'Must Reads.' What are you reading?

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Permalink Reply by Justin Atkins on April 19, 2007 at 6:53am

Operation Certain Death by Damien Lewis is by far one of the best books I've read in ages! It's a well researched story about Operation Barras, but known to the men on the ground as Operation Certain Death. It was a joint operation between the Paras, the SBS, the Navy and the RAF, but spearheaded by the SAS.

I know, I know in this day and age we don't need more violence, but this story is more about the bravery, humanity and inhumanity of the worlds forgoton wars taking place in Africa. If any of you enjoyed the movie Blood Diamond then this is a MUST READ!

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Permalink Reply by Kaitlyn Wilkins on April 19, 2007 at 2:37pm

Highlights of my blogroll include: AdRants, AdFreak, Where's My Jetpack, Make The Logo Bigger, Beyond Madison Avenue, BoingBoing, etc. I also like Jalopnik for automotive coverage, they have a totally sarcastic take on the world which I love.

For a great catalog of the top marketing blogs I go to Todd And's Power 150 and just click around - sure fire way to find some good stuff.

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Permalink Reply by dubya on July 24, 2007 at 12:58pm

well elke this was an ok blog but they haven't reallly been updating it. oh well.

http://web.mac.com/reelspit/iWeb/REEL%20SPIT/REEL%20SPIT/REEL%20SPI...

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Permalink Reply by TJ Bennett on July 24, 2007 at 1:27pm

if you like your books a little on the demented/twisted side, i recommend chuck palahniuk. he's one of my favorites, currently reading 'Survivor'. i also really like nick hornby.

as far as websites, i usually spend a lot of time on the industry blogs (like adrants). adscam.com is one of my favorites. george parker writes it and he's got a pretty scathing wit. theonion.com is always great. for some mindless consumerism, check out woot.com. they have a new deal posted every day (typically electronics, computer related stuff). i've already purchased a gps device and a vacuum from the site.

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Permalink Reply by Cori Donohoe on July 24, 2007 at 1:47pm

Definitely copyranter.

Also coolhunting, adrants, adfreak, ad-rag, room 116, marketing alternatif and now computerlove. If you haven't seen it, check out wefeelfine.org - never ceases to amaze me.

I subscribe to thrillist, daily candy, urban junkies, B3ta, the Friday thing and various other culture stuff that I never seem to have time to actually read.

Next book on my list is "Hey Nostradamus!" by Douglas Coupland, one of the few of his that I haven't read. He's an amazing writer. I'd recommend "After God" to anyone and everyone. In addition, have major literary crushes on Chuck Palahniuk, Isabel Allende, early Gabriel Garcia Marquez, early Milan Kundera and Neil Gaiman (just amazingly visual writing).

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Permalink Reply by Ron Tapia on July 24, 2007 at 5:19pm

Blogs/Web:
+ Neu Black (http://www.neublack.com/)
+ Fecal Face (http://www.fecalface.com)
+ Crooked Tongues (http://www.crookedtongues.com/)
+ The Onion (http://www.ifyoudon'tknowthisthanthereisaproblem.com/)
+ Vice (http://www.viceland.com/)
+ Slate (http://slate.com/)
+ Wooster Collective (http://www.woostercollective.com/)
+ HypeMachine (http://hypem.com/)
+ ThinkBox (http://www.thinkbox.tv)
(and the adblogs out there, including but not limited to Adrants, AdScam, AdFreak etc.)

Books that I would recommend that I'm reading or just finished:
+ Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
+ The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
+ Confessions of an Economic Hitman (def. a must read!)

PODCASTS:
+ KCRW's The Treatment & Morning Becomes Eclectic
+ This American Life
+ The Pete Tong Tongcast
+ NPR Fresh Air

Since I surf so much porn, this is really all I have time for. Enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Cori Donohoe on July 24, 2007 at 5:56pm

Just to clarify, computerlove (cpluv.com) is a connection site for creatives around the world. Not a hook-up site for people with a digital fetish. Then again, I've only been on it a few days. Hmm.

I believe Christophe, who is on here, started it.

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Permalink Reply by wendy palmer on July 24, 2007 at 6:59pm

I suggested - www.cynical-c.com blog. It's a great way to break up the day and look at things in perspective.

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Permalink Reply by Sherean on August 21, 2007 at 2:46pm

Good grief, I'm such a wonk, and with all the suggestions on here, I'm going to be even wonkier! But until I check out all of your all's must-reads, here's my current reading list:

Books: "The World is Flat" (halfway through); although it's about globalization, it's given me great perspective on the web that has helped shape my thinking about new media and marketing trends

Magazines: Dwell, Business 2.0, Fast Company, and the occasional news or fashion mag

Blogs and/or Newsletters:
http://www.mashable.com/
http://www.jaffejuice.com/
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ (not so much new media as just smart marketing)
http://blogs.mediapost.com/video_insider/
http://newteevee.com/
http://www.paidcontent.org/
http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/
http://www.springwise.com/newsletter/
http://www.marketingprofs.com (premium membership rocks)
http://www.mediapost.com (subscribe to several of their newsletters). Try Marketing Daily, Search Engine Insider
Ad Age Daily: http://adage.com/emailprefs
Ad Week IQ Interactive: http://www.adweek.com/aw/iq_interactive/index.jsp?JSESSIONID=mTnQGL...!1242852310

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Permalink Reply by Tim Keil on August 25, 2007 at 4:37am

"The long tail" and "The world is flat" for me are the 2 must-read business books which will affect business and culture in the next 10-15 years. And of course everything Jospeh Jaffe writes and talks about.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Van Cleaf on August 29, 2007 at 11:47am

Joe Trippi, The revolution will not be televised. Loved it.

Dale Carnegie, How to win friends and influence people . A great read for anyone, especially those who need to persuade others in an honest, authentic way.

Overheardinminneapolis.com. This site is hilarious, yet disturbs me and makes me worry about the vitality of the human race.

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Permalink Reply by Buddy 'Friendly' Wachenheimer on September 11, 2007 at 9:32am

‘BEATING THE SYSTEM: USING CREATIVITY TO OUTSMART BUREAUCRACIES’ co-authored by Professors Russell Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Books are AVAILABLE AT http://www.amazon.com/Beating-System-Creativity-Outsmart-Bureaucrac...

Their book is about doing whatever it takes, whatever is necessary, knowing that there is always a way to formulate the correct approach to protect yourself against or prevail over the unnecessary, red-tape-infested, narrow-minded, fear-driven, petty, self-interests of today’s politically- correct, inbred, wasteful corporate or governmental systems. The authors point out how these practices so often result in poor service, watered-down customer value, or customer abuse.

The message of the book can be summed up with one of my favorite principles, cited by one of the authors: "The only rule that can't be broken is this one."

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