December 2011
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My Review of Mindsight by Daniel J. Siegel. Read by the author.
November 2011
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Great By Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen. Read by Jim Collins.
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[Off-topic] On Agile
I don’t know why this article by Mike Gualtieri infuriates me (http://blogs.forrester.com/mike_gualtieri/11-10-12-agile_software_is_a_cop_out_heres_whats_next). Is it the fact that this guy is an analyst who has never run a software development shop? Is it because all of his information is second and third hand? Is it because he is right in some respects? Of course the rhetorical answer to...
October 2011
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An interesting sci-fi book by John Scalzi and read by Wil Wheaton.
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Review of The Game of Thrones, the first book in The Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin. Read by Roy Dotrice.
July 2011
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My Review of Spark by John J. Ratey and read by Walter Dixon.
June 2011
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Review of Echoes of Honor by David Weber. Read by Allyson Johnson. The 8th book in the Honor Harrington series.
May 2011
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[Off topic] 24 Hours Later: Switching to android
Phone: Samsung Nexus S
Carrier: Rogers
I just had to write a post about this. I have heard the theoretical arguments for so long that I wanted to give the practical. Instead of discussing what feature gaps there are between the two, which is exactly how everyone else approaches, I am going to discuss the usefulness of the differentiating android features as well as the things that annoy me...
March 2011
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Review of Making Money by Terry Pratchett and read by Stephen Briggs.
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Review of the Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely and read by SImon Jones.
Bonus points for whoever knows the cover of the book I am reading at the beginning.
February 2011
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Review of the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs and read by Lorelei King.
January 2011
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My review of Einstein: His Life and Universe. Written by Walter Isaacson and narrated by Edward Herrmann.
IN HD!
August 2010
6 posts
Updated all my posts with the new Vimeo embed link. Welcome iOS.
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My review of Heartfire by Orson Scott Card. The 5th book in the Alvin Maker series.
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No Mr. Schmidt, Anonymity is Obvious
In a recent interview with CNBC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt did a poor job of choosing his words and noted “privacy is not the same thing as anonymity.” The head of Google then goes on to describe when crimes are committed that judges will ask that the suspect be unmasked and that the right of absolute anonymity is not obvious. You can see the interview here.
What is unfortunate is that...
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Review of The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics by David Harriman, read by Erik Singer.
Great book for any technical person. Scientist, biologist, programmer, etc.
How about "Croud Love"
Just watched an interesting thought on garyvaynerchuk.com about the word media being the wrong description of the interactions in “Social Media”. I think Gary has a point. The word media isn’t right, it is both too broad and too narrow for what we consider social media and how personal brand’s (like Gary’s) and companies (like Old Spice) are using it to get back in...
July 2010
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Awwww yeah, I'm back!
Got my computer back and I got my first audiobook rolling.
The next review will be: The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics
April 2010
3 posts
My short hiatus
Hi everyone. I will be taking about 1 month away from my book reviews as I move out to Seattle, WA.
I have two books in the can already and I may write blog posts to make up for them, or try to find a low budget alternative and post video reviews. But my equipment is being packed and there isn’t going to be a way for me to throw out my standard stuff.
I’ll catch you in a month.
Gp
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Gp’s Audiobook Review #16 - A Prayer for Owen Meany
A classic that deserves its praise. John Irving does a stellar job and so does the narrator Joe Barrett.
Purchase @ Audible
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Gp’s Audiobook Review #15 - The Man Who Was Thursday and Interview with David Thorn
I received an audiobook from narrator David Thorn a few weeks back and had a chance to interview him. Great guy with greaty conversation about the audiobooks and his project Alcazar Audioworks.
The Man Who Was Thursday @ Alcazar Audioworks
March 2010
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Freakonomics - Gp’s Audiobook Review #14
Some interesting facts presented. More of a mainstream economics book and not for deeper economics studiers.
Purchase the audiobook
Done recording the review for Freakonomics. Now time for post-prod.
And I just finished reading The Man Who Was Thursday.
I think this review show should be weekly. I can’t plough through books faster than that while working at the same time.
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Gp’s Audiobook Review #13 - Chasing The Dragon
Great addition to the Quantum Gravity series. If you are into Sci-Fi and Fantasy you will probably like this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Dragon-Quantum-Gravity-Book/dp/1591027462
I just wanted to say thank you to all the people who watch my reviews. Leave a comment please. I would love to chat.
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Gp’s Audiobook Review #12 - Work Hard, Be Nice by Jay Mathews
Plowing through Work Hard, Be Nice. Will be done this week with a review most likely on Friday.
February 2010
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Books for Ears
The only other audiobook review site I have seen that isn’t totally stale or requires you to pay.
http://booksforears.com/
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Gp’s Audiobook Review #11 - Animal Spirits by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller. Good book for the nerdy economist.
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Gp’s Audiobook Review #10 - Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Fantastic book.
Too Big to Fail Update
Wow, Too Big To Fail is one long audio book. About half way through. Review will be sometime next week at this pace.
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Review of Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell.
January 2010
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Review of the 3rd book in the Quintet. The Long Tail, by Chris Anderson.
I think I am switching my video from vimeo to youtube. Free HD and HTTP streaming may have done it.
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Gp’s Book Review #7 - Canticle by Ken Scholes
I didn’t realize Canticle was read by the blackstone audio crew… what an awesome surprise.
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Review of Drive by Daniel H. Pink.
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Gp’s Book Review #5 - Crush It
Learn how to build a personal brand from the master.
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Gp’s Book Review #4 - The Black Swan.
A must-have in anybody’s library that wants to learn about today’s socio-economic world. 5 stars.
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Gp’s Book Review #3 - In Enemy Hands by David Weber
December 2009
6 posts
Kindle app comes to iPhone in Canada. Looks like I have another way to get my book fix.
Just got through In Enemy Hands by David Weber. Will be my next book review.
[tumblr] Got sick of seeing a freeze frame of my head in my thumbnails. Now I have the book covers.
Just added comments. Disqus is ridiculously easy to integrate with tumblr.
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My review of the Alvin Maker series after reading Alvin Journeyman.
Listening to the Alvin Journeyman audiobook right now. Have gone through the other books: Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Prentice Alvin. I will review the series so far in my next video blog.
I gotta work up some capital and get myself a mic and a camera. This crap is low budget right now. Real low budget.
November 2009
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My review of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People audiobook.