Author: David Allen
Genre: Self-Help
Date Finished: December 2008
I found this book very helpful. I did not attempt to adopt the whole system all at once, as that seems like it would have been pretty overwhelming. Instead I started with just an Inbox. I suspect in time, when I'm use to that, I may come back to this book to fine tune it.
Learning to Climb Indoors
Author: Eric J. Horst (That is Horst with double dots over the o.)
Genre: Non-Fiction (Climbing)
Date Finished: December 2008
This was a really useful book. A thorough introduction to the basics of climbing, techniques as well as safety.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Climbing)
Date Finished: December 2008
This was a really useful book. A thorough introduction to the basics of climbing, techniques as well as safety.
Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance
Author: Julia Cameron
Genre: Self-Help
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
This is the author of The Artist's Way, which I thought was an outstanding book. However, this book seems to be a rehash of material from The Artist's Way.
Genre: Self-Help
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
This is the author of The Artist's Way, which I thought was an outstanding book. However, this book seems to be a rehash of material from The Artist's Way.
Mindset
Author: Carol S. Dweck, PhD
Genre: Self Help
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
The author makes the case that we can have a fixed-mindset or a growth-mind set. What we choose as our mindset determines how we deal with opposition, and with success. That's in the first few pages. The rest of the book seems to be stories about fixed-mindset and growth-mindset individuals.
Genre: Self Help
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
The author makes the case that we can have a fixed-mindset or a growth-mind set. What we choose as our mindset determines how we deal with opposition, and with success. That's in the first few pages. The rest of the book seems to be stories about fixed-mindset and growth-mindset individuals.
How to Avoid Making Art (or Anything Else You Enjoy)
Author: Julia Cameron
Genre: Self-Help
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
Written by the author of The Artist's Way, this is a series of one page drawings illustrating the things to do if you want to fail as an artist, though the thoughts are generally applicable to many areas of life.
Genre: Self-Help
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
Written by the author of The Artist's Way, this is a series of one page drawings illustrating the things to do if you want to fail as an artist, though the thoughts are generally applicable to many areas of life.
Language Logic
Author: Robyn Mathhew
Genre: Non-Fiction - Language Learning
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
This is suppose to be a book about the process of meta-language learning. About about learning languages. However it doesn't seem to be very profound. The author seems to feel that since she was able to learn to speak French after a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree as well as almost 2 years in France, she has stumbled on the secrets to learning languages. Try How to Learn Any Language for more concrete useful tips.
The best thing about this book is the way she gives encouragement to language learners. Speak, allow yourself to make mistakes, and don't believe the myth that adults can't learn to speak another language.
Genre: Non-Fiction - Language Learning
Date Finished: Dec 7, 2008
This is suppose to be a book about the process of meta-language learning. About about learning languages. However it doesn't seem to be very profound. The author seems to feel that since she was able to learn to speak French after a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree as well as almost 2 years in France, she has stumbled on the secrets to learning languages. Try How to Learn Any Language for more concrete useful tips.
The best thing about this book is the way she gives encouragement to language learners. Speak, allow yourself to make mistakes, and don't believe the myth that adults can't learn to speak another language.
Italian Lessons
Author: Peter Pezzelli
Genre: Fiction - Travel
Date Finished: Dec 6, 2008
A fairly light read, this is the story of Carter Quinn who meets an Italian girl one evening and decides he must travel to Italy to see her again. So he spends the summer after his university graduation working in construction and studying Italian with a university music professor who originally comes from Italy.
Genre: Fiction - Travel
Date Finished: Dec 6, 2008
A fairly light read, this is the story of Carter Quinn who meets an Italian girl one evening and decides he must travel to Italy to see her again. So he spends the summer after his university graduation working in construction and studying Italian with a university music professor who originally comes from Italy.
Pragmatic Thinking & Learning
Author: Andy Hunt
Genre: Non-fiction
Date Finished:
I haven't even finished this book yet, but thought I'd write something. This is a fascinating book about how we think and learn, and how we can work to differently think and learn. Along the lines of The Artist's Way, or Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
This book is specifically targeted at software programmers, and many of the metaphors will only make sense to a programmer. For example, at one point the author talks about how the R-mode of the brain background processes through memories to find matching situations, and he compares the process to a SQL database table scan of a table with really long rows.
Genre: Non-fiction
Date Finished:
I haven't even finished this book yet, but thought I'd write something. This is a fascinating book about how we think and learn, and how we can work to differently think and learn. Along the lines of The Artist's Way, or Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
This book is specifically targeted at software programmers, and many of the metaphors will only make sense to a programmer. For example, at one point the author talks about how the R-mode of the brain background processes through memories to find matching situations, and he compares the process to a SQL database table scan of a table with really long rows.
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