Amy Alcott joined the Ladies Professional
Golf Association (LPGA) in 1975 at the age of 19. During her career, she
won five majors and a total of twenty-nine Tour victories. It is safe to
say that she knows golf, competition, and what it takes to win on the highest
levels. Even with the assistance of Don Wade, former senior editor at Golf
Digest and the author or co-author of twenty books, I am saddened to
report that with The
Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life,
Amy does not know how to craft an engaging and interesting book on golf
and some of the people that play the game.
Contents: Foreword by Jim Nantz; Preface;
Jane Blalock; Bill Clinton; Ben Crenshaw; Kenny G.; Dennis Hopper; Steve
Kroft; Leslie Moonves; Jim Nantz; Jack Nicholson; Lorena Ochoa; Don Ohlmeyer;
Donna Orender; Dottie Pepper; Kyra Phillips; Rex Pickett; Dennis Quaid;
Pam Shriver; Annika Sorenstam; Ken Venturi; Robert Wagner; Karrie Webb;
Sandy Weill; Jerry Weintraub; Tom Werner; Jerry West; Jack Whitaker; John
Williams; Acknowledgements
Using the premise that every golfer
has a story, Amy Alcott mines her Rolodex to bring you stories from her
many friends; fellow golfers on the PGA and LPGA Tours, politicians, titans
of industry, and celebrities. Amy introduces each with a personal note
and closes with her thoughts on the individual as well as what she took
away from the interview. Most of the chapters are but a few pages (roughly
10), little time to actually get to know the person or care about their
inclusion. However, Amy makes it easy on the reader by closing each chapter
with her personal insights into the subject and the key to their philosophy;
in golf as well as in life.
It was a struggle to get through this
short (224 pages) book. Never did I connect with any of the subjects or
care about them. Some were hardly worth Amy's time or mine - for example
Sandy Weill, former CEO of Citigroup, only gave her an hour of his time.
It is evident that Amy has no time to really probe his best golf stories
or life lessons. But we do get a feel for all of the pictures in his office,
pictures of Sandy with heads of state, political and civic leaders, and
other framed proclamations and letters. Amy put too much importance on
the "ego wall" and not enough on the person behind the desk.
It is an example of how I felt cheated as I read this book. And how little
I cared about any of the subjects. If you are interested in a mini inventory
of a wealthy person's home, or the commanding views from their corner offices,
with a little conversation thrown in, this is the book for you. There is,
however, a really good idea for a book in here; this one just wasn't presented
properly.
A Dumb Thing That Gets Me Emotional - Marine Corps Advertising
Mon, Mar 15th 2010 4:00p Gregg Eldred For the most part, a lot of advertising just flows over me without eliciting a response. However, when I see an ad for the Marine Corps, there is a response, usually a very emotional one. Sitting in a semi-darkened movie theatre this weekend with family, Number One Son sitting next to me, this ad appeared on the screen:
Green Zone isn't supposed to be a tear jerker, but it started out that way. *sigh* [read] Keywords: application
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Selecting the Right Smartphone - Flowchart
Mon, Mar 15th 2010 11:50a Gregg Eldred After reading Guy Wakely's post concerning the selection of a new smartphone, I found this flowchart that may provide some assistance. Funny, but Palm is not represented. [read] Keywords:
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ITWire: Big Lego Blackberry built
Sun, Mar 14th 2010 11:50a Gregg Eldred Lego artist/sculpter/genius Nathan Sawaya has created the ultimate in geek toys, a giant Lego RIM Blackberry Tour 9360 complete with working LCD screen. The 'artwork' stands at about 1.5 metres high and follows one of his previous projects, a similarly giant Lego iPhone. Clearly Sawaya has no particular loyalty to either.
More > The photo accompanying the article: [read] Keywords: blackberry
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IBM Whitepaper: Administering IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 servers for beginners
Thu, Mar 11th 2010 10:40p Gregg Eldred IBM Lotus has published a whitepaper on administering Domino 8.5. From the abstract:
This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of how to administer IBM Lotus® Domino®, explaining the fundamental components and terminology so that new administrators can feel familiar with the product. Specifically, we explain key features and functionalities such as the Notes.ini file, the Data Directory, IDs, server commands and documents, and server activities. Also included are discussions of [read] Keywords: admin
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Redbook: Best Practices for Building Web Applications for Domino 8.5.1
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 11:00p Gregg Eldred This IBM Redbooks wiki has the following objectives:
Provide guidance on Best Practices for Domino Web Development, with emphasis on the new XPages design element. This wiki introduces the key new features of XPages and discusses how and why these features are meaningful within the context of Domino Web Development.
Provide hands-on tutorials and sample code, which give you the opportunity to work with XPages and to understand the improvements in Domino 8.5 Web application development. As a fou [read] Keywords: domino
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The Husband Store
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 10:10p Gregg Eldred A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:
You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to t [read] Keywords:
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PCQuest: Preview: Lotus Notes/Domino vs MS Exchange/Outlook 2010
Mon, Mar 8th 2010 1:00p Gregg Eldred The first of several installments from PCQuest where they compare and contrast IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 and Microsoft Exchange and Outlook 2010 has been published. The initial article looks at licensing and a high level view of features.
Email servers have evolved considerably over the years. From being basic solutions that send/receive emails, they've become full-fledged platforms that enable unified communication in an enterprise, allow social networking, and even enable workflow auto [read] Keywords: domino
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