book reviews
Reviews of must-read books that explore the history of technology, what our future looks like and how these scientific advancements impact the way humans think, work, live and communicate.
Spinal Cord Injury: Recovery Signs
The recovery process for a spinal cord injury is usually a long and challenging one. It may be hard at first, to notice signs of improvement even after regular treatment, which can be frustrating for the patient. However, it is important to remember that every patient is unique and will recover at their own pace. What is essential, is to continue treatment diligently, practise healthy habits, gather a support system, and remain mentally positive. Here’s a quick guide to what recovering from a spinal cord injury may look like.
By Albertalice5 years ago in 01
Book Review: An Ugly Truth by Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel
Facebook was something fairly new when I was younger. My very first Facebook post was ‘you guys are right, this is so much better than MSN Messenger…’ as I was still into chatrooms and MySpace. But, back then Facebook was still a baby and everyone’s kids were trying to use it to set up chatrooms with their friends and share pictures from my 14th birthday party (which probably still exist on that site for some reason). But, I have to admit that at the age of twenty-two - I quit Facebook and my account is now defunct. However, at almost four years’ later - I can still find photographs from my 14th birthday party on the internet. It was about here that I realised there may have been something wrong with the concept of Facebook. Unfortunately, I have been blissfully ignorant of the issues concerning the social media monolith and the only reason I read this book is because I saw it in a magazine. I am no longer blissfully ignorant and yet, I am now horribly aware. This is a turbulent force of wrongdoing that has been apologised for again and again and even though nothing has changed, neither has the reaction towards it until now. People are beginning to think that maybe there are things that can’t have a public apology bandaid fixed over it.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in 01
5 Key Lessons from the book The Four
The Book The Four was written by New York Times' top business columnist Scott Galloway. It is a very interesting book on how four horsemen of the Apocalypse - Amazon, Google - Facebook, and Apple have taken over the world and are conquering every industry one by one. Each chapter of the book explains how these companies work in detail from their origins to their current impact on the world and what are the implications of their success and achievements for modern society.
By Book Summaries5 years ago in 01
Hilariously Done: Good Google Bun, Fun!
Hilariously Good Google Bun, Fun! By Jocelan B Cassells Let us face it. I am a middle-aged adult with newly onset learning difficulties. These days I can barely scrape through most adult non-fiction books, unless we are talking true crime or assisting with the editing of one of my dear mother’s fiction books. Besides this, most books without lots of pictures escape my short attention span.
By Jocelan Cassells5 years ago in 01
Top 5 Software Testing Trends to Watch Out in 2021
Software testing services have always been a key part of development Industries, & with time, their value has increased. From detecting the unspecified development errors to testing the feasibility & possible threats to the project, software testing has come a long way!
By Datadot Labs5 years ago in 01
Principles of Cloud Design
Here is my second review/lesson about computer applications. This one is entitled 'Principles of Cloud Design' by David Clinton. David has written in the introduction it is all about efficiency and effectiveness from your cloud infrastructure. This sample book will show to some extent how to plan a cloud deployment of any kind. It also mentions about the practice behind availability, scalability, and elasticity to get the full benefit of the software driving the cloud engines. This sample book is comprised of several other authors contributing their chapters. The three chapters that I read and reviewed are all by these separate authors and their combined knowledge.
By Mark Graham5 years ago in 01
ELBIB
ELIBIB THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK
By Fabian Ellis5 years ago in 01
The Book of Time
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” Leo Tolstoy During the bright morning light over the central complexes of the inner city, in the middle of the ravages of daily street crime and poverty, in the mid-way up the right-side of a building of a multiple-story public housing project, a destitute population prays for peace and prosperity while a single noisy and messy apartment lies at the end of a hall. In this one-bedroom unit on the twenty-first floor filled with dirty floors and walls covered in grime, loud hip-hop music blasts into the hallway from a boombox reminiscent of the 1980’s urban street culture. Strewn about the apartment are empty Chinese food containers, potato chip bags, soda and juice containers, and many alcoholic drink bottles including wine, beer, and spirits filling an overflowing garbage can.
By Jeffrey Estrella5 years ago in 01
The Decision Maker's Handbook to Data Science: Book Review
For the uninitiated, data scientists can seem like mystic oracles bringing esoteric wisdom from the slopes of Mount Parnassus. Unfortunately this opacity is leading to increasing skepticism of the field’s effectiveness, with less than 9% of businesses actually able to quantify the impact of their data science investment according to a 2018 survey by Domino Data Lab, and 85% of businesses’ big data projects failing according to 2018 Gartner research. Data science has enormous potential when done right, but the costs of failure are extremely high.
By Caitlin McDonald7 years ago in 01
Book Review: 'Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground' by Kevin Poulsen
Hello everyone, this is Jared, this time I’m here on Vocal to talk about a book entitled Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen as I’ve recently read it as of late.
By Jared Rimer8 years ago in 01
