Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Review - One Red Paperclip


Kyle Macdonald wrote the book One Red Paperclip: Or How An Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream With The Help Of A Simple Office Supply. I liked it quite a bit. It kept up a steady pace, and offered a good explanation of his grand story. Not simply a story of cheating the monetary value of items, it's very social in nature, and shows the journey of his trade experience, and not just the outcome. Yes, he got a house for a paper clip. How did he get there? It's very interesting to find out. I recommend it highly. Perhaps one of these days I'll have a good idea like that...

Time to throw it down the tubes.

Though this is not my first foray into the blagosphere, this is my personal attempt. The interblag has been a useful tool for exposition of my opinionated nature at work, but I think that it's about time that everyone is entitled to my personal opinions. If I have a thought or review or something, I'll toss it up on the blagoblag. I suspect as many people will read this as read my work blags, (id est, no one) but it never hurts to throw it up anyway. Unless of course you're throwing up blood.