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  • Book: A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite

    Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 18:21 in books, book

    A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite My rating: 4 of 5 stars Walter Cronkite reports many of the salient details from his life, from childhood, his marriage, to his career in newspapers and television. Chock full of memories recounted in sharp ...

  • Book: Don’t Make Me Think

    Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 20:34 in books, book, book review, usability

    Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThis is my absolute favorite book on designing websites with the user in mind. Far too often websites are designed from the perspect...

  • Book: Road Player–The Danny Diliberto Story

    Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 20:27 in books, book, book review, pool, hustler, danny diliberto

    Road Player by Jerry Forsyth My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Boy, this book gets right to it. Danny Diliberto is a gambler and a pool hustler whose sensational stories fill each of the 231 pages of this volume. Adhering somewhat to chronology, ...

  • Running the Table

    Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 12:58 in books, book, book review, pool, hustler, kid delicious

    Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler by L. Jon Wertheim My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI have had the good fortune to meet Danny Basavich at the Ocean State 9-Ball Championship in Providence, RI ab...