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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-02

  • RT @johnhcook App, Cloud, Crowdsource, e-book, Freemium, Fail, Gov 2.0, Tweet: Vote for top tech buzzword of 2009. http://bit.ly/70aq0p #
  • RT @toddbishop: Top 25 odd (and tough) job interview questions of the year http://bit.ly/6jdSIv #
  • RT @johnhcook with TechFlash: Working on our post of most annoying tech buzzwords of the year. Send us your faves… #
  • RT @dsilverman: HP printer ink costs more than human blood. http://bit.ly/7JsIGx #
  • One advantage of working between the holidays is the commute is so much quicker. #clt #
  • Compared to our current iPhone app, bizjournals mobile is a better experience. Check it out at http://bizj.us/1qj #
  • RT @lvanderpool: Newspapers find their way in the Twittersphere ~ http://tinyurl.com/yaakzwf #
  • Bank of America's photo exhibit "Sustainability on Film" at Hearst Gallery is nice lunchtime diversion. #clt #

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Other books I read in 2009

In no particular order and not previously mentioned …

The book I enjoyed most was The Coldest Winter. The book that made me laugh the most was Boomsday.

I also listened to Modern Scholar audio books, thanks to the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Those audio books included:

  • From Here to Infinity: an Exploration of Science Fiction Literature by Michael D.C. Drout
  • Christianity at the Crossroads: the Reformations of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by by Thomas F. Madden
  • Way With Words: Writing, Rhetoric, and the Art of Persuasion by Michael D.C. Drout
  • History of the English Language by Michael D.C. Drout

The best of this was History of the English Language.

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What the Dog Saw — another great read from Gladwell

What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

“What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures” is collection of Malcolm Gladwell‘s New Yorker pieces and hits squarely on a quality I love in books — it makes me more curious and questions what I think I know. Those qualities are things I love about journalism and non-fiction writing.

It covers everything from the cloud of information prior to the 9/11 attacks and Enron to how to choose NFL quarterbacks.

Gladwell’s books (I read Outliers earlier this year and Tipping Point long ago.) are easy to read, making a book to read while traveling or waiting for an appointment. This latest book now makes me want to read SuperFreakonomics by Stephen D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.

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Oppenheimer’s life is an interesting look at the power of government

 

American Prometheus

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer– by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin is an interesting look at Oppenheimer who was practically deified after World War II only to end up being viewed with suspicion and distrust by that same government in about 10 years.

Oppenheimer was caught by two major movements in the U.S.: the move to more liberal ideas in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and then the swing in the 1950s to being fearful of those same liberal ideas. There was also the confusion in the 1930s of the true nature of the Stalin, which many liberals ignored and then the fear that anyone who was on back then might still be one in the 1950s.

The book won the Pulitzer Prize.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-19

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-12

  • Car passed inspection. One more thing off the pre-Christmas list. #
  • RT @TechFlash: Mark Anderson to Microsoft: Your consumer business is dead http://bit.ly/4WInwT #
  • State of the industry: RT @romenesko: BREAKING NEWS: Editor & Publisher to cease operations. http://is.gd/5i7nP #
  • RT @HootSuite: OWLS ASSEMBLE! 12 hours until HootSuite iPhone app deployment. They're offering free copy to those who re-tweet. #
  • RT @johnhcook: TechFlash guest post from Picnik CEO Jon Sposato: "Eight ways babies are like startups." http://bit.ly/6mN7LR #
  • bizjournals' re-launch of Portfolio.com is featured in NY Times. http://bit.ly/8jir8M #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-05

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-05

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