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Flipping the Switch… : Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability Using the QBQ!
December 20th, 2005 |In his previous book, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, John G. Miller shows how to change our thinking by asking questions in a different way. In Flipping the Switch, Miller provides more examples on how to ask questions to hold ourselves accountable in work and life. Doing this leads to five advantages Miller calls [...]
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Bar Mitzvah Disco: The Music May Have Stopped, but the Party’s Never Over
December 7th, 2005 |The inspiration for the book comes from the Web site (barmitzvahdisco.com) in which the authors tell the story of a generation through collections of Bar and Bat Mitzvah pictures and stories from friends, families, and strangers. The people who wrote the Foreword are perfect for the job. They’ve probably played a part in every Bar or [...]
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A Writer’s Paris: A guided journey for the creative soul
December 5th, 2005 |A Writer’s Paris proves inspirational, whether or not you’re planning to go to Paris or if you’ve already visited the city where many artists go to create. Not only does Maisel describe life as a writer on a Paris sojourn, but also the activities for a writer to do for inspiration. Substitute the places in Paris [...]
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Don’t Make Me Think: A common sense approach to Web usability, 2nd edition
November 17th, 2005 |When we design Web sites, we often overlook the simplest things because we’re too wrapped up in the design. After working on Web sites for a while, some of us have slowly moved away from what we know is usable to adding or removing elements that may enhance the ‘look’ — and also break [...]
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Get Clients Now! A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals and Consultants
November 3rd, 2005 |Until recent years, I never thought seriously about starting my own business because I didn’t want to deal with the bookkeeping and the marketing. After all, no marketing equals no clients. I’m no sales person. But I love the work and believe it’s worth doing the “I’d rather not do” activities. It’s easy to get overwhelmed [...]
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ScreamFree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool
September 27th, 2005 |This book appeared at the right time because I’ve been trying to cut down on yelling and work through problems by staying calm, which is the approach Runkel, a licensed family and marriage therapist, advocates. The book is an easy read and doesn’t overwhelm the parent with too many steps as self-help books often do. The [...]
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Firefox Secrets
September 20th, 2005 |This is the first Firefox book I’ve read, so it won’t have a comparison to any of the others — as a few books hit the market soon after Firefox started nipping at Internet Explorer’s market share of the browser market. Chapter 1 kicks off the book with an introduction explaining why Firefox is a first-rate [...]
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Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky
September 14th, 2005 |Having been in process management in a software organization for over ten years, I’ve seen too many articles and books on the topic that worked better than Valium for putting me to sleep especially since they have no side effects. Joel Spolsky is known as one of the best (if not the best) writers on [...]
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How to Be Idle
August 25th, 2005 |After reading this book, I have decided to skip the review to enjoy the extra time. Oh? I have to write it? That’s “wage slavery!” according to author Tom Hodgkinson who uses that term for “jobs.” He reveals his life changed for the better once he trashed his alarm clock. By the way, I’m not [...]
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Buzzmarketing
August 18th, 2005 |.1984. What do you think of when you see that year? What if I add the term “Apple?” For me, the famous Orwellian Super Bowl commercial comes to mind. Do you even remember who won the Super Bowl that year? Or even who played in it? Super Bowl commercials had yet to become the subject of water cooler [...]
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