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The end of brick-and-mortar shopping and the rise of online shopping
I admit that I am one of those that do not want to be pushed and have to sweat in traditional retail stores. I much rather do my shopping at my laptop, have a cup of coffee by my side and enjoy the selection not just by looking at the product, but also looking at…
Read MoreThe Geopolitics of Emotion: How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World by Dominique Moisi
One of my favorite Sunday programs in CNN is Fareed Zakaria’s program GPS. He is not only a good reporter, he has a tremendous understanding of the current world situation and he brings very interesting people to his show. Each week he makes book recommendations and this week one book specifically caught my attention. A…
Read MoreThe angst of an author and about writing process
This is my second book (if one does not count my doctoral dissertation of 330 pages as a monograph) and I have to say that I have found my own way of building the content. It is much easier that with the first one, and I now know what works best for me as a…
Read MoreHow does an author find interesting topics to write about?
I am sitting in a tram in Helsinki, the sun is shining and I have a bunch of Russian tourists around me on their way to downtown Helsinki (city-center). Observing the environment, wondering how I can transform this environment to my new upcoming book is what I am thinking about. Businesspeople such as me have…
Read MoreThe decision has been made: My Amazon Kindle DX is on it way
I gave up. I have two Amazon Kindles already, the first generation as well as the new generation Amazon Kindle. I have bought more than 300 books on these, and when you add the books that I bougth on my Sony Reader device (which I no longer use), we are talking about considerable amount of…
Read MoreAmazon Debuts Bigger Kindle
New larger Kindle to the market soon. I have the first Kindle (1) and Kindle 2 and might be buying this one as well. “Amazon Debuts Bigger Kindle” Amazon unveiled a $489 Kindle electronic-book reader that has a larger screen geared toward textbooks and newspapers.
Read MoreRandy Pausch and his battle of pancreatic cancer
I read about Randy Pausch, Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who has been struck with terminal pancreatic cancer. Professor Pausch is a very well known and liked lecturer that you can see from the included video clips from Youtube.comI immediately googled the lecture from youtube.com and ordered his book as physical copy and…
Read MoreSony Portable Reader PRS-500 is gone, welcome the new Amazon Kindle
I did what I should not have done. I bought the Sony Reader PRS-500 a year and a half ago and spent probably 500 dollars in different types of books. Now, with the new Amazon Kindle, I am faced with a new question. Should I continue investing in the Sony line, or should I go…
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