Cory Doctorow’s latest book describes a near-future-vision for the emerging DIY movement. I really enjoyed reading a whole novel about such a current topic. A movement, I have huge sympathy for. The book is available for free online and can be bought as a nicely printed edition.
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If never experienced something similar with another book like with this one. There’s a certain type of people out there to whom I show the book and who will order it within ten minutes after opening it. The book provides a really helpful framework for analyzing and developing business models. And it seams like there really is a business model generation to whom business models is their favorite form of art like my friend Matt says.
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Alain de Botton provides an in-depth look on some historic travelers and explores all the obvious and hidden beauty we miss most of the time when we are on the move. My first book by de Botton and certainly not my last.
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Don Miller’s latest book is a great mixture between ramblings about his personal biography and his exploration of “story” as an approach to life. Good food for thought to reflect on your current place in life.
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I’ve been a long-time follower of everything the guys from 37signals say and do. Rework puts all their thoughts on business into an easy to read but tough to swallow book that challenges a lot of “common wisdom” about how to run a business.
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A brilliant Novel by William Gibson about a trendscout getting involved in a strange conspiracey on the verge between the real and the digital world. Even better than the story is Gibson’s profile of a truely 21st century character. Nevertheless that pattern recognition plays a big role in my own life…
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