January 2012
My Favorite Music of 2011
*Someone Like You by Adele (the version recorded at her home is vastly superior to the radio edit)
*Graces by More Hazards More Heroes
*Summer Home by Typhoon
*I Will Be Waiting by Daphne Willis
*The Last Waltz by Busman’s Holiday (Daytrotter recording)
*Shell Games by Bright Eyes
December 2011
Spoken Word →
‘Top-Drawer’ Business Books of 2011 from Jeff Swystun http://t.co/wyrY5poR incl. Onward, Brandwashed, Lean Startup, In the Plex
RT @fredwilson: If you want to win you can’t let @AaronRodgers12 have the ball in his hands at the end the game
With The Domino Project so much about low price, short books and reader convenience, I wonder if collectibles conflicted w/ the brand.
RT @MikeShatzkin: Looking for successful self-pubbed author, 10k or more units sold, who started from scratch, for DBW panel. Ping DBWau …
Paperless Book – Behind the Scenes →
November 2011
Of readers of the @TheEconomist over 40, 95% read it in print. Asked again, only 35% believe they will in 24 months http://t.co/Fe7UEyMp
Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow is also 50% off at $15 for the hardcover http://t.co/8J65oTWr
We Didn’t See It Coming →
Sohrab Vossoughi of @zibapdx in HBR “Is the Social Sector Thinking Small Enough?” http://t.co/c8ZJxjum #pdxrocks
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Lots to be thankful for this year. #fb
+1 RT @jwikert: Couldn’t resist buying the short eBook collection of blog posts from @mcuban. Well worth $2.99 http://t.co/oP73ETMu
Poor Economics – A Rich Book →
RT @hughmcguire: something i wish would die: book subtitles formulated: “how so-and-so VERB PREPOSITION so-and-so-outcome”
Nice “What Are You Reading?” thread on @HackerNewsFP http://t.co/dFWrd6t3
RT @pomeranian99: One of my favorite, but subtle, Kindle skeumorphs: No clock. A good and undigital bit of design, making it easier to i …
At 2PM PT today @zen_habits is doing a live webcast Ebooks: The Key to Blog Income + Spreading Ideas http://t.co/ywYELXDF
It only takes 2.5 cents to ship a t-shirt from China to Europe via shipping container via @theeconomist #ididnotknow
Nice start to @Contents Magazine with Babies and Bathwater by @aworkinglibrary http://t.co/2WZhGLIR
Even one TD for Matt Flynn. 45-7 #packers
Coverage for Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow →
The Heath Brothers have a new ebook called The Myth of The Garage compiling their Fast Company essays. It’s free. http://t.co/xXcBp04O
Amazon 2011 Top Biz Books (cont): Endgame, Disciplined Dreaming, Poke The Box http://t.co/Qx1g1i7r
+1 RT@Bookgirl96: There’s no such thing as “terrible 2’s.” It’s the year between 3-4 yrs old that will kill you.
RT @laurahazardowen: Started public Google Doc of all books in Amazon lending prog. If we crowdsource we can get the whole list done htt …
Great interview with @alexdecampi at Loud Poet http://t.co/TgxVH19J Pulls no punches on problems of commercial publishing ecosystem
Portlandia is iTunes’ TV Show of the Week. It costs $8.99, Go get it. http://t.co/7hIMyx0e
Thx for all the well wishes! @allegrojane @debbieweil @Nemacolin @eproulx @davidburn @patricknlewis
Offer from @PasteMagazine - Subscribe to mplayer today and get 1st 14 issues for free http://t.co/1iYGeB4d <- I love it.
+1 RT @pomeranian99: Comparing freelance health-insurance family plans; wildly expensive and nuttily high deductibles. Barely “insurance”
October 2011
RT @DeathStarPR: You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the Obi-Wan I hope someday you will join me And we can rule the galaxy as fath …
It has arrived. The reading shall commence now. http://t.co/6XI5IkJE
Prediction: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is going to be a big crossover book like Taleb’s Black Swan.
I forgot about Lean Startup and I Moved Your Cheese for great Fall books, because I got to read those early.
Grateful to have the Packers/Vikings game on Fox12 in #PDX
Love the heirlooms they have here. Bought Ambrose, Liberty, and Mt Rose (@ Kiyokawa Family Orchards) http://t.co/wPfSGeto
(cont) Why The West Rules-For Now by Ian Morris. These both won in the English category.
Anyone know if there is an equivalent of Publishers Lunch for the music and movie industries?
Registration for @toc NYC is open. Feb 13-15. http://t.co/g5Jc0QBS
RT @SInow: This is Green Bay’s 1st 6-0 start since 1965 (year before SB era & last time Packers were NFL’s last undefeated): http://t.co …
Stopover before flying back to Portland (@ Calgary International Airport (YYC) w/ 3 others) http://t.co/byNp2itP
H-O-M-E! (@ Portland International Airport (PDX) w/ 32 others) http://t.co/I57Pum7C
On my way back to the States. (@ Frankfurt Airport Terminal B w/ 2 others) http://t.co/HPs5FTPL
One meeting left and Frankfurt 2011 is over. #fbm11
RT @DeathStarPR: Blackberry have announced their service is now “fully operational”. Expect them to begin firing on the Rebel Fleet ASAP.
Day two of the Frankfurt Book Fair begins. German launch of The 100 Best Business Books at 3pm- Hall 4.1 E100 http://t.co/S8KVV47c
