Each year, I try to find a good book to bring with me to the beach. A few months ago, I came across Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World while doom scrolling Twitter one night. I ordered the book and did not wait for the beach to get started reading. Written … Read more
I may have found a solution to the Wi-Fi Problem. As with any great discovery the solution was apparent and not unfamiliar to anyone that has time-shared an airplane journey with leisure reading. An underlying complexity to the solution would be the selecting of quality reading materials. Wasting time on an unsuitable choice would be … Read more
Saw this review today and wanted to share it with everyone here: http://www.mikefal.net/2012/01/03/dba-survivor-learning-how-to-rock-out-with-databases/ I’m touched that Mike would take the time to write such a wonderful (and unsolicited) review of “that little book” I wrote almost two years ago now. I’d like for you to read his entire review, but I am going to share … Read more
This past weekend while doing some Spring cleaning I came across this book on my bookshelf. I read it last year and found it to be a great read but for one reason or another I never got around to writing up a review. I forget how I came across the book to begin with, … Read more
I have a lot of things to read on a daily basis. Some of them are recreational, but most of them are aligned with my technical interests. It is rare for me to have the time to sit down and read one book from cover to cover. So I have started reading a handful of … Read more
During the holidays my father-in-law was telling me about a book he had recently read. It was “Outliers: The Story of Success.” I was intrigued by my father-in-law recounting the stories about how all hockey players are born in January, towns in Pennsylvania that have no heart disease, and why Asians are so good a math. … Read more
