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Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz: Sprint (2016, Simon & Schuster)
From three partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred …
Good design, like good storytelling, brings ideas to life. The latest book from award-winning writer …
The book is quite nice, it has plenty of graphics, color, and excellent printing. The design ideas and concepts in the book seemed to be more around known stories and common sense, little seemed new to me. The book is put together well and flows nicely, maybe I'd give it 4 stars if I were newer to some of the ideas, though I was hoping for a little bit deeper from it.
It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and …
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien …
I've enjoyed his music, but would never say I was an Eric Clapton fan. His autobiography popped up as Goodreads deal of the day and I picked it up. I didn't realize how interesting Clapton's life has been, I was most familiar with him from Unplugged forward, so he always seemed like a fairly mellow guitarist.
But his early days were far from mellow, his autobiography goes into plenty of the details of his days as a rock and roll star during the 60's, 70's and 80's and all the drugs, alcohol, girls, addictions, and eventual recovery that entailed. I also never realized how much, and how many people his life cross passed with. A real fascinating and interesting life and glad he shared and I read it.
The book itself goes a bit too much into the details of recordings, producers, managers, and lots of extra details which had …
I've enjoyed his music, but would never say I was an Eric Clapton fan. His autobiography popped up as Goodreads deal of the day and I picked it up. I didn't realize how interesting Clapton's life has been, I was most familiar with him from Unplugged forward, so he always seemed like a fairly mellow guitarist.
But his early days were far from mellow, his autobiography goes into plenty of the details of his days as a rock and roll star during the 60's, 70's and 80's and all the drugs, alcohol, girls, addictions, and eventual recovery that entailed. I also never realized how much, and how many people his life cross passed with. A real fascinating and interesting life and glad he shared and I read it.
The book itself goes a bit too much into the details of recordings, producers, managers, and lots of extra details which had me skimming in various parts, but makes a historic record of events.
"Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki …
Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck (Hardcover, 2016, Harper)
For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "Fk positivity," Mark …
Walkaway is a 2017 science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow, published by Head of Zeus …
I've enjoyed other Cory Doctorow books, Little Brother and Homeland both were good, the snippets for Walkaway had me hoping it would improve upon the area I didn't like in his previous books, which are the long explaining dialogues. Unfortunately Walkway doubles down on this format making it really difficult I abandoned all hope and stopped reading about 30% in.
The initial chapter was ok, but the main characters name "Hubert, Etc" is a bit awkward to read, and is so overused it's in practically every sentence. I almost stopped then it was quite annoying, but I was able to train myself to just start skipping over it.
There is a definite odd things going on with names, probably intentional, but makes it hard to read. There is a running "gag" with one character using the wrong name, ever single time, and it got called out and corrected every single …
I've enjoyed other Cory Doctorow books, Little Brother and Homeland both were good, the snippets for Walkaway had me hoping it would improve upon the area I didn't like in his previous books, which are the long explaining dialogues. Unfortunately Walkway doubles down on this format making it really difficult I abandoned all hope and stopped reading about 30% in.
The initial chapter was ok, but the main characters name "Hubert, Etc" is a bit awkward to read, and is so overused it's in practically every sentence. I almost stopped then it was quite annoying, but I was able to train myself to just start skipping over it.
There is a definite odd things going on with names, probably intentional, but makes it hard to read. There is a running "gag" with one character using the wrong name, ever single time, and it got called out and corrected every single time. It felt quite unnatural. A later chapter would be all pronouns and hard to figure out who's talking to who, especially with 4 people in the scene (2 men, 2 woman).
I feel that is the issue with the book, it just doesn't feel natural, the premise and world seem interesting but I couldn't continue with the writing. Such long sermons explaining everything, a simple question like why should I put this there, turns into 10 pages diving deep into social theories. Doctorow's other books had some of the same explaining, but the characters were developed a bit more and there was more story and plot.
I'm glad I bought it to support the author, his other two books I downloaded via open source, but the others I've read of his our much better.
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although …
Quite enjoyable, the story is a bit dark, reminds me of Pan's Labyrinth. Though I think it could have been developed a bit further to blur the lines of reality for the reader.
Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are …
A really good book covering the biases in technology, algorithms, and problems with Silicon Valley. The first half seemed more practical and applicable around forms biases and design you might not think about. The second half of the book was good, but around news stories of tech firms behaving badly; most of which were already familiar and a bit less actionable.
A great introduction book to Linocut. It goes over all the materials, tools, and techniques for creating linocut prints. A nice part is it includes a few spotlights on other linocut artists who talk about their background, technique, and process. A good amount of photos and step-by-step examples.
A good look at the lives of the Ohlone people who lived in the Bay Area before the Spaniards arrived. The book looks at all the aspects of life from gathering food, to marriage, and medicine.
The critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller—a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that …
A good history of San Francisco from 1960's to 1980's told through a series of chapters each focusing on a person or event. The book was amazingly researched and contains first hand accounts and amazing details. It felt more like a series of long blog posts than a single cohesive book, but worth reading to learn about Bill Graham, Patty Hearst, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, and many others who helped shape San Francisco to what it is today.
