This Would Be Interesting

After recieving a right royal spanking in the recent election, UMNO was campaigning for a new leadership. The old guard in the form of Ku Li and the young pretender KJ was on tow for the younger generations. Sandwiched in the middle was the old regime in the form of Zahid Hamidi.

He was doing his rounds alright, appearing on TV and newspaper. As I was browsing at my local book store, I came across this book .... “Impactful Speeches: Winning Hearts and Minds”.

Wow! Suffice to say that I did not grab a copy. And I will leave it at that ....

Interesting Read

Last weekend, we went to a bookstore as the boys wanted to read books during the coming holidays. I thought the book that Idlan picked was rather interesting.

Maybe that was what it saw in me. I never knew ......

My Next Birthday Present

When I was out with Puan Anita in Monday, at the bookstore, she had found out what to buy for me for my next birthday. This book!

It should be amazing with great facts about the great lady to inspire a generation. And not to mention a great front cover ......

Reading Up

A bit sad, but I reckoned that I would have limited amount of time to explore Atlanta. And even if I had the time, the weather might not be kind, or I might be too tired to go out. In any case, it would be a good idea to read up more about Atlanta. And that was exactly what I did last night.

First, I needed to identify the shopping district as I planned to get that out of he way first thing. After that, try to identify a route for waking around town - which is safe to take with a camera. Maybe some nice cafe to visit.

There were a few suggestions but it may be more suitable during the summer months. A quick Google search showed that the weather won't be too cold. Around 13C. Nightfall would come a bit earlier though.

Well, more to read then .....

More on my Atlanta trip here.

Steve Jobs Done

After a weekend where I only managed a couple of chapters, I decided to cheat. I bought the audio version of the book from Audible and listen to it commuting to work. I then managed to finish the book within a couple of weeks. The whole audiobook was about 24 hours long from start to finish, over three chapters.

How did I find the book? To say that it was a real biography would be premature as Jobs is a private man and his life story were only told in tidbits. There was nothing to compare this book to and that made it difficult to just take all been written as fact. It was difficult to ascertain if the stories were narratives or told in the author's perspective. maybe in the next five or so years, we would learn a bit more. And this book would be a great reference to a more definitive read.

This was more a collection of anecdotes of the great man's life. There were many interesting stories in there, giving an interesting perspective to the enigma that was Steve Jobs. He was clearly not an easy man to cope with. A very difficult father and husband, but no doubt he is a legend. He transformed Apple into a tech leader. Twice.

There were also accusation in the online community about why Isaacson was picked as the writer in the first place? Was it because he is from the outside? Was it so that he would be able to see past the technical aspects of Apple creations and understood the flaws? Was he just merely a conduit to more Jobs propaganda? This just all add up to an interesting chemistry.

I would definitely recommend the book not just to all Apple fanboys or girls, but to anybody interested in tech. There were many to be learned about the tech industry here. How everybody were interconnected. And how much Jobs was an inspiration to the current crop of tech greats, as well as the old familiar faces like Bill Gates. They had a mutual respect to each other and it was great to read about how close they become towards the end.

Next read, Gary Neville autobiography. Unfortunately, there was no audiobook for that particular story.