All Consuming : Antonio D'souza

Good presentation but sketchy dataviz (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:04:13 GMT

by Addison Wiggin & David Walker

The documentary does a pretty good job of holding the viewer’s attention and explaining fundamental concepts but in a couple of places it resorts to using misleading visualizations. It also fails to prescribe any concrete actions for improving things, beyond saving money, which I already do, and registering to vote, which I’m not eligible to do.

Consumed "IOUSA: The Movie"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:04:13 GMT

IOUSA: The Movie

by Addison Wiggin & David Walker

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:34:10 GMT

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

by Cory Doctorow

Consumed "The Time Traveler's Wife"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:16:48 GMT

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:10:35 GMT

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific

by J. Maarten Troost

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Family Trade (Merchant Princes)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:35:59 GMT

The Family Trade (Merchant Princes)

by Charles Stross

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Dark Knight"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:03:15 GMT

The Dark Knight

by Christopher Nolan

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:16:38 GMT

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

by Cory Doctorow

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Wall-E"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:16:17 GMT

Wall-E

Consumed "Slaughterhouse-Five"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:33:49 GMT

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Charla's children"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:40:52 GMT

Charla's children

by Charla Pereau

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Eleanor Rigby: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:30:20 GMT

Eleanor Rigby: A Novel

by Douglas Coupland

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Doomsday Book"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:35:44 GMT

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Konkans"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:52:35 GMT

The Konkans

by Tony D'Souza

WORTH IT!

Consumed "In Bruges"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:22:56 GMT

In Bruges

WORTH IT!

A story about "The Konkans"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Antonio D'souza) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:59:33 GMT

The Konkans

by Tony D'Souza

As I read this book, I’m realizing just how fractured and dislocated my sense of cultural identity is. On the one hand, I keep having “aha” moments where I discover the reasons behind all the strange things I heard and saw as a child, while on the other I keep thinking “but I’m not like that at all”.