Archive for the ‘Book Review’ Category

Third Places

I’ve seen two mentions this morning of the idea of “the Third Place” — a place that isn’t work, and isn’t home. It can be the coffee shop with WiFi where you actually get your work done, the bookstore or library where you love to spend time, or the cafe where you love to meet [...]

June 29, 2010 · Bob · No Comments
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Personal Energy

My friend Tom is an expert in training, personal coaching, and stuff like that. Sorry I can’t quite describe a job title for him — he’s an eclectic thinker who has always been a big help to me. We worked together about 8 years ago, and we’ve kept in touch periodically since then. Anyway, Tom [...]

June 25, 2010 · Bob · 2 Comments
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Rootlessness

A few posts ago I wrote about Richard Florida’s recent book, the Great Reset. Really interesting book. In that post, I played devil’s advocate and questioned the desirability of the the kind of transient lifestyle that Florida seems to advocate for “creatives”. Well, maybe he doesn’t really advocate transient lifestyles, but he does advocate a very [...]

June 7, 2010 · Bob · No Comments
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Book Comments: the Great Reset

I just finished reading Richard Florida’s latest book,  The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity. In this book, Florida argues that our current economic upheaval is more than simply a recession. Rather, he says it is is a major change-point in our economic/social systems, which will result in new [...]

May 27, 2010 · Bob · One Comment
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