There is a new book coming out that I’m quoted in but I’m going to refrain from posting about it here until I’ve had a chance to review it. Based on who the author is, I’m sure the content is quite accurate, but just in case I’ll hold off. In the meantime, I realized that I never talked about another book that I was interviewed for. The book, Lessons from the Edge, documents stories from numerous entrepreneurs in their struggles to get their respective companies going. Now, I will admit that I’ve actually only read my story but if that is any indication to the quality of the book – it is a keeper. :-) One of these days I’ll get around to reading the rest of the stories. I’ll talk about the newer book as soon as I get my hands on a copy.
[...] Recently I was speaking with someone who happened to be reading the book Who Controls the Internet? : Illusions of a Borderless World, which jogged my memory to write about it here. This is the book that I mentioned before in which some of my story at Digital Envoy is chronicled. I haven’t actually read the entire book but I did read my snippet in the book. Unfortunately the authors, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu, gave more ink to some idiot competitors but hey, press is press. If you’re into politics the name Jack Goldsmith may sound familiar to you. Jack was formerly an assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (now he teaches law at Harvard). An interesting story about his experience at the White House (and how he led a rebellion against torturing prisoners) was chronicled in NewsWeek. [...]