Summer has come and gone, but it didn’t leave without a few good reads. I’d just like to share some books; you might find them a worthy consolation for the departed sun. * **[Zoo City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_City) by Lauren Beukes.** Picked up this South African sci-fi/crime noir…
This is a short post, but just wanted to share a few good reads picked up this summer and why I’m enjoying them on the Kindle. # Why the Kindle rocks The Kindle, which I’ve been using heavily since January, has definitely help speed up…
>Clay Shirky suggests that there’s **no such thing as information overload, only filter failure.** This is a very modern response to an older question. Futurist Alvin Toffler warned us about information overload, popularizing the phrase. It’s an extension of the idea of sensory overload, the…
>Reading a book should be a conversation between you and the author. Presumably he knows more about the subject than you do; if not, you probably should not be bothering with his book. **But understanding is a two-way operation;** the learner has to question himself…
In the 1980s the Internal Revenue Service underwent a controversial rebirthing. Turning away from its paper-laden, human-eye examiners, it looked to become a more automated, “noncompliance-seeking” (read: for-profit) outfit. The process, termed “the Initiative”, serves as the backdrop of Dave Foster Wallace’s self-described nonfictional memoir,…