Stepniowski Family

**Originally published on www.proqc.com (12/3/07) Super Crunchers. Ian Ayres. New York: Bantam Books, 2007. 260 pp. Ian Ayres, a Professor at Yale Law School and established economist, targets the business community with a wake-up call on the usefulness of data mining. And, somewhere in between, there is a review on statistics that makes regressions and [...]

**Originally published on www.proqc.com (9/1/07) The Myths of Innovation. Scott Berkun. California: O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2007. 176 pp. O’Reilly Media, often associated with their “animal books” for software developers, is considered the definitive publisher of all things resourceful in the technology industry. However, in a refreshing change of pace, Berkun’s Myths of Innovation deviates from [...]

**Originally published on www.proqc.com (6/1/07) Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy. Hazel Henderson & Simran Sethi. Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007. 300 pp. As a world renowned expert on sustainable development, Hazel Henderson provides an in-depth analysis into the “green” economy in her latest publication, Ethical Markets. Based on interviews conducted on her public television [...]

Luke and Aidan left for their annual Monster Jam adventure earlier this afternoon, so Skye and I were going to spend some time at the new outdoor mall up the road.  It was a beautiful day, and I thought Skye would enjoy the scenery.  Plus, I had a Macy's gift certificate I was looking forward to spending.  Actually, it [...]

**Originally published on www.proqc.com (6/3/08) A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Daniel Pink. New York: Penguin Group, 2005. 275pp One of the greatest sources of worthwhile reading is my former economics professor. Periodically, a book will arrive at my house with his latest recommendation. Having not failed in his ability to [...]