On the bookshelves of the digerati
JOSH WAITZKIN international master in chess.
Tao Te Ching, translation by Gia-Fu Feng. "The version people usually read is by Stephen Mitchell, which is oversimplified. It's like a cheap novel. With Feng, you feel a very powerful grounding. American thought tends to be very mathematical. There seems to be an immediate need for an answer. I'm a person who believes very powerfully in the question as opposed to the answer. I've meditated for many years. I find that it opens a door toward growth in my study of chess."
ANTHONY T. LAUDICO CEO, Muze Inc.
Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, by John Edward Hasse. "This book covers Duke Ellington's 50-year career. Ellington's a man who was able to follow his vision. I get inspiration from that in terms of how I want to run my life and my business. I was at Microsoft for about eight years and decided I wanted to follow something I was passionate about - music. I remember reading this book and saying, 'This is what I want to do with my life.'"
SAGE WEIL Webring director, Starseed Inc.
Jitterbug Perfume, by Tom Robbins. "It's about this perfume, but it's not really about that. One of the characters, Pan, is the equivalent of Satan in the Christian religions. He's a goat with horns and he smells really bad, so they make this perfume to hide his smell. Meanwhile, three other characters progress in parallel. All three are perfume people looking for this scent. I don't know if I like Robbins's philosophical insight, but his style and humor are really fun."
SANDRA KURTZIG investor, author of CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up.
Buffettology, by Mary Buffett with David Clark; The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies of the World's Greatest Investor, by Robert G. Hagstrom Jr.; Warren Buffett Speaks, by Janet C. Lowe. "I love to get my teeth into some particular problem and then research it thoroughly. I've been doing a lot of personal investing, and so I have soaked up everything to do with my hero Warren Buffett."
STREET CRED
Old-School Tool
Inside the Microsoft File
Sharper By Far
Plug-in Pickup
World of Risks
Finstervision
Geekspeak for the Masses
Fit for Your Ears
Brandon's World
Classic at Heart
Jargon Watch
Phone Home Page
The Mix Is in the Stick
Commercial Focus
ReadMe
When Your Computer Gets a Brain
Automanipulation
Generation X: Ready to Rule
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