Category: Book Reviews
The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski
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While my intention wasn’t to purchase a book about pandemics and how they spread during a pandemic, that’s how 2020 happened. I had ordered this book just before COVID-19 became a thing to worry about in Canada and it came while we were in full swing of being worried about how COVID-19 would treat Canada.
Learn about the business of writing in Scratch
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A big part of what most of us do day to day is write. We write emails, and memos and in my case blog posts about books that are about the business of writing. If you can take the leap to think about yourself as a writer, then Scratch is a book about the business
Little Bets by Peter Sims
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I’m sure we all feel like we have a great idea inside us. Something that’s waiting to come out given the right circumstances. In fact I believe this is true for most of us, but the risks we think we have to take to make this idea a reality make it seem like an impossible
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
