Just a quick catch up on stuff I’ve enjoyed lately:
- I just finished reading The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell. I’m late to this game, but I highly recommend the book. Even if you’re not interested in marketing per se, the lessons in the book will help you look at things in a different way. That’s always a good thing. I was also tickled when the tipping point notion was referenced in an episode of Numb3rs, which is not a bad show at all, btw. Malcom’s Blink is in my queue, too.
- Right now, I am reading Freakonomics, which I picked up after seeing it on Kottke. I’m already enjoying it a lot, as it has touched on a couple examples related to the ones in The Tipping Point, but from a totally different angle. There’s a Freakonomics blog that may be worth watching.
- I’m still marinating in A Whole New Mind. I can honestly say that it has impacted the way I approach certain situations at work. This is a good thing. The author, Dan Pink, also has a blog related to the subject matter of the book on his site
- I caught Velvet Goldmine on the TiVo. Wow. I really loved it. I suppose it could put you off if you’re not down with the boy-on-boy lovin’, but I enjoyed the heck out of it. (As noted before, I’m a total sucker for almost anything with Ewan McGregor in it.) I might even consider picking up the soundtrack.
- Then there’s the Matisyahu. Man, that guy makes me happy.
- I am also digging the Kaiser Chiefs album.
OK, that’s it. Carry on.
E-mail I sent to JDub 4 days ago and have yet to receive a response:
I wanted to order three CDs and have them shipped to me, but after I entered all my info, the only shipping available was FEDEX which, via air, would more than double the amount of money I had to spend (from under $30 to over $60). 3 CDs can be sent via USPS for about $3-5. I wanted to be a customer and got screwed. What’s the deal?
I’ve been sad since then.
Ooh, yeah. I was mildly annoyed that FedEx was the only option, but for you that would be a big deal, indeed.
Let me know if you need a care package. In the meantime, go download the show at BB King’s from the Internet Archive (grab the matisyahu2004-12-25_vbr_mp3.zip file).
i’m interested in whole new mind, but right now i’m incorporating lanny bassham’s “with winning in mind”(oop) into my daily routine.
matisyahu is the shizzy, i dl’d a couple of shows, incl a u of md show from april that is the nutz.
not a brit pop fan,however, so nix on the kaiser chiefs. joss stone on the other hand, hoofah.
You mean this competitive shooting thing?