This morning every topic I’ve thought of writing about has felt more suitable for the other blogs, ie very librariany. And when I think about why I might be out of ideas for blogging this morning, it occurs to me that I wrote three posts over the weekend, so it’s hardly surprising.
With all this blogging I haven’t been reading much in terms of books, either. Although, when I look at the pile of books I’m slowly going through at the moment, there seems to be a recurring theme:
Naked Conversations: How blogs are changing the way businesses talk with customers, Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. I haven’t written my thoughts on this book yet, but see this review (“Cluetrainian school of thought”, indeed!). Or this one.
A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms, Will Richardson
Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business and culture, David Klein and Dan Burstein (mentioned this one before).
我女朋å‹æ˜¯æ€æ‰‹ Wo nu pengyou shi sha shou ‘My girlfriend is a killer’ by 宋盈如 Song Yingru (I don’t know much about this book or its author, but how can I resist a book with 剑…剑…剑 ï¼æ€… æ€…æ€…ï¼ (sword… sword… sword…! kill… kill… kill…!) on its cover?
Earthfasts, William Mayne
Blok, Putu Wijaya. Collection of short stories. (hmm, English wikipedia article only a stub. Might have to add to it.)
Listening to: REM, It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine). Locking in, uniforming, book burning, blood letting…