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Book Review: Wikinomics
Unfair as it is, to review a book like this and its predictions a few years after it is written, I do believe that the exercise does yield useful insights. Wikinomics by Don Tapscott, et al. is a well written and ambitious endeavor that attempts to cover a lot of ground in recent trends. They push Read more
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Book Review: Web 2.0 : A Strategy Guide
I guess it would be unfair ton critique a book on Web2.0 written in early 2007. However, it is an interesting exercise on looking at some predictions, some assumptions and some ideas just to figure out where they were right and where they failed. In all fairness to this book by Amy Shuen, it tries Read more
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A Korean View of New York,New Jersey
Introduction In the summer of 2009, a group from my Tae Kwon Do School in Boston and I decided to make a three day trip to New York City and some parts of New Jersey. The leader of of group was the delightful Korean head of of our school. The trip, as a result was Read more
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Audiobook Review: Black Wind
Clive Cussler’s novels are reminiscent of the Bond movies of old and seem to have all the necessary ingredients, adventure, super villains and heroes to save the day. The tall handsome hero, Dirk Pitt is Cussler’s own alter ego who shares with his creator,many commonalities like working for NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Association, Read more
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Movie Review: Casino Royale
Few fictional characters have gone through as many avatars as Ian Flemming’s creation, James Bond. In five decades, Bond has been unemotional rugged(Connery), one hit wonder(Lazenby), wisecracking philanderer(Moore), Shakespearean (Dalton), runway model(Brosnan) and finally, street fighter(Craig). Daniel Craig has indeed created a phenomenon with the street fighting, no nonsense Bond, a big contrast to the Read more
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Movie Review: House of Sand and Fog(2003)
The House of Sand and Fog, combines the acting talents of two Oscar winners, Jennifer Connelly(A Beautiful Mind) and Sir Ben Kingsley(Gandhi, Sexy Beast) with the directing talents of Vadim Perelman. Director: Vadim Perelman. Cast: Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly Available for free on Pluto It begs the question of who is right in their path Read more
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