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The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War. By Robert Bevan. Reaktion Books.
January 21, 2007 – 2:52 pm | Comments Off
The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War. By Robert Bevan. Reaktion Books.

In The Destruction of Memory, Robert Bevan examines the effects of conflict on architecture over the last century. His global survey — the first ever of its kind — includes World War II area bombing, …

New Media Poetics: Contexts, Technotexts, and Theories. By Adalaide Morris and Thomas Swiss, eds. MIT Press.
January 21, 2007 – 12:54 pm | Comments Off
New Media Poetics: Contexts, Technotexts, and Theories. By Adalaide Morris and Thomas Swiss, eds. MIT Press.

New media poetry — poetry composed, disseminated, and read on computers — exists in various configurations, from electronic documents that can be navigated and/or rearranged by their “users” to kinetic, virtual, and sound materials through …

The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft. By Anne Friedberg. MIT Press.
January 21, 2007 – 12:52 pm | Comments Off
The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft. By Anne Friedberg. MIT Press.

As we spend more and more of our time staring at the screens of movies, televisions, computers, and handheld devices — “windows” full of moving images, texts and icons — how the world is framed …

Future Inc: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What’s NEXT. By Eric Garland. AMACOM.
January 20, 2007 – 6:38 am | Comments Off
Future Inc: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What’s NEXT. By Eric Garland. AMACOM.

Every year, companies spend millions of dollars to “future-proof” their businesses. Those that have the ability to analyze and understand how impending changes in the economy, politics, and society will affect their business have managed …

Know-How: The Eight Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t. By Ram Charan. Crown Business.
January 20, 2007 – 6:31 am | Comments Off
Know-How: The Eight Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t. By Ram Charan. Crown Business.

For well over four decades, Ram Charan has been learning in the most visceral way the underlying reasons why leaders succeed and fail. As one of the most influential advisers to top management teams of …

Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company’s Future. By Patricia B. Seybold. HarperCollins.
January 19, 2007 – 7:00 pm | Comments Off
Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company’s Future. By Patricia B. Seybold. HarperCollins.

The ability to innovate is what keeps your organization at the top of its field. The faster and better you innovate the more likely you are to remain in the lead and to set the …

Small is the New Big and 123 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas. By Seth Godin. Portfolio.
January 19, 2007 – 5:59 pm | Comments Off
Small is the New Big and 123 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas. By Seth Godin. Portfolio.

Seth Godin, one of today’s most influential business thinkers, writes bestselling books like Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars. And in between those annual books he delivers a daily stream of ideas on one …

Getting Your Way Every Day: Mastering the Art of Pure Persuasion. By Alan Axelrod. AMACOM.
January 19, 2007 – 5:54 pm | Comments Off
Getting Your Way Every Day: Mastering the Art of Pure Persuasion. By Alan Axelrod. AMACOM.

Very little in this world gets done without persuading someone to do something. Communicating with bosses and co-workers; haggling with a salesperson over the price of a car; getting a friend or loved one to …