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We Wrote the Book!
Scott’s Google Reader- How To Use A WordPress Content Template To Write Faster
- Creative Like a Fox! Dan Roam and I Compare Notes on Creative Process
- The Two-Headed Beast of Successful Habit Change
- Automatic W-9s with PDFpen
- Dr. Drang’s Writer Workflow
- Visualizing Apple’s Quarterly Results
- Announcing Kepler's 2020!
- ScrivWatcher, one more time
- 10 Keys to Giving the Greatest Presentation of Your Life
- Automator workflow of the month: Clear the iPod photo cache
- Scott’s Instapaper
- The Power of a Hug and Five Other Lessons Learned on the Road
- The Two-Headed Beast of Successful Habit Change
- Anonymous And The War Over The Internet
- A discussion with David Farber: bandwidth, cyber security, and the obsolescence of the Internet - O'Reilly Radar
- The Financial War Against Iran - Economic Intelligence (usnews.com)
- Why Every Entrepreneur Should Self-Publish a Book
- Glock - The Rise of America’s Gun - By Paul M. Barrett - Book Review - NYTimes.com
- City Of Fortune - How Venice Ruled the Seas - By Roger Crowley - Book Review - NYTimes.com
- Dropbox inventor determined to build the next Apple or Google - latimes.com
- Wired 9.03: Founding Father
Category Archives: Books
Loving Ann Packer’s “Swim Back to Me”
I was recently away traveling for almost two weeks – and happened across Ann Packer‘s latest book “Swim Back to Me“. What a delight! The first novella in the book – “Walk for Mankind” – takes place in the neighborhoods … Continue reading
Blogging, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter and The Glif
Yesterday, I attended the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) meeting in San Rafael to hear Joel Friedlander’s presentation about “Author Blogging.” Joel’s an independent book designer who we worked with at Glenbrook to design our book “Payments Systems in … Continue reading
Guardian Short Stories Podcast
I just stumbled across this short stories podcast series from the Guardian. Available here in iTunes – or directly from the Guardian’s web site – highly recommended!
Getting Naked
Garr Reynolds has quite a thing going with his excellent books about presentation style and design (see: Presentation Zen (2007) and Presentation Zen Design (2009). His first two books are very complementary with Nancy Duarte’s slide:ology and Resonate (see my … Continue reading
Our New Book: Payments Systems in the U.S.
I’m delighted to announce the availability of my new book Payments Systems in the U.S. – co-authored with my Glenbrook partner Carol Coye Benson. My “day job” is being a payments strategy consultant for Glenbrook Partners, a payments consulting firm … Continue reading
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Enjoying Nancy Duarte’s New Book: resonate
I’m a big fan of Nancy Duarte and the amazing work that she and her team at Duarte Design perform to help make presentations into something we can really enjoy. Being just up the road in Silicon Valley, I was … Continue reading
Friday Night Jazz at Cafe Borrone
We joined Chris and Linda Gulker last night for a wonderful Friday evening adventure – first some early evening munchies at Cafe Borrone, then the William Gibson event at Keplers (he was reading from his new book Zero History), and, … Continue reading
International Orange
I just finished reading Kevin Starr’s new book Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge. As one who has shot the Golden Gate Bridge many times, I found the book to be a fascinating read – lots … Continue reading
A Random Act of Kindness
Some days are better than others – see especially Chris Gulker’s nice surprise today! Read his earlier post for the context.
Learning HDR? – Tips to Avoiding Big Mistakes!
Trey Ratcliff from StuckinCustoms.com has just published “Top 10 HDR Mistakes, and How to Fix Them“, another one of in his new eBooks series. Trey’s the master of all things HDR – his free HDR tutorial was my tutor when … Continue reading
