My favorite authors, Chip and Dan Heath, recently made Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir one of their book recommendations, so I jumped at the chance to read and review it. The similarities between these pairs of authors are fairly obvious – the highly readable style, the humor, and the repeated yet always fresh reinforcement of core ideas are…
Opt This, Pal
Today I got an email with the subject line “Whoops…” from a company from which I had unsubscribed months ago. “Hmmm,” wondered I. “What could be the problem?” Below is said message I received from said vendor: During our end of year cleanup, we noticed you were opted out of email communication from us. We wanted to invite you to…
Book Report – Ask. by Ryan Levesque
You know how a great three-hour movie flies by but one that’s less than half as long can seem eternal? For me, watching “The Deer Hunter” or “Shawshank Redemption” is a riveting experience no matter how many times I’ve seen them – truthfully, I’ve lost count – and yet I’d sooner have Gronk perform emergency dental surgery on me…
Book Report – Almost by Hap Klopp & Brian Tarcy
Reading Almost by Hap Klopp and Brian Tarcy is a frustrating experience. Klopp, co-founder and former CEO of The North Face, spent a year deeply immersed in a Silicon Valley start-up called Ardica Technologies. Heard of it? Likely not, I realize, and yet if the team had gotten its act together back in 2009, it could’ve been a wild success.…
Book Report – Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
There you are in the box office queue, snaking your way to the front, anticipation running high on this particular Saturday evening at the movies. “Two for ‘The Martian,’ please,” you politely tell the cashier. Imagine if someone farther back in line were able to imperceptibly zoom to the front and, knowing that you were about to fork over $25…