Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A very insightful read. There are times where I wish more evidence was given, but for a pop-science book I really found some insights into the brain and creativity.
Book Review: Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
“They're only crayons. You didn't fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?”
Hugh MacLeodBook Review: The Terror by Dan Simmons
Just finished up The Terror by Dan Simmons. Part high seas (sorta) adventure novel based on the very real John Franklin mission to find the Northwest passage and part native people myth crossed into a huge work.
I listened to this on and off for almost 2 months. There are times, closer to the start, where the pacing is odd. There are times where the chronology is pushed around and without the ability to flip pages back and forth it got a little bogged down. Towards the end, the pacing really gets going and you are invested in the characters. I was sorry when two of them went and joyful when another did.
Dan Simmons is known for his big books, and this is no exception. Runs about 800 pages in a hardback. John Lee, the narrator, is amazing. He also narrated Simmons’s Drood
Reducing noise at work
Working hard to reduce my “noise” at work. I have turned off my notifiers for email and other “software” so that I can focus on work and get things done. I have also started blocking out time as “busy” for the actual work to get done to avoid having things like meetings in the middle of things.
I have to now shift to managing expectations. There is a culture that email is urgent and now and I have to get those who write them to realize that I am not treating it that way. I also have to be some what compassionate to their needs of at least informing them of this shift.
Here’s to finding Zen at the workplace!
