Archive for 'books' Category

Time Management: The Best of GTD and DIT

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 8, 2008

Whakate.com has a great article comparing David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) and Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow (DIT), probably the two most popular time management systems around today. Buy Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow book. Buy David Allen’s Getting Things Done book. The author describes the core features of each methodology, compares the two [...]

Googling Security, by Greg Conti

By Surferbill - Last updated: Sunday, December 7, 2008

This sounds like a good book: Googling Security, by Greg Conti. “When you use Google’s “free” services, you pay, big time–with personal information about yourself. Google is making a fortune on what it knows about you… and you may be shocked by just how much Google does know. Googling Security is the first book to [...]

Jim Dale reads Harry Potter

By Surferbill - Last updated: Saturday, November 8, 2008

Jim Dale reads Harry Potter at Barnes & Noble.

How To Kill Your Husband

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, December 21, 2007

My wife’s reading a book called How To Kill Your Husband – should I be worried???

Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, November 19, 2007

Amazon is looking to bring reading to the next level, with the Kindle. It’s a “wireless reading device”, capable of downloading fresh content from the web using EVDO push technology. You don’t need a computer, there’s no syncing up data, and the battery is replaceable. It’s black and white, but then so are most books [...]

Recommended Reading – Stealing The Network

By Surferbill - Last updated: Sunday, September 16, 2007

I’ve finished reading the Stealing The Network series of books, and I must say they are really rather good! If you’re after a high-tech, highly detailed, fictional yet realistic read then take a look at these. Stealing the Network: How To Own The BoxStealing the Network: How To Own A ContinentStealing the Network: How To [...]

A funny thing happened on the way to the cockpit

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, March 29, 2007

I’m currently reading Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones and highly recommend it. The missus picked it up after watching Hotel Babylon on DVD (though you can also read the book). Rather than have me waffle on, read this excellent review from The Guardian and see if it’s something you’d like too.