You Have Killed Me by Jaime S. Rich and Joelle Jones
Graphic Novel set in the 1930s-era. Gumshoe Antonio Mercer finds himself unable to resist rich red head girl named Jennie when she comes to him to find her missing sister, Julie, who disappeared from a locked hotel room bathroom they shared. To further complicate matters the missing dame is his ex-lover - Mercer is actually a rich boy slumming it.
In the search to find Julie, Mercer faces down a number of tough guys, running the gamut from cops, both honest and bent, to gamblers, mob bosses and even short-tempered and knife-wielding musicians, while following the gal's trail, but nothing is ever as it seems.
I enjoyed the illustrations by Jones but found the storyline rather convoluted and hard to follow and especially hard to figure how the "twist" at the end. Plus it really should have been called "I Killed You!" but that's just my opinion. So I was thankful I had just borrowed it from the library versus actually buying it.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
A Whole New Mind: Why right-brainers will rule the future by Daniel H. Pink
The beings with the author, Daniel Pink, going in for brain scan and explaining how it was able to detect which side responded to stimuli. He then gives a pretty good overview of how the left and right brain sides work independently but more importantly how each side has to work together.
He then discusses what major problems the United States and other Western countries are facing: Abundance, Asia, and Automation. Most people, including intellectuals and high government officials are in the coma state of not sensing the lethal effects of offshore outsourcing of high-tech jobs and R&D to the fundamental well being of U.S. and other Western countries, nor the consequence of automating white collar jobs by the ever more powerful computer hardware and software. While I had heard about outsourcing and of course very aware of automation I had not even thought about Abundance.
Part 2 of the book discusses the theory of the "six senses" that one could harvest to build a whole new mind. In Pink's worldview, Design is an asset above function. Story is an asset above argument. Symphony is an asset above focus. Empathy is an asset above logic. Play is an asset above seriousness, and Meaning is an asset above accumulation. After an extensive essay about each of these six components, Pink includes a "portfolio" of exercises (further reading, tools, and websites) which I found really fascinating.
I listened to this book on CD read by Daniel Pink and first I wasn't sure if I would even enjoy it as he was a bit stiff. But soon I became intrigued by his concepts and just couldn't stop listening or thinking about what I was hearing. I also had a hard copy which I started following along with while I was listening.
Interestingly enough the Medical Library Association has chosen this book as the common book to read before the MLA annual conference in May in which Daniel Pink will be the keynote speaker. So Becky and I suggested it for our bookclub at work. It will be interesting to get others perspectives on it as reading some of the reviews it is definitely one either people love or hate. I guess I fall under the category of loved it.
The beings with the author, Daniel Pink, going in for brain scan and explaining how it was able to detect which side responded to stimuli. He then gives a pretty good overview of how the left and right brain sides work independently but more importantly how each side has to work together.
He then discusses what major problems the United States and other Western countries are facing: Abundance, Asia, and Automation. Most people, including intellectuals and high government officials are in the coma state of not sensing the lethal effects of offshore outsourcing of high-tech jobs and R&D to the fundamental well being of U.S. and other Western countries, nor the consequence of automating white collar jobs by the ever more powerful computer hardware and software. While I had heard about outsourcing and of course very aware of automation I had not even thought about Abundance.
Part 2 of the book discusses the theory of the "six senses" that one could harvest to build a whole new mind. In Pink's worldview, Design is an asset above function. Story is an asset above argument. Symphony is an asset above focus. Empathy is an asset above logic. Play is an asset above seriousness, and Meaning is an asset above accumulation. After an extensive essay about each of these six components, Pink includes a "portfolio" of exercises (further reading, tools, and websites) which I found really fascinating.
I listened to this book on CD read by Daniel Pink and first I wasn't sure if I would even enjoy it as he was a bit stiff. But soon I became intrigued by his concepts and just couldn't stop listening or thinking about what I was hearing. I also had a hard copy which I started following along with while I was listening.
Interestingly enough the Medical Library Association has chosen this book as the common book to read before the MLA annual conference in May in which Daniel Pink will be the keynote speaker. So Becky and I suggested it for our bookclub at work. It will be interesting to get others perspectives on it as reading some of the reviews it is definitely one either people love or hate. I guess I fall under the category of loved it.
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