Asimov is a legendary writer and nothing more iconic than the foundation series to hold down the fort with all the classic science fiction novels. Foundation has inspired several science fiction movies and books that followed.


Asimov has an uncanny talent of stitching. He can create a story direct more direct than other authors and create enough (almost) short stories to stitch them together. Where other authors paint the picture piece by piece and the story develops into a larger piece, Asimov is more direct in painting the larger picture first and then slowly filling in the narrative pieces. Foundation is a great example of that kind of writing. The story starts off with a arc that you know is going to last a thousand years with a premise anchored in believable science fiction.

Foundation is a great story of human beings inhabiting other parts of the galaxy where we have conquered the stars but somehow still kept our humanity. This book helps paint the picture of what political boundaries may look like in the future if that future is ever realized. This is a must read for any sciences fiction fan.

Inside the Tornado- Jefferey Moore

Jeff Moore is a classic when pit comes to marketing and marketing strategies in the technology sector. His book ‘Crossings the Chasm’ has been established as one the best marketing books of all time so I got this book as an extension to that.

The book is focused again on marketing strategies and again on the technological sector but particular on a layer stage of the technology adoptions life cycle. The author walks us through all the stages as a refresher and then the main focus area is on the stage when a company has successful crossed the chasm and is going through a phase of hyper growth or “Tornado”. The book helps to provide a framework for all hyper grown companies and allows you to identify which part of that you may fit in.

I walked away from this book with clear strategies (given the right parameters) and better grasp on what I want to achieve. The areas on marketing positioning, partner strategies and competitiveness analysis are participating helpful. Unfortunately all the examples are riddled with extremely dated corps and activities, all from the 80s and 90s. While it’s interested to hear about real life examples from a historically context, it’s not very helpful to go through all the tales of microprocessors and Mainframes when you have to keep converting them yourself to fit the modern frame.

Educated - Tara Westover

This book has been on top of several charts and many celebrity reading lists (ones that I respect) including my wife who highly recommended it, so I picked it up for some light reading. And what an engaging read.



The story is written in the first person by the author as a biographical depiction of her super conservative upbringing in a Mormon family in Idaho. Right from the start the book kind of makes you think ahead of whats going to happen and its never easy to guess. This is not a coming of age story but a study of growth and commitment that on has towards their family. The author does a great job of writing in the first person to the point where it almost feels like you're reading her journal (to herself)

The value of education is taken for granted my times but this book helped me draw a stark contrast between getting an education in lieu of not. I highly recommend this book to any avid reader and then encourage them to go out and discuss this even more.