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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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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