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December 30 2013

Starting the Year in an Age of Context: A Book Review

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First and foremost …. Happy holidays to my friends and colleagues.

I selected the Age of Context by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel as the book I would read and review to close out the year. The perfect selection, as the information presented is a great way to begin the New Year with new ideas and a fresh perspective on life changing technology . The authors neatly package the chapters in the book to present the future of mobile, social media, data, sensors, and location, which are five driving forces. Scoble and Israel share their thoughts and experiences with game changing examples of these technologies, each one more powerful than the next. The Age of Context takes you to a realm of incredible possibilities, with technology that connects us and ultimately to serve us better. Balancing out their tech enthusiasm with reality, the authors offer the benefits of innovation, as well as the inevitable privacy issues. If you’re interested in technology and communication, how information will be shared in the future to create more meaningful, beneficial and relevant experiences, and the privacy issues that stem from these new technologies, then the Age of Context is a must read book for you.

I want to wish everyone a very happy New Year. All the best to you in 2014!

January 1 2010

My 2010 Reading and Book Review List

Deirdre Breakenridge book, PR 2.0 2011: Trendspotting for the Next Decade, Brian Solis, Charlene Li, David Meerman Scott, Do Business, Engage in the New Web, Erik Qualman, Facebook Marketing, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Groundswell, Josh Bernoff, Justin Levy, Neal Schaffer, Richard Laermer, Seth Godin, Shel Israel, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live, The Truth About Trust in Business, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Twitterville, Vanessa Hall, Windmill Networking: Understanding Leveraging and Maximizing LinkedIn, World Wide Rave 19

Happy New Year to all of my friends! And thank you for all of the insight you’ve shared on my PR 2.0 Strategies Blog.

On the first day of the year, I wanted to provide a preview my 2010 book-reading list. I read some excellent books in 2009 that I’ve shared in earlier reviews, from Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s Trust Agents to Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It (both must read books). As mentioned in my post, “PR New Year’s Resolutions,” one of my resolutions is to read and review more books on my blog.

Here’s my hit list for the first six months of 2010 (in no particular order):

Twitterville by Shel Israel
Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
World Wide Rave by David Meerman Scott
Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
The Truth About Trust in Business by Vanessa Hall
Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging and Maximizing LinkedIn by Neal Schaffer
2011: Trendspotting for the Next Decade by Richard Laermer
Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business by Erik Qualman
Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign (2^nd edition) by Justin Levy (to be published in May 2010)
Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate and Measure Success in the New Web by Brian Solis (to be published in March 2010)

If you’ve read any of these books, I’m hoping you will share your thoughts (but don’t give away the endings!) And, feel free to make book-reading suggestions to me for the last six months of the year. What books will you be reading this year?