inverted World
I used to be a astrophysics nerd wannabe. The "wannabe" part is an apt qualifier: I was into the more popular culture and easily digestible aspects of astrophysics, but never quite pursued the college education that would vindicate…
Amazon, the Destroyer of Companies
Amazon is a scary company. At least, that's the story told by The Everything Store, a recounting of the Amazon founding and growth story leading up to its present-day conglomeration of e-commerce, mobile devices, and cloud platforms. The…
A Book on a Video Game
There aren't that many books on video games; I've probably read most of them. For a medium and industry that pulls in almost $100 billion, it's still seen as little more than a casual…
Flowers for Algernon
I just finished reading Flowers for Algernon, a sci-fi novel written in the 60s about a mentally retarded man who undergoes a surgical procedure to become a genius. I never got the chance to read this book while I was…
Rediscovering the Joy of Reading
My love of reading comes in phases. Like most knowledge workers, a big chunk of it in the day comes in the form of email and wikis and tweets and looking for things online; at night, I get to go…
