BOOKS
Knife of Dreams
Robert Jordan
The highlight of this book for me is Perrin chasing down the captor's of Faile (his wife) and the alliances he makes with those he'd rather not join. In the end, respect is earned from both sides tha
Nurtureshock
Ashley Merryman, Po Bronson
The title of this book refers to the author's idea that sometimes parents don't "just know" how to raise a child and thus they are lost trying to figure it out. The goal of the book is to show us wha
The Lost Art of Reading
David L Ulin
This is a book examining the cultural significance of reading. We'll pull out a few highlights. David Ulin talks about the purveyors of fake news working hard to normalize that which should never
The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
In this book Robert Darnton tries to explore the impact of Google's Project Gutenberg on the book industry. While we may have a different perspective on the impact of that project from our perspectiv
Creating Innovators - Tony Wagner
Tony Wagner
I think the best summary of this book comes from the title of the blog post I wrote about it: "The Rich Person's Guide to Creating an Innovative Child". Wagner highlights how a bunch of families that
Antinet Zettelkasten - Scott P Scheper
Scott P Scheper
While there are some points I agree with the author on, overall Scott is reaching hard to create branded content that he can sell you in his newsletter. He spends so much time talking down on anyone
The Wild and Free Family - Ainsley Arment
Ainsley Arment
Ainsley Arment spends this book encouraging you to drop your family out of much of the rat-race of modern life to live a calm life that prioritizes your children having time to run free and play with
Sideways - The City Google Couldn't Buy - Josh O'Kane
Josh O'Kane
This is a book about the hubris of Google thinking that despite what all levels of government told them about the Toronto Waterfront project, they would not be able to simply assume their way into mo
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
We follow Shadow as he's released from prison into a world where his wife is dead and an unknown stranger offers him a job out of the blue. Via Shadow we get a front row seat to the struggle of the N
Why Don't Students Like School? - Daniel T Willingham
Daniel T Willingham
Students don't like school because of the range of difficulties that must be presented in class which means some students get the information right away and then are stuck repeating work that is bori