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Recently I have been selling old books on Amazon. I discovered that it is actually a great way to get rid of them. The Amazon Marketplace is a very efficient and fairly easy to use system for sellers. And the prices are surprisingly high.

I tend to read books only once. I have about 10 favorite books that I can read over and over, but besides those I generally never read a book twice. If it makes a good reference book about trading or programming, then I might look at it many times. I take care of them and after I have read them they are still in new condition. That means they fetch a high price on Amazon.

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Now I am reading Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh. Tony is a co-founder  of Zappos, the online shoe company that was recently sold to Amazon for $1 billion. I highly recommend this book because it is entertaining and fun to read.

Yet it is also filled with some deep meaning. Tony shares his story about how he sold his first company, Link Exchange, to Microsoft for $265 million. His own share was $40 million. But here’s the interesting part. He would be paid $8 million for staying with the company for one year.

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After I noticed that I only read books once, I decided to start using the library (what a concept!). I was quite surprised to find the library very different from the last time I visited one, which was back in high school. Who goes to the library, anyway?

Your Local Public Library

What I noticed today is that most of the people in the library weren’t using books at all! They were using their laptop and the free internet service, or one of the computers in the library. In fact, the library offers a bunch of free services that make it a good office or place to study. It has big tables, uncomfortable chairs (to keep you awake), it’s nice and cool in summer, and a bathroom.

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I just checked out Kapitall (with 2 l’s) and was really surprised to find so many new and fresh ideas. After my experience with Cooliris, I thought how wonderful it would be to find new ways of displaying the same old, boring stock data. And, just like that, a few days later I found out about Kapitall!

The Kapitall Desktop

As I mentioned before, I think that computers have come a long way in the last 30 years, but the way we interact with them has not changed much since the introduction of the mouse. And, looking at stock charts hasn’t changed either, except that they have gotten more complicated and less readable.

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Rich! Rich! Rich!

What does it mean to you?

Of course, there’s monetary wealth. But there’s other things you can be rich in. Good health. Friendship. Love. You name it.

In this edition of Weekly Wisdom, we’ll take a look at some great bits of wisdom on monetary wealth–and some of the other types of riches.

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After watching those financial shows and listening to a few financial “advisors”, I have come to the conclusion that they don’t really know what they are talking about. Yes, it’s true that the words are pieced together to creates some meaning, but there is no value.

Here’s a clip from Stock Watch.

Most of the time, they say something like, “If this happens, then that will happen.” And I think, “OK, that’s nice. But it doesn’t really help me.”

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Unless you lived with the Unabomber during the 1990s, you have had a taste of disruptive technology. The internet has changed how we do business, how we communicate, how we gather news and information and even how we listen to music.

Business have been created overnight. (We had a word for Twitter back before the web–it was called graffiti.

And business have gone bankrupt over night.

This isn’t anything new. With each new round of technology, we experience disruptions. Railroad, the telephone, the telegraph, the printing press, the wheel, fire–they’ve all changed our lives. But, notice I said that we have experienced a “taste” of disruption.

The next round of technology won’t change our lives; it will change life.

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One of the blogs I follow regularly is Upgrade Reality, a self-improvement site run by Dirk, better known as Diggy.

The Upgrade Reality blog features articles that are optimistic, but without all the fluff and B.S. That’s why I’m glad that Diggy has released an eBook that encapsulates his philosophy and delivers his advice in a convenient eBook form.

You can order Upgrade Reality here. (Not an affiliate link.)

Here are a couple reasons you should check out Diggy’s book.

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It’s been a mixed week for the economy and the market. A lot of twists and turns.

But, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from my weekly readings, it’s that you hold a lot of personal financial power in your own hands.

By making smart spending, saving, and investing decisions, I think we can ride this sucker out.

Here are some links to help you out.

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Yesterday I discovered Cooliris, which might just be the coolest thing I have ever seen. It’s an extension for browsers (Chrome, IE, Firefox and Safari) that lets you see all the images in a virtual wall. It is absolutely incredible.

I love Cooliris because it is so neat. But there is more to it. We have talked quite a bit about accelerating technology, and that is a powerful force in our lives. Yet there is another piece of the puzzle that most people are totally unaware of: how we interact with technology.

What does Cooliris teach us about how to interact with technology?

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