Category Archives: Reviews

Review: What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson

By Jacob Allred | Published: November 19, 2009

I’ve had some bad luck with books lately. First, I finished What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson. Aside from the horrible writing style (oh wo is us! the after life for bad people is soooo horrible you just can’t even imagine. like seriously. its really really awful!), the doctrine it tries to teach is [...]

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Review: Designing Web Usability

By Jacob Allred | Published: October 14, 2009

Just gave up on Designing Web Usability. I mooched the book on the recommendation of dozens of smart people that stated this is the definitive usability guide for the web. Lies! This book was out-of-date when it was published. The guy rants for like 10 pages on the virtue of using blue colored links. Another [...]

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Review: Gun, with Occasional Music

By Jacob Allred | Published: October 14, 2009

Just finished Gun, with Occasional Music. This is one of those books that has some clever ideas, a somewhat interesting story line, but part way through goes in a radically different direction. Sometimes that is good. In this case, it was bad. It felt like the author backed himself into a corner and wasn’t sure [...]

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Review: The Judas Strain

By Jacob Allred | Published: September 29, 2009

Finished reading The Judas Strain by James Rollins. I get the feeling it is part of a series, but it was an okay read by itself. Just an okay read, you ask? Well, yes… The story line relied on overly dramatic sadist antagonists, bad science, and mysticism. Not exactly what I’m looking for in a [...]

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Review: The Ugly Truth About Small Business

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 18, 2009

Just finished The Ugly Truth About Small Business by Ruth King. I was deeply disappointed by this book. To sum up the entire book: Running a small business is hard so become a motivational speaker instead.

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