+1 for reading list. It does look rather like a certain company with 2 circles in its name.
Amazon's been suggesting scrum books of late to me, before that it was hacking techniques. (move along, nothing to see here) On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Joseph Cooney <[email protected]>wrote: > Has anyone read 'the circle' yet by David Eggers...seems relevant. > > Amazon suggested it to me ;-) > On Dec 2, 2013 3:32 PM, "Greg Keogh" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm glad the subject of "1984" finally came up in the context of >> advertising. When I read Orwell's book in early high school it had a deep >> and lasting influence over me. Even since I have been very sensitive to >> propaganda, double-speak, weasel words and varieties of fallacious argument >> techniques; and the primary sources of these things are politics and >> advertising. So for me: >> >> Assert.IsTrue(advertising == propaganda); >> >> Encrypted advertising?! Now there's a challenging idea. Ignorance is >> strength. >> >> Greg K >> > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
