Category: Book Reviews
4 Lessons from The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
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I’ve read a few of Seth Godin’s books over the years and The Icarus Deception is the one I’ve got the least out of so far. It follows the same pattern as Seth’s other books, loosely related short essays on a topic. It always seems like he collects the blog posts he’s written and turns…
Two Famous Memoir’s – iWoz and Wishful Drinking
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Today we’re going to look at two different memoirs from famous people. First, we’ll talk about Steve Wozniak’s look at his life in iWoz and then we’ll talk about Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking. iWoz Steve Wozniak is the other founding Steve of Apple Computer. He’s the technical brain that invented the first Apple computers. He…
Time Off by John Fitch and Max Frenzel
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Many of us would love to have more time off for ourselves, at least we say that’s what we’d like. The truth is a bit more complex than that, in that produce far more than generations past, but get paid less for it and work longer hours. Part of this is addressed in Time Off…
Four Thousand Weeks – Time Management for Mortals
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Did you know that you have about 4000 weeks to live from beginning to end? Thinking of it like that reminds me of the life calendar which is a sobering look at how little time you have to hang out with those that you love. While this book is designed to help pull you up…
Footprints – Our future fossils
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I got Footprints in part because my daughter is a huge dinosaur nerd and anything I can learn about fossils is a great thing to pass on to her. In this book, David Farrier digs into the trace fossils that our current society will leave around for the future. Trace fossils are footprints, arrows, burrows,…
The Devil’s Curve by Arno Kopecky
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As with many books I’ve read recently, this was a hard read. The Devil’s Curve is a well-written book but it’s hard emotionally to see what people do to other people. Kopecky hears about the Devil’s Curve and the death of many native Peruvians and starts to wonder what part Canadian companies have to play…
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
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Let’s start by disclaiming, this is a tough and alarming read. I mean I knew that racism was and is a real thing. I see it regularly as the Canadian Government continues to fight any responsibility to First Nations in courts while also talking big about how tragic it is that we keep finding dead…
My Favourite Fiction
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Expanse: I grabbed this on Kindle and loved it so I bought it again and have read almost the entire series. As I’ve been reading it again and watching the show on Prime, I’ve actually enjoyed characters in both versions. Particularly Ashford in the Prime show. I appreciate him much more than the Ashford we…
A Life Lived Remotely by Siobhan McKeown
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I heard about this book when it came out and figured it would be a light read about how to do remote work well. While it does talk about the author’s journey in remote working, A Life Lived Remotely, is actually a much deeper book on many fronts. The goal of the book is to…
The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey
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What is the point of productivity books? For some, it’s really just productivity porn, a way to say you’re being productive as you read about getting stuff done. If that’s you then Chris Bailey’s The Productivity Project tells you early on that this is not the book you’re looking for. According to Bailey productivity is…
