reading notes

A Low Culture Manifesto
by Chuck Klosterman
ISBN: 0743236017
If you are the kind of person who has ever enjoyed Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries cereal, jokes at the expense of people dumber than you, and dubious music produced in the eighties, there is a good chance you will like Klosterman’s book.
Not that he writes about Crunch Berries. [...]

The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services
by Guy Kawasaki
with Michele Moreno
ISBN: 088730995X
Kawasaki’s book is ostensibly aimed at would-be visionaries looking for business guidance, so they can rule the world. Or something like that. Really, the audience for the book is bigger than that — it is a book for motivated [...]

Revolutionizing the Way We Live with Technology
by Kim Vicente
ISBN: 0676974902
Vicente is aiming at nothing less than “a new world view” arising from what he calls a “Human-tech revolution.” Our technology, from blinking VCR clocks to medical staff schedules to butterfly ballots to public water systems governance, should be easier to use, be in line with [...]

Why Culture Matters
by Max Wyman
ISBN: 1553650077
Wyman passionately argues that culture is key to economic vitality, community well-being, and national as well as personal identity. His focus is on arts and culture in Canada, yet his ideas deserve a wider discussion.
Why? Because he is a true believer in the power and importance of the imagination, and [...]

by J. K. Rowling
ISBN: 0439784549
Just as we did with the last book, we read this one out loud. (Well, Lisa read it out loud. I listened.) I think we both enjoyed the story more this way, as we could stop along the way to discuss plot points, make conjectures, and generally savor the story.
Warning: [...]