Category Archives: Books & Reviews

Kirk v. Wolverine

Posted on May 10, 2009 by sinyaw

Star Trek Movie, 2009 Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hugh Jackman Don’t choose. Watch both, if you still have any doubt. Star Trek is nostalgic as well as formulaic. It rekindled my passion for this old TV series … Continue reading →

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Goddesses

Posted on April 19, 2009 by sinyaw

Goddesses Linda Nagata SciFi.com “As of Friday, June 15, 2007, SCI FICTION will no longer be availabe on SCIFI.COM. SCIFI.COM would like to thank all those who contributed and those who read the short stories over the past few years.” … Continue reading →

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The Original One

Posted on March 21, 2009 by sinyaw

Dracula Bram Stoker in 1897 Penguin Classic; 1REV edition (Feb 25 2003) ISBN: 0-14-143984-X Dracula Francis Ford Coppola, in 1992 Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins Vampire stories attract and haunt me. I did not see the movie in theater … Continue reading →

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10 Years of Java

Posted on February 28, 2009 by sinyaw

Hello World(s) — From Code to Culture: A 10 Year Celebration of Java Technology Sun Microsystems Inc. ISBN: 0-13-188867-6 Kid picked from my pile from weekend’s garage clean-up project and blogged about it. It jerked back so much memory, bitter … Continue reading →

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Insight and Strategy

Posted on February 25, 2009 by sinyaw

In the formative years of my managerial career, I ate books to facilate growth. It became a habit. Later, I would pick up books from airports or lists from New York Times or Wall Street Journal. For years, managerial books … Continue reading →

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On Writing

Posted on February 20, 2009 by sinyaw

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King ISBN-13: 978-0743455961 Publisher: Pocket (July 1, 2002) I was a big fan: Salem’s Lot, Cujo, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Tommy Knockers, Pet Sematary, The Shining. Then I stopped reading Stephen King. … Continue reading →

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Perpetual Rooster Coop

Posted on January 30, 2009 by sinyaw

The White Tiger Aravind Adiga Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group October 2008 ISBN-13: 9781416562603 A handful of men in this country have trained the remaining 99.9 percent to exist in perpetual servitude. The winner of 2009 Man Booker Prize, … Continue reading →

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Outliers

Posted on January 12, 2009 by sinyaw

Outliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company (November 18, 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0316017923 When I grew up, elders told stories of famous and successful people in the history. Quickly, we learned the pattern: this calligrapher filled the … Continue reading →

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Life on a Young Planet

Posted on January 5, 2009 by sinyaw

Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth Andrew H. Knoll ISBN13: 978-0-691-12029-4 Princeton University Press (March 17, 2003) Joe Kirschvink, of CalTech, conjectured that Earth was once a snowball. When glaciers crept below … Continue reading →

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Doing Presentations

Posted on December 29, 2008 by sinyaw

slide:ologyThe Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations Nancy Duarte ISBN: 9780596522346 O’Reilly Media, Inc. August 12, 2008 Completely reasonable for a graphic design company to publish a book on slide design or presentation style. The principles are completely dead-on: … Continue reading →

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