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This is a bit of a marathon read. The author does a good job of putting the many accomplishments of Steve Jobs to light. For people like myself who have witnessed the entire life of Apple’s products, this book provided many subtle insights into their creation. Steve Jobs and Apple computer could not have come [...] I have been reading the book “Children’s Thinking” by David Bjorklund for the last 4 weeks. Today I read the chapter (9) on language. Several thoughts came to mind as I read this. 1) One distinction in language is Adult-Directed (AD) versus Infant-Directed (ID). It turns out that speakers of English have lot’s of difference [...] This book really deserved two reviews, a two star rating for the first 130 pages, and a four star rating for the remaining 90 pages. The first part of the book outlines the early work on computing in the US, UK, and Germany. This book makes a very good case for the notion that John [...] This is a short book about the science of earthquakes and volcanoes. One interesting fact the book brings forth is that the earth will cool (no heat from the interior) in about 500 million years. This implies that there will be no earthquakes or volcanoes after that time, and thus the earth’s features will begin [...] Finally finished reading this book. This book describes the history of Avante-Garde music in San Francisco. The cast of characters include Ramon Sender, Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Terry Riley, Lucianio Berio, John Cage, Stewart Brand (of the “Whole Earth Catalog” and the Long Now Foundation), Don Buchla (Synthesizer pioneer), Ken Kesey (and the Trip Festivals), [...] |
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