I read this book because I heard someone recommend it, then I found out that it was set in Mississippi. One-click checkout, it arrived a few days later. This is the first novel I’ve read in a while, and the first young adult novel I’ve read in a longer while. Most of the reading I’ve …
I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz lately about The Defining Decade, so I decided to read it. It was…alright. The thing that really bothered me throughout the book was the assumptions that the author made about the things that 20-somethings will want in the future. There’s this idea, that everyone wants to (or should …
Dale J. Stephens thinks that I should drop out of college. A little over a year ago, I found the UnCollege website, which Stephens started after he dropped out of college after his first semester. Stephens has been unschooled since he was in sixth grade, and he believes that it’s far more effective to …
The concept of going a day without media, whether it be books, music, tv, movies, or the internet, is unimaginable. Media is a huge part of our lives, and the ways we consume and produce it are changing. “Designing Media” focuses on that changing atmosphere. The book is comprised of interviews, divided into sections based …