Hot, Flat, Crowded -thoughts
I recently finished Thomas Friedman‘s latest book: Hot, Flat, Crowded and I loved it. He does a great job describing the major problems facing our increasingly hot, flat, and crowded world, which include booming population growth, more energy demand, a changing climate, and rapidly accelerating biodiversity loss. (Rapidly accelerating biodiversity loss is a topic covered […]
Buffett’s Words of Wisdom…
(on flickr from trackrecord) I finally sat down and took some time to read through Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders for 2007 (released a few weeks ago). As always Warren teaches and shares so much about life and business. I’ve really become a big fan of his after reading R0ger Lowenstein’s book: Buffett: […]
Book Review: Let my People Go Surfing
I just finished the part personal bio / part company bio /part corporate philosophy by Patagonia founder and major environmental activist, Yvon Chouinard: Let my People Go Surfing: Education of a Reluctant Businessman. (via Laram777) Y.C., as he is sometimes known, is really an amazing guy who really is proof of the power behind finding […]
Losing my Virginity…
by Richard Branson. I took some time a few weeks ago to re-read one of my favorite entrepreneurial books, Richard Branson’s Losing my Virginity. I love this book and consider it a must read for not only potential entrepreneurs but anyone who aspires to get all they can out of life. I could go on […]
Book Thoughts: A short history of nearly everything
I realize I haven’t been posting here too regularly, and I don’t really have a good reason why I haven’t other than, well I haven’t. Anyway, I felt compelled to write about a book I just finished (3 years after my mom raved about it and bought me a copy to read) by the excellent […]
Great resource
It’s strange. When I was in school, the last thing I wanted to do was read and/or take notes, but now I seldom ever read anything (newspaper, books, even websites) without taking notes. So I was pretty pumped to find this site earlier: Book Outlines Introduction to Book Outlines It has an amazing selection of […]
challenging your perspective
I am reading Brian Greene’s The Fabric of the Cosmos and it really is making my head spin. Greene discusses everything from the description of reality and spacetime as accepted in modern physics to the origins of the universe and the big bang. While I’ve always been somewhat of a space geek and an admirer […]
Book Review….A whole new mind
Ok, so no complaints here about my scattered notes but here’s the deal… I take notes on most if not all of the books I read, and I usually just save them in a folder in my gmail account for further review. But I figured I’d just start posting the notes on here, regardless of […]