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Re: Browsing the bookshelves

woodworking ebooks — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:53:31 -0000

Thanks for the list! I already have a few of these on hand to read.

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Farhan Thawar — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:52:31 -0000

Supercrunchers is awesome :) 
 
Favourite book of the year though is 4 Hour Work Week.....

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Connie Crosby — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:39:40 -0000

Thanks for the list! I already have a few of these on hand to read, as well as Rohit Bhargava's Personality Not Included. 
 
Cheers, 
Connie

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Amrita Chandra — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:42:31 -0000

I moved up to Toronto from Boston where I had been for many years and I agree that there is not as much a sense of community within the tech sector. I don't know if this is because it is a bigger city of if people here are more skeptical/reserved about networking, but I do notice a difference. 
 
On the other hand, I find a great community in the neighbourhood where I run a contemporary art gallery (I have two lives - tech and art), so not sure how to explain the disconnect in the tech sector. 
 
Would love to do something about it if there is anything I can contribute to.

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Greg Wilson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:52:37 -0000

I'd recommend Hochschild's "Bury the Chains", which tells the story of the campaign to end slavery in the British Empire. As people are starting to point out, slavery was to those times what oil is to ours: economically vital, but morally repugnant. There are a lot of lessons in it for people who want to stop C-61, bring real change to Africa, or fight global warming.

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Dan McGrady — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:51:23 -0000

I agree about Wired, it's still putting out some quality material. It's one of the few sites I read often outside of RSS. 
 
For books I'm reading Innovators Dilemma and Agile Software Development with Scrum, both highly recommended. 
 
Might pick up Little Brother at some point but my amazon list is full of non-fiction.

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Mack D. Male — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:46:14 -0000

Great list! I've only read Super Crunchers, and while it was a bit dry in places, it was a great read overall. 
 
I agree about Wired too...loving it lately!

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Leila Boujnane — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:45:54 -0000

Funny you should say that about Wired. The last issue (16.07) was so interesting I ended up buying a few copies to pass around so as not to circulate my copy! I also stumbled upon this Wired creative director interview which I thought was interesting: 
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Yes, I am loving Wired (this month!).