a couple of days ago i finished the book full house. i selected this book because it was at the top of the how to save the world reading list. (and the top of the short list too.) i'll probably write a couple more entries about this book, as there was a lot of good material. here is the overview ( Read more... )

the second book i read while traveling is called leonardo's laptop. the back cover asked with dubious breathlessness: "what kind of laptop would leonardo davinci design?" the author used this byline to discus a range of computer interface issues. like most authors writing about this topic, he takes interface developers to task for failing to ( Read more... )

while traveling, i finished a book called "urban tribes" which was tagged with the byline "are friends the new family?" it explored lifestyle changes wrought by the trend of people moving away from their parents, usually starting with college ( Read more... )