Archive | Books

25 January 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Communication in the Workplace and Social Space

In my previous role as a SEO Specialist I spent a lot of time talking to clients and talking to internal colleagues.  Both conversations had a lot to do, on my end, with knowledge sharing and educating.  In any role that you take on in your career you’ll be an expert in your subject whether [...]

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22 November 2012 ~ 0 Comments

GoodReads: WARNING! Makes Reading Addictive!

Goodreads should coming with a warning.  It’s so ridiculously additive to use!  It’s so simple yet you can treat it like a game. What is Goodreads you ask?  It’s another social networking site but geared towards tracking what books you’ve read and what you are currently reading.  You can add friends, rate books and not [...]

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20 June 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Book Review: The $100 Startup

By Casey Camilleri I picked up Chris Guillebeau’s The $100 Startup for a few reasons.  I love business books but what’s so great about this book is it’s very easy to read and it has a ton of stories that explain Guillebeau’s ideas. (Check out this 18 minute video, or the $100 Startup official site [...]

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24 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Book Review: How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World

By Casey Camilleri I recently read a book by Harry Browne titled, How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World. You can actually click that link and read the book for free in PDF format. If you don’t have Adobe Reader so you can read PDF files, click here. Every book that you read, every [...]

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02 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Information Overload: Reading Goals for 2012

At the beginning of this year I set a goal for myself to read 20-25 books over the course of the year.  It’s easy to get sidetracked in life and forget to keep up with reading books.  We are so inundated with information everyday that it can get overwhelming to try and sit down and [...]

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25 April 2012 ~ 0 Comments

How Not To Be An Asshole

I recently read a book titled, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t, by Robert Sutton.  Sutton explains how every company and organization should have a no asshole rule.  He goes into detail how to avoid hiring people who are assholes and also ways to get assholes to leave [...]

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07 April 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Where to Find the Best Book Recommendations

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of the past centuries.” – Descartes Being an avid reader my whole life I sometimes get stumped on what to read next.  There are so many options and it’s easy to become overwhelmed to the point where you give up looking.  You [...]

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