December 28, 2010What I Read in 2010Maybe you've noticed the "What I'm Reading" list on the right-hand column of the Andy Unedited homepage. Of those books I finished this year, by the numbers they represent fourteen novels, seventeen nonfiction books, eleven audio books, six books purchased, one given to me as a gift, seventeen from the library, one borrowed, five read for our neighborhood book club, four I blogged about and five published by InterVarsity Press (books I read off the clock after publication). Here's the full list for the year: Continue reading "What I Read in 2010"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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December 21, 2010When Smart People Say Stupid ThingsI'm always amazed when very intelligent people say very stupid things. But it's happened again. This time it's in The Grand Design, the latest book by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge for thirty years, a chair held by no less than Sir Isaac Newton, himself no slouch. Mlodinow has his own pedigree to be proud of. So what did they say? Continue reading "When Smart People Say Stupid Things"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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December 15, 2010Unpaid CriticsA friend, David Horton, once said, "Some get paid to be critics. Everyone else does it for free." We, like any organization or business, get our share of criticisms and complaints. How do we deal with it? Here are my guidelines. Continue reading "Unpaid Critics"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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December 7, 2010Google Editions Is HereWith almost as much delay and anticipation as the launch of Kindle, the Google e-bookstore opened its virtual doors yesterday. Posted by Andy Le Peau
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December 1, 2010Five-Year Plans Are RidiculousCan we possibly be serious about creating a five-year plan? In an era of breakneck changes in technology, cultural tastes, the economy and 24-hour news cycles, futurists look suspiciously like palm readers. Just some of the recent, and massive, changes in book publishing we are all familiar with include Continue reading "Five-Year Plans Are Ridiculous"Posted by Andy Le Peau
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