Taking It Easy

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by Chris Matney in Book Publishing, Front Page Posts

The weekend is finally here. It has been a productive week, and I promised Kimberly that I wouldn’t spend every waking moment fretting about the business.

And, I found a column (albeit a month old) by Michael Arrington on Techcrunch, one of my favorite daily sites, which makes me smile on a Friday afternoon. The column is entitled “Grok This: Forget the Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke Your Imagination”. The article purports that great businesses are fueled by innovation that doesn’t come from reading textbooks, and the author recommends reading some of the classics of early sci-fi. I couldn’t agree more. Maybe this is a good start to a summer reading list. There was even a book on the list that I haven’t read, The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (1984). Anyone out there read it? Have a favorite? Let me know.

I’m also wondering about the daily sites that you visit. I make my early morning rounds to Wired, TechCrunch, and John Scalzi’s Whatever – in addition to my addiction with on-line new sources like the NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Let me know where you go with that first cup of coffee in the morning.