So young but so deep is Justin Bieber. How can you miss his very own book that is “stunningly designed and jam packed full of exclusive unseen photos of Justin on and off stage, plus private captured moments.”
Private captured moments – true Beliebers cannot deny the pull of First Step 2 Forever
Want to know what was happening at McKinley High before New Directions took the stage? Read Glee: The Beginning to find out.
Get a free cup of coffee at Seattle’s Best locations inside of Borders by installing Border’s eReader app. For a limited time.
Silly me for not reading closely the definition of “iPod” for Hawaii State Library’s Overdrive audio book system. My hold on Rework
You see, even though Rework displays this compatibility chart, you have to read it correctly.
Yes, I understand this audio book is NOT Mac compatible, but it does appear to play on an iPod. What you have to decipher is that this audio book will play on an iPod tied to a Windows PC. This particular audio book is protected with Windows WMA DRM which is not Mac compatible. So hoping to hear Rework on my iPod while driving to work isn’t possible. Bummed and bamboozled.
Walking through Borders at Windward Mall (you know, the mall that cares), I saw a new book by Seth Godin called Linchpin. Here’s a snippet from a review of Linchpin:
We need linchpins to solve our problems, keep us connected, and inspire us with art. People who are linchpins are creative, good at connecting with others, and able to see solutions like no one else. They truly are indispensable.
I was immediately sold but… I didn’t want to pay full price for these words of wisdom. Go figure. So I did some price checking on Linchpin, and here’s what I found.
Hmmm, listening to audiobooks is convenient during the drives to and from work. The Hawaii public library system actually does have one copy of the book and audiobook (yes, only a single copy and you can’t borrow the electronic audiobook until it’s been “returned”), but there is a waiting list of five. The discounted book cost at Amazon is reasonable, but that eBook format is intriguing. I’ve never tried that medium before. So of course, my rationale is to buy an iPad in order to read Linchpin at the median cost of $13.
Makes sense right? Work with me people.
Ooh, the next “chapter” of the Groundswell will be coming out in 2010, and I’m adding “Harnessing the Groundswell: Drive Your Business With Empowered Employees and Customers” to my book list. Here’s their short description:
Who are these empowered people? They’re employees using simple technologies to solve business problems — but in ways management hasn’t sanctioned. They’re customers, armed with a sea of ambient information and friend connections, who redefine your brand. Either way, empowered individuals are a problem for locked-down and unprepared managers stuck on control. “Harnessing the Groundswell” explains how to enable, select, scale, and socialize this energy — that is, how to embrace empowered individuals and use them to drive your business forward.
Sound familiar to anyone?
After you’re done reading Catching Fire, how about reading plain, ole “Fire.” Releases October 5, 2009 on Amazon.
After seeing this collection of social media books on display at a bookstore, I realized I haven’t read a “techie” book for a while.
It’s time to get my social media read on, so I’m looking through these selections.
Need help with all them fancy schmancy coffee drink names? Don’t know an Americano from a flat white from a macchiato? Then keep this illustrated guide of coffee drinks handy.
But just don’t go up to a Starbucks counter and clumsily say you’d like a mock-e-ah-toe. Say macchiato like you mean it!
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Edwina and Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie in the house!
Read about Edwina, the chocolate-chip cookie making dinosaur, and Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie who wants to convince everyone that dinosaurs are extinct. Fun for the whole family. Go get Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct.
If you and your coworkers have some free time today and need a topic of provocative discussion, here is a potential subject to discuss – The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves.
Chuck D of Public Enemy says this of the book:
Now in the time where corporations have extracted the economic DNA of American hip-hop to fuel their bottom line with the lowest common denominator, Halifu Osumare’s reach into the global importance of the genre is a much needed cultural reclamation. With the power of rap music as a new world language, hip-hop’s style and substance is an explosive supplement to the new millennium that is currently lacking knowledge on world cultural and social history, as well as geography.
Go ahead, discuss.
Ran across three local celebrities while in the Ward area today. While eating lunch at Kakaako Kitchen, saw KITV news dudes Dan Meisenzahl and Rob DeMello.
Then the highlight of the day must have been seeing No Ka Oi classmate, Clifford “Kalai” Miller at Borders. It was great to see the buffed up actor strutting his stuff around the store then walking past me without an acknowledgment. Must be he didn’t remember me since I was holding my daughter. 😉
Oh well. I did pick up the boo Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies so that I can figure out what the heck I’m doing here.
