GigaOM's Summer Reading List

If you are looking for a good book to thumb through or to load up on the Kindle for summer vacation, the team at GigaOM has compiled a list of their favorites for our consideration. With all bases covered, from Facebook to discussing the myths and realities of the energy debate, sci-fi and the movies... the list runs the gambit. There is likely to be something here that tweaks every geek's interest, but if not I'd like to add Power Friending by Amber Mac to the list. If Social Media is your thing, or if you are just trying to figure out where it fits in your life and/or business, this is a very good read by someone who lives this stuff! Check it out!

A Look At Robotics

The Globe and Mail | Technology section is running a 5 part piece on robots with excerpts from the book Sex, Bombs and Burgers, by technology journalist Peter Nowak. It's worth a peek if you are as smitten with robotics as I am. Part 2 published today, looking forward to the rest of the week!

Book promotion on YouTube!

It seems that viral videos are the way to promote your book these days, or so Random House believes! Commissioning marketing company Crush Toronto to promote Douglas Coupland's new book "The Gum Thief", Random House has released 9 short videos to YouTube with the author's narration. They're pretty good, I'm not sure that they'd make me want to pick up the book, but then again I don't read a lot of fiction... Check it out!