Daily Thoughts 7/5/2011
Today has been another quiet day. I read some more of On Strategy on the train to work. I also checked the displays, updated the Twitter account, and checked the book displays.
I also spent some time looking through Forecast from Baker and Taylor to look for new titles which we should purchase. The book Rule 34 by Charles Stross came in for me to read. I always have more to read than I can possibly read.
I started writing the bimonthly report today which is due on July 7. Things are very quiet.
We have our first Beginning Computer Class tonight in the computer lab. The instructor came by at one o'clock to check the lab to make sure everything was working.
I read some more of On Strategy on the way home. I finished the chapter called Building Your Company's Vision by James C. Collins and Jerry L. Porras. I rather liked the section in this chapter on BHAG's Big Hairy Audacious Goals. I also started reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A major theme in this book is how the world of bits represented by computers and entertainment is becoming increasingly more palatable than the world of atoms represented by overpopulated, messy cities. The concept of bits versus atoms is often talked about in terms of the digital economy.
Web Bits
The Rising Cost of At Home Tech
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/the-rising-cost-of-at-home-tech/241210/
I thought this was some interesting commentary on the cost of digital devices. They are not cheap and they do increase the divide between those who have them and those who don't.
Blogger and Picasa are Going to Be Rebranded by Google
http://mashable.com/2011/07/05/google-blogger-picasa-rebranding/
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