Book Reviews
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Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels – Part I
Having delved deeply into several aspects of Film Noir, I feel I am in a much better place to review Frank Miller’s graphic novels. The obvious question here is: What do a set of comic books have to do with Film Noir? Frank Miller, along with Alan Moore and a handful of other authors, has Read more
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Dolores Claiborne: Audiobook vs Movie
One aspect of making movies from a book that fascinates me is how it is adapted. How does a director, who probably works with a screenwriter and an editor, make decisions on what to keep, what to change, and what to leave out in the plot? Among the characters, does she preserve all the ones Read more
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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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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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Book Review: Blue Ocean Strategy
This classic by Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne is one of the best business books of our time. The authors classify Corporate competition into two segments, Red Ocean where firms compete for market share and Blue Oceans where one firm grabs the helm and makes the rest of the completion irrelevant. Kindle Audible Hardcover The Read more
Bay Area Bloke 