If I were dictator of the world, everybody who wanted to form a band to play in front of people would be legally required to watch Standing in the Shadows of Motown first, and everyone who wanted to sign a record deal would be required to read Everything I’m Cracked Up to Be. In my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'business'
Jennifer Trynin: Everything I’m Cracked Up to Be
25 Aug 2007 · 3 Comments
Tags: autobiography · business · e-title · rock · t-author
Malcolm Gladwell: Blink
23 Jan 2006 · 9 Comments
[editorial note: this review/essay/whatever was originally published as three separate entities over the course of a month.]
surprise benefits of pseudo-vegetarianism
I’ve been reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink in fits and starts over the past two months — it’s on the library’s short-term loan list, so I request it, read as much as I can before it’s due, [...]
Tags: b-title · business · g-author · psychology
Steve Squyres: Roving Mars
21 Jan 2006 · 2 Comments
You could be excused for thinking that Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet is a science book. It’s got a Martian landscape on the front cover, and the author was the “Principal Investigator” of the projects it chronicles. If you’re not careful, you might even learn a little bit about [...]