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Fans of the O’Reilly “Hacks” series will want to participate in a giveaway over at Mindhacks.com. They are giving away 8 copies of the newest Hack book: Mind Performance Hacks. This one apparently focuses on improving memory, cognitive skill and creativity.
Matt Webb comments: “For me, the highlights were the ideas I’d run across [...]
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ChangeThis has been on vacation for a couple of months - since December 14. But today they return with 4 new idea manifestos:
The Care and Feeding of Your Network by Bob Allard
Thinking Through Problem Solving by Valarie A. Washington
111 Ridiculously Obvious Thoughts on Selling by Tom Peters
True Team Building: More than [...]
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I read a lot of ebooks. But I don’t use a dedicated reader, instead I load them into my Pocket PC so I have something to read close at hand for unexpected downtime.
If you prefer a full fledged eBook reader, you might want to wait until after CES this year, because [...]
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Sometimes when I have a few minutes, I like to pick up and read a few items in The Dumbest Moments in Business History. I’d post a link to it, but I am on the Pocket PC right now. They have it on Amazon though.
If you haven’t heard of it, its title really [...]
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CEORead has found a $10 version of the classic success and self-help book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. And hey, it’s only $10.00. If you don’t have it, this is a great opportunity to pick one up.
The bestselling success book of all time is updated and revised with contemporary ideas and [...]
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I had heard a lot about Google’s plan to scan books to be added to an Internet based ‘card catalog’. There was alot of up-in-arms by authors, as if Google would be buying books off the shelves at Barnes and Noble and scanning them into the Google search engine.
The plan isn’t quite [...]
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I’m not much of a novel reader myself. Let the Sideways snobbiness ensue….
Anyway, if you are looking to build your library, you might start with Time’s list of the All-Time 100 Novels. Time Critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick through the tons of books out there and find the 100 best English-Language [...]