Category Archives: Reviews

Reviews of anything I feel like evaluating

Book Review: Great By Choice – Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Thom

As a business-owner of sorts I am very interested in new findings in business and leadership. I recently was recently talking to my brother about my company and how we need a guiding vision going forward from our first successful … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Donald Rumsfeld, “Known and Unknown”

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Thom

I will admit to not having paid much attention to Donald Rumsfeld when he was part of the Bush cabinet. I thought he was a bit more pithy than some, but really had no opinion about him specifically. By the time … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ender in Exile, by Orson Scott Card

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Thom

I first became familiar with Orson Scott Card, as most people did, through “Ender’s Game” during the 1980’s. I was an instant–but not solid–fan. I found very quickly that my appreciation for Card was not unconditional. He is a very … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Zero History, by William Gibson

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Thom

Several years ago I discovered William Gibson through an audio book version of his novel “Pattern Recognition”. The book was a fascinating dive into popular culture and the drive to monetize everything, but with an underlying thread of transcendant beauty. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Men at Work – The Craft of Baseball

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Thom

 When I picked up this book I was expecting some sort of management training text drawing on baseball for analogies. That was because I borrowed this book from the community bookshelf at work, which is stocked mainly with management, leadership, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Business Stripped Bare, by Richard Branson

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Thom

The office where I work has a bookshelf of assorted tech and business books donated by employees for other employees to check out and read. Since I’ve recently read some things about and by Richard Branson I was excited to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Accounting Game

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Thom

I first encountered “The Accounting Game”, by Darrell Mullis and Judith Orloff about ten years ago when I was a software developer for a firm that sold point-of-sale/inventory/accounting software for tire stores. I don’t even remember who first recommended this … Continue reading →

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