Book Review: The $100 Startup @chrisguillebeau @tferriss

Picture from chrisguillebeau.com. The first edition of Tim Ferriss’ book “The Four Hour Work Week” (affiliate link), which I loved, faced one common criticism among those who didn’t like it – that it wouldn’t work, and that Tim’s success was a fluke. Tim answered his critics in the second edition of the book, adding case […]

Book Review: Work for Hire by Joe Haldeman

Joe Haldeman is one of my favourite authors. His science fiction is some of the best I’ve read, and I try and read everything he publishes. He writes primarily fiction, and usually science fiction. This book is good, but not one of his best. The protagonist, Jack Daley, is a war veteran, as is Haldeman […]

Book Review: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened @alliebrosh

Allie Brosh has changed the internet, and all for the better. Her blog, Hyperbole and A Half, is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to internet humour. By combining acerbic wit and wonderfully ‘amateur’ MS Paint drawings, Brosh has created some of the best comedy on the internet. If you’ve ever seen […]

Book Review: Delivering Happiness @tonyhsieh

“Delivering Happiness” is the mostly biographical book by Tony Hsieh that details his life so far and his exploits in building Zappos. Zappos is the world’s largest online shoe store (though now does fashion as well), and has been acquired by Amazon. It’s operating as an independent entity, and the reasons for that are made […]

Book Review: Mockingjay

I finished the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy last night, entitled “Mockingjay”. Named after a fictional bird that plays a role in the stories, Mockingjay finishes the story of Katniss Everdeen and her friends as they are relocated to the previously unknown District 13 and prepared for the war that has been building […]

Book Review: Catching Fire

I read the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy last night – Catching Fire. It was difficult not to want to follow up right away to see what happened in the next instalment. True to form, Ms. Collins has provided a gripping story with a surprising twist, but this time with a bigger and […]

Book Review: The Hunger Games

I read Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” the night before last – on my phone. As the book started out, I was generally not very impressed with Ms. Collin’s ability to turn a phrase, but that very quickly changed. In fact finished it in just under three hours, I’d have to say that it was […]