January 2008
Thanks for 2007 by Todd S. →
Thanks to everyone who helped make 2007 a great year for 800-CEO-READ.
To all the customers, authors, readers, agents, publicists, editors, and marketers, thank you.
-The gang
e-glue →
Self-applied Wall Art with Cool Designs
December 2007
evhead: Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product... →
Founder of Blogger and Twitter talks about ponders the qualities of a good product idea.
More Kudos For Michael Gates Gill by Todd S. →
In the Wall Street Journal’s Best Books of 2007, deputy books editor Mark Lasswell calls out Michael Gates Gill’s How Starbucks Saved My Life saying:
At 63, Michael Gates Gill, father of five, found himself out of work, divorced, and nearly broke—not quite what he expected when he was growing up on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the son of New Yorker writer Brendan Gill....
Harry Potter is a Geek (Hail to the Geek) →
This is brilliant (and will probably last only days given the CR issues).
MIT Author's New Job by Todd S. →
Author, artist, and technologist John Maeda has been named president of Rhode Island School of Design.
His video announcement is worth a look.
His latest book The Laws of Simplicity provides 10 Laws and 3 Keys described in his self-imposed limit of 100 pages.
I pulled it back out for another look as we head into the new year.
[hat tip: TP Blog]
Merry Christmas! →
Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you! T, A, E, Z, & A
Three Leadership Experts on Dealing With Internal... →
Hidden inside Fortune’s 2008 Investor’s Guide is a one page article titled “The Three Minute Manager: Lessons In Leadership.” They interview Bill George (True North), Noel Tichy (Judgment) and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (Firing Back) and each was asked questions around the problem:
“What do you do if you discover a huge loss at your company?”
There is no link on...
Apple Owner Must Read: Daring Fireball →
If you own an Apple and are remotely interested in following the brand, Daring Fireball is a must read. It is a little bent toward the programmer set, but there is a lot to get out of the prolific John Gruber. Case in point, this might be the best blog post title of 2007: Yet Another in the Ongoing Series Wherein I Examine a Piece of Supposedly Serious Apple Analysis From a Major Media Outlet and...
Last Minute Book Gift Idea by Todd S. →
If you are looking for a last minute gift idea and you think a book might work, I have two ideas for you.
The first is This I Believe. Released last August, the book is a compilation of the NPR project by the same name. Edward R. Murrow in the 1950’s went out and ask people, famous and everyday, to write a short essay about their core values. The series was revived using the same...
Congratulations to UW-Whitewater Warhawks →
On Saturday, the UW-Whitewater Warhawks won the NCAA Division III National Championship in a 31-21 victory over Mount Union Purple Raiders. This was their third meeting for the national championship in consecutive years. The win is best defined by the opponent they beat: Mount Union had been unbeaten in 35 games.
Mount Union had won by 24 or more points over every opponent this season
Mount...
Dopplr Blog ยป A Dopplr Tour →
This site let’s you manage and publish your trips, looks cool, something to check out more later,
Goodie Bag :: Trajan is the Movie Font →
Fonts can be funny (I don’t believe I just said that).
Things not to say on your first day... →
You have just been hired to run the Green Bay Packers, arguably the most storied franchise in the NFL, and this is what you say in the opening press conference: “Most of you probably know I’ve been in the Chicago area for four and a half years. I’ve really loved living in the Chicago area. I’ve become a Bears fan. I hopped on the Bears bandwagon last year, went to both...
BusinessWeek's Best Business Books of 2007 by ... →
I have always appreciated BusinessWeek’s commitment to the category of business books. The magazine reviews books in each issue and publish its monthly business book bestseller list.
Continuing in their support, here are the slideshow of books BusinessWeek choose in 2007 as their Best Business Books of the Year:
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
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2007 Brand Autopsy Marketing Book Awards by Todd... →
John over at Brandy Autopsy has announced his favorite marketing books of the year. Among them are What Were They Thinking?, Wal-Smart, and Made To Stick. He also called out our ChangeThis manifesto The Secrets of Market-Driven Leaders as the “Best Business Book That is Not A Book”.
BTW, the short lists for the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards will be announced next Monday...
The passing of Marc Orchant →
The news is spreading that blogger Marc Orchant has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack. I am so saddened by this news. I got to know Marc through his work on The More Space Project. I asked eight bloggers to contribute an essay to the project and I left one spot open for proposals. Marc got the spot with a submission that was smart and tactical, a wonderful balance to the other...
A Brief Message: Notify the Next of Kindle →
my favorite review from book jacket designer Chip Kidd
If you are going to buy a Christmas album this... →
…pick up Over The Rhine’s Snow Angels. The twelve song album is all original holiday music in the group’s laid-back, acoustic style. My favorite is Goodbye Charles, which pays ode to cartoonist Schultz and the Vince Guaraldi Trio. White Horse, Here It Is, Snow Angel all feel great. As the iTunes review says, the whole album captures the wonderful highs and the desperate lows of...