Category: Book Reviews
Books To Help You Be a Good Manager – Friday Notes 136
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Last week I talked about my job change and in response to that I’ve got a bunch of books suggested. Thanks to Tim and Brian and Riaan for the suggestions I’m passing on. – [Leadership Strategy and Tactics](https://amzn.to/2Nj9NUA) – [The Effective Executive](https://amzn.to/3beTaRU) – [Great at Work](https://amzn.to/37qaD8I) (I have read this [here](https://curtismchale.ca/2018/04/26/it-takes-7-practices-to-be-great-at-work) but I need to…
The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole
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The Skin We’re in by Desmond Cole was one of my Christmas presents from my wife. Armed with a picture of a book, she went out and purchased it for me. Armed with some free time during Christmas holiday’s I had the privilege of embarking on a hard look in the mirror at the racism…
Books In & Out January 2021
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I’ve done book haul’s before, but I generally haven’t talked about the books that are on their way out of my library. Today we’ll cover both of those topics starting with the books that are going back. ## Books Out [Purchase Neverwhere from an Indie Bookstore](https://bookshop.org/a/11916/9788416240883) [Purchase Neverwhere on Amazon](https://amzn.to/3ivJR3d) [Purchase Ronald Dahl’s Book of…
The Dip vs Range
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This is my second look at The Dip by Seth Godin. Since my initial read in 2017 I’ve come back to his 3 questions you should be asking yourself before you quit something. First, ask yourself if you are panicking. Are you facing some bad deal or terrible client that makes you want to quit…
Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang
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If you’ve ever wanted to look at how the online ad industry was shaped, and how it shapes the internet we get today then Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang is the book you’ve been waiting for. Hwang’s purpose is to investigate the ties between how online advertising is structured and how it connects to…
The Savvy Ally by Jeannie Gainsburg
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I’ve said it many times but it’s always good to acknowledge the biases that you have acquired during your life if you are aware of them. I grew up in a reasonable strict Christian home that would have said the LGBTQ+ community was a bad one. My parents never were ones to be out marching…
Big Ideas from Reading in 2020
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While some people may give you their top books of the year, I’m going to talk about the top ideas that have change my thinking in the year. Things that I keep revisiting and feel I’ll revisit for years to come as I deepen my reading on those topics. How to Take Smart Notes The…
Life of a Klansman by Edward Ball
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One thing I’ve been trying to confront is how the generational legacy of being white helps me out all the time. With that in mind I picked up Life of a Klansman by Edward Ball because it investigates the authors roots in the KKK in New Orleans[^1]. Ball uses this book to investigate how white…
Raising Empowered Daughters by Mike Adamick
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I got into this book shortly after reading A Brief History of Misogyny by Jack Holland. While I expected some connection in the books, I didn’t expect that Raising Empowered Daughters by Mike Adamick would be a strong anti-misogyny book. I expected tips on how to raise my daughters, not a book that thoroughly challenged…
Reset by Ronald J Deibert
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While many other books tackle your personal digital life, Reset doesn’t take this approach to the subject. Instead Ronald Deibert looks at the overall tech ecosystem to see it’s impact on society as a whole. The purpose of this book is to synthesize what Deibert sees as an emerging consensus about the problems that relate…
