Quoted: Seth Godin's riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread.

Personal MBA likes the Kindle as a v1 device but like most others, looks forward to the day when he can read all of his material on such a device. So far, only ~30% of the pMBA reading list is available on the device.

A NYT piece about Ayn Rand's influence on well known capitalists, including Alan Greenspan.

Quoted: Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,”a glorification of the right of individuals to live entirely for their own interest, influenced Alan Greenspan and others.

The Personal MBA site has been relaunched and looks fantastic!

Their slogan is "mastering business through self-education."

Quoted: "You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library." - Will Hunting, "Good Will Hunting"

A website and blog in support of a new book on the well known manager, Peter Drucker.

Quoted: Delivers keen insights into business in the twenty-first century, while distilling Drucker's advice to management into interrogative guidance on how to strategize and triumph in this new environment

A great collection of "top 5 business books" lists from noted authors and business leaders.

Quoted: Hundreds of business books are published each year. Chances are at least one has the answers you're looking for. But how to find it? U.S. News spoke with 14 leaders from all walks of business life—from academics to entrepreneurs to corporate execs—about the five books they consider indispensable reading for managers.

A link to the PDF of the first chapter of Guy Kawasaki's "Art of the Start." I've been hearing good things.

You can now read the entire "Getting Real" book from the folks at 37signals online for free. This is my favorite book on building webapps.

A third look at Google's book-scanning project, this one from the perspective of somebody who actually uses it in their work.