My reading list hasn’t been updated since 27 October, 2003. That’s nearly a year, and it’s appalling.
Even worse is my 100 things page. Well I made it to 100 finally, so there.
But please … don’t ask me about my portfolio.
Since I’m suffering from an ailment that begins with the letter ‘D’, resulting in frequent trips to the loo, I’m back at home. Anyway, it’s about time I updated this blog! Movie review: Brokeback Mountain Last week, I watched Brokeback Mountain with some friends. Interestingly it was an almost all-girl outing. I often wonder why…
Yes, I’m crazy about the film, and in less than a day I have completed reading Szpilman’s memoirs. His son notes that he is a musician not a storyteller, yet Szpilman’s storytelling is intensely readable: moving without being too emotional; factual, with a directness that is immediately gratifying. I also liked reading the diary of…
I saw this book on the shelves last year, and nearly bought it then (if not for the fact that I was already in the midst of reading several other books simultaneously). But bearing in mind the new-found time I’d be acquiring this month, I thought a little extra reading wouldn’t hurt – eyeballs not…
[](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553378589?ie=UTF8&tag=vantan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553378589) Currently I’m reading ‘[Working with Emotional Intelligence’](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553378589?ie=UTF8&tag=vantan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553378589), which is Daniel Goleman’s follow-up to his hugely successful book, ‘Emotional Intelligence’. Here’s an excerpt which is relevant to the work I’m currently handling. As we endeavour to improve information flow, we must remember it’s not just having a knowledge repository (systems/infrastructure) but building a sharing culture…
What’s white, and re(a)d all over? Elizabeth Kostova’s international bestseller, The Historian.* I bought it on Saturday and just finished reading it. Considering that I have not had patience to read a complete work of fiction in a very long time, it is am amazing feat. The book is gripping, chilling, a little unbelievable at…
One of those obvious things which nobody’s pointed out before: Information Architecture and journalism have similar objectives and they can learn much from each other. Read the article. It’s everywhere in the news: Public domain petitioners lose 7-2 to Congress, over the extension of copyright. Eldred v Ashcroft is a US case which has just…