I finally updated my current reading list – picked up Stealing Time : Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner
On a more important note, I’m interested in hearing the author’s analysis (and presumably the input from involved players) in why the AOL/TW deal didn’t work out. I have my own opinions on the subject, but I’m interested to see if the people in the know agree or not. [More...]
I’m going to update the currently reading link, as my current state of unemployment and general malaise about future career directions is making it hard for me to focus and be productive on my side projects. So I think I’m going to break out my favorite book and re-read Atlas Shrugged
Some people think that The Catcher in the Rye is a great coming of age story, but Holden Caulfied never had much on Dagny Taggart in my book.
Since the new movie adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes is a compliation of various classic and familiar fairy tales, re-imagined and re-interpreted by Dahl. This is pointedly not for children, but very entertaining for adults. Particularly sick and twisted adults.
Boy and Going Solo comprise the two part autobiography of Roald Dahl. While perhaps not quite as fantastic as the voyages of his fictional characters, Dahl lived quite a life himself. Learn of his childhood mishaps, his job working in Africa prior to World War II, and then his career as a pilot in the British Royal Air Force during the war. If you’re a fan of his works of fiction, you’ll certainly appreciate the story behind the author. And even if you aren’t fond of his childrens’ literature, his personal story rivals the autobiographies of most others.
