Obstacles Welcome: A Review
// October 6th, 2009 // No Comments » // Books, Technology
If you are a tech guy and enjoy business books, this is a pretty good read. I got the book to read and review free through the Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers program. I say pretty good because the business book side of it is like many run of the mill business books. The good parts of the book were learning more about Ralph’s story in communist Cuba from the eyes of someone who lived through it in the early days. Don’t be fooled into thinking Castro has the interests of the people at heart. I’m sure Ralph and his family can tell you horror stories if the ones mentioned in the book are any indication.
On the technology front, I was intrigued learning about the AT&T and Cingular merger from the COO’s view. What was accomplished in 15 days from the time of the announcement until the time of launch seemed like an impossibility. Ralph, however, has no clue about the word impossibility means. He just charges ahead and not in a foolish manner. His approach is one you can learn from. So if you want to learn from the someone on the front lines of the technology revolution and the Cuban revolution, give this book a try. If you are interested in purely a good business book by itself, it may not be the best use of your money.
Moving into the country means connectivity limitations. In some cases. Although I’ve got a Franklin mailing address, I’m not exactly in the city limits anymore. For example there is no comcast out my way. I’ve never had comcast and I’ve heard few good things about them. So no loss there. DirecTV is in since I’ve got a decent view of the southern sky. So then the question is what to do about high speed internet? When we moved we decided we weren’t going to have a home phone anymore. Mobile phones would be it. Couple things come up in this scenario. The options are limited with internet connectivity. And what happens if our sitter has to call 911 for some reason?
