Category: Links of Interest

  • April Kid Book Recommendations

    April Kid Book Recommendations

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    Well the kids are home so I decided to get them to recommend some books that they like so that maybe your kids could find another book to enjoy. ## Recommendations – The Princess and the Pig: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802723345?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802723349/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookdepository.com%2FPrincess-Pig-Jonathan-Emmett%2F9780802723345) – Mermaids to the Rescue – Nixie Makes Waves: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781338266979?aff=curtismchale)…

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  • March Reading Recap and TBR

    March Reading Recap and TBR

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    ### In the Plex Eh, fairly dry reporting of the events that happened to the company Google. Nothing much revolutionary or revealing about the motivations of the company from my perspective. Though I may be to far into technology to recognize what isn’t common knowledge about the people at Google and what makes it what…

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  • Using Airtable to Index My Reading Notebook

    Using Airtable to Index My Reading Notebook

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    A few months back I talked about how I take notes on books and showed off the way I was indexing keywords. The truth is that wasn’t holding up well in the analogue format I was using so I looked around and came up with Airtable as a viable way to hold thousands of entries.…

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  • That Time Los Angeles Lost Over 400,000 Books

    That Time Los Angeles Lost Over 400,000 Books

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    In 1986 there was a fire that lost 400,000 books and damaged 750,000 more, and few people heard about it outside of the Library world and Los Angeles because it happened the same day as Chernobyl. Where the event would have been shocking for a country on any other day, it was relegated to a…

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  • Mid-March Book Haul

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    As with many book lovers, I keep saying I’m not going to purchase more books and yet here we are doing another haul video. – [Purchase Infinite Worlds](https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/store) – The Dip: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781591841661?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591841666/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookdepository.com%2FDip-Seth-Godin%2F9780749928308) – Shorter: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781541730717?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1541730712/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookdepository.com%2FShorter-Alex-Soojung-Kim-Pang%2F9781541757127) – The Underground Girls of Kabul: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307952493?aff=curtismchale)…

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  • Is the New iPad Pro Worth Purchasing?

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    Am I getting the new iPad Pro? What do I think about the updates? Which ones are compelling? A $500 keyboard?

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  • Reading Habits Tag

    Reading Habits Tag

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    Today we’ll dig into my reading habits via the Reading Habits tag. I was [Ariel Bissett](https://youtu.be/A700s47V0hQ) do this tag first and it sounded fun. 1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? 2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? 3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after…

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  • 6 Books That Changed How I Thought About Life

    6 Books That Changed How I Thought About Life

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    Last week I talked about the books that changed my business and this week I’m going to stick to that theme by tackling the books that changed how I thought about the world around me. Ranging from how I thought about gender issues to the way I think about when you’re failing and should keep…

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  • Star Trek Book Tag

    Star Trek Book Tag

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    Today we’re doing the Stark Trek book tag which I heard about thanks to the [Bookish Bryants](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCycCocdRz054goHbRI5c9sA). Go check out their version of the tag for more book goodness. 1. Pick a book that has influence you or has been influential in your choice of career Purchase Wrinkle in Time: [Independent Bookstore](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312367541?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250003431/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) |…

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  • Early March Book Haul

    Early March Book Haul

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    While I said to myself two weeks ago I would put a hold on purchasing more books, that didn’t happen. Let’s take a look at what I found in the last few weeks. – How to Read a Book: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476790152?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476790159/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&p=%5B%5Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bookdepository.com%252FHow-Read-Book-Mortimer-J-Adler%252F9780671212094%5D%5D) – Under Wildwood: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062024718?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/006202471X/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book…

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