Friday, August 28, 2009

Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money by Robert Kiyosake

I have just finish reading this Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money. As I gather through, Robert's placed a lot of emphasize on financial intelligence in order to get out of rat race to understand the mechanism of how money works. He presented 5 principles of Financial Intelligence, that is
How to
i) Increase Your Money?
ii) Protect Your Money?
iii) Budget Your Money?
iv) Leverage Your Money?
v) Improve Your Financial Intelligence.
I found something new, and I think most of us, are taken for granted, that our money is actually now known as currency, after Richard Nixon's new policy of removing money back up by gold reserve. A well structured and easy read to learn about financial in layman term.

Welcome to those who read through the book and share your thoughts.
What had you learn for the books, does it really help you and change the habit and way of managing your financial matters?

Sunday, August 16, 2009

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak


Before cell phones was born where it fit into the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, bizzare vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. A young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea, in 1975 by combining computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen. From there, first personal computer, the Apple I, was borned.

Wozniak's life, before and after Apple, is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, iWoz presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution.

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, a must read self improvement book for inspiration to be become an inventor and entrepreneur.