I caught a cold last weekend and have been suffering for a few days. This is the second time in my 5+ years of living in USA that a cold had defeated me. Last Tuesday and Wednesday were the worst. It felt very cold even in a well heated room and every inch of my … Continue reading Lustrum / Conspirata

Imperium is a fictional biography of Cicero written by Robert Harris. In the dictionary, the definition of the word Imperium goes: absolute power, power to command, the supreme power held especially by consuls and emperors to command and administer in military, judicial and civil affairs. In Robert Harris’ Imperium, my interpretation of the title is: … Continue reading Imperium

By Richard Bach, the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull This is a book about the time spent together between Richard, the author, and Donald Shimoda, a Messiah who can see through all the illusions of the world and know the reality behind. They flew old planes from town to town, selling short rides to people. … Continue reading Illusions – The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

At first, Interview Users - How to Uncover Compelling Insights by Steve Portigal was not a comfortable choice to me. I flipped through some pages and was partially tempted to dismiss it: Oh, it is just a recipe book for field interview. Nah, I know how to have conversations with people. After all, for probably … Continue reading Interviewing Users – How to Uncover Compelling Insights

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is the first book of the trilogy Out of the Hitler Time, written by Judith Kerr, based on her childhood experience of fleeing from Germany with her family in 1933, travelling via Switzerland and Paris, and arriving finally in London in 1936. It is a children's book, labelled as suitable … Continue reading When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Viktor E. Frankl wrote this book based on his very own experience of being an “ordinary prisoner” in the concentration camps (Auschwitz and others) during the second world war. Reading this book, it is evident that his pre-war profession as a psychiatrist allowed acute observation and contemplation. This book tries to answer the question how … Continue reading Man’s Search for Meaning