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Finished reading "b l i n k"

blink Ah ... finally this afternoon, I finished reading "blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. It is a good book - there are many interesting facts that I am going to test - but not as good as his "Tipping Point" though. I wanted to write a review for it, but I don't think I have the time and energy to do it. I do have a list of good books list (in Bahasa Indonesia). It's in http://budi.insan.co.id/buku-bagus. Tipping Point is listed in that page.

I made an effort to go to Starbucks (at Ciwalk, Bandung) to finish it. It has been dragging me for quite a while. (It was in my backpack all the time, but for some reasons I just didn't have time to read it. I had to make time for it.) With a mug of caffee lattee, I gulped the last chapter. Done. Now I can move on to the next book(s) in my to-read-stack.

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Anonymous said…
wah, gw malah ga selesai2 :P
selalu ga punya waktu .. sigh
btw. ada source bagus buat summary (bukan resensi lho) buku2 bagus di http://businessbooksummaries.net/ tapi kudu bayar :( berminat sharing ;P
6:45 PM
Irwin @Internet said…
Saya selesai bacanya 2 minggu lalu. Bagian yang menarik adalah bagian test :D saya perlu waktu 2 minggu utk nyelesaiin buku ini dan sepertinya harus saya ulang lagi supaya bisa lebih "melengket" :)
10:29 PM
Budi Rahardjo said…
Tadi denger ceramah Aa Gym (di radio MQ) dia mencuplik salah satu cerita yang ada di buku blink ini, yaitu cerita tentang penembakan Ronald Reagan yang hanya berlangsung dalam tempo 3 detik.
Senang juga melihat orang seperti Aa Gym rajin baca buku, termasuk buku b l i n k ini.
5:51 AM
Anonymous said…
tulisan gladwell emang bagus, tapi mesti ati2 karena nggak sedikit kesimpulan dia yg bertentangan dengan riset2 dibidang yg dia kutip. komentar saya ada di sini :D
7:57 AM
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