Mar 1, 2009 Posted by booktiger

Now Is Gone – Geoff Livingstone

There are a lot of books about social media appearing in the market at the moment. Some of them bring new ideas and revelations, while others simply rehash the same information. In both cases, however, the biggest problem with writing about the current internet phenomenon is it is moving and changing faster than the books can be written and published. As such, aside from a couple of seminal books on the... read more

Nov 4, 2008 Posted by booktiger

My Brain, My Future – Michael Durr

I was asked to review this book by the author, and received it in the post several months ago now. I started it almost straight away, but with other books pressing including my reading group books, I put it down for a while. I have since finished it, and have been considering my review for a little while now. The basic premise of the book is that in order for the readers (in this case, members of the... read more

Mar 13, 2008 Posted by Nancy Williams

Get Into Bed With Google – Jon Smith

This is less a complete book and more a ‘pithy little reader’. It offers no verbosity – just 52 simple rules to remember for optimising websites for the ubiquitous Google. It is a difficult book to ‘review’ so probably just an overview and an impression will do it justice. From a ‘how-to’ point of view (which is essentially the genre it fits within) it does... read more