Friday Five: What I Read in the Week that Was

March 5th, 2010

Usually I have a hard time whittling down my weekly reading list to just five.  This week I didn’t have a problem.  Not because there weren’t tons of great articles out there, but because I haven’t had a chance to read as much.  Here are about the only five articles I read this week (although they are all excellent 🙂 ):

Credit: Nobara Hayakawa (Flickr: nobara)
  • Consequential Strangers: A review of a book that looks at why the people we take for granted like our car mechanic, the bakery clerk and the fellow dog-walkers at the park, are actually more important people in our lives than we may imagine.
  • Bill Gates Is Wrong As Usual: To Mac addicts like me, this title may not be shocking, but the reason just may be.  This post looks at why Gates’ recent TED presentation was wrong-headed and potentially dangerous to the climate change movement.
  • The 10% Solution: The post links to one of the best articles I’ve read on urban strategy in a long while.  It is a great reminder at how seemingly modest goals can have transformative impacts. I will be following up on this concept and how it applies to Phoenix in the near future

This is day 24 in my 28 Day Blogging Challenge. 4 days to go.