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		<title>Einstein&#8217;s Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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I wanted to get an early start on my reading goal of 24 book this year and didn&#8217;t feel like doing much of anything on New Year&#8217;s day so I burned through this compilation of (very) short stories about time. Einstein&#8217;s Dreams is essentially a series of though exercises on how our reality would change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books: Back of the Napkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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I have had The Back of the Napkin for awhile and even tried to read it a couple of times, but for some reason I had trouble really getting into it. I found this to be a little odd since the topic of &#8220;Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures&#8221; is essentially what I do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books: Symmetry- A Journey into the Patterns of Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I picked this up at a used book store in Hood River, OR as I had just finished Making Ideas Happen and wanted something a little different. While Symmetry: A Journey into the Patterns of Nature presents itself as the authors struggle to define an abstract corner of math that deals with symmetries in 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books: ReWork</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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In ReWork the founders of 37 signals discuss the problems with the work place status quo and how new entrepreneurs can avoid these traps and create a successful business in the modern day. Most of their lessons are in the form of their experiences starting and building 37 signals.
It’s a pretty interesting look at how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read More Resolution: Crush It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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I picked up Crush It! on a recommendation from my friend Jonny Arkin and the fact that I had followed the exploits of the author Gary Vay-ner-chuk over the last couple of years. Gary&#8217;s back story is that he took his father&#8217;s business, &#8220;Shopper’s Discount Liquors&#8221;, from a $4,000,000 a year business to $20,000,000 through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read More Resolution: Information Design Handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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I though it was about time I get to some professional education reading and decided to finish a book I had started last year but could never quite complete (yes it still counts towards the total). As a designer communication is probably the most important skill you can have. I have always been a fan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read More Resolution 1 of 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book: Ender&#8217;s Game
Fiction

First things first. About 80% of the books I read are non-fiction. I rarely pick up a &#8220;Story&#8221; unless recommended to me. I figured since I am trying to read 24 books this year it would be good to switch up my professional development reading with some fiction.
This was a suggestion from one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read More Resolution: The Dip</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dip

As part my continuing 2010 goal of reading 24 books this year I picked up Seth Godin&#8217;s The Dip. I actually bought it about a year ago with a bunch of other impulse book purchases and just never got around to reading it. But since I had slacked since burning through Ender&#8217;s Game I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolution: Read More</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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As part of my master plan for 2010 I made a challenge to myself to read 24 books this year. I figure two books a month isn&#8217;t incredibly taxing yet high enough to ensure I can&#8217;t slack for days at a time. So why am I telling you? Well, they say if you want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat World, Free Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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The book that put global outsourcing in context is now available as a free audio book. From now until August 4th, you can download Thoms Friedman&#8217;s book The World Is Flat and receive an exclusive audio preview excerpt of his new book Hot, Flat, and Crowded.
Just go to this link and sign up.  You will [...]]]></description>
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