I like to get at the practical part of building a company. I want to see how it fits in with the rest of life.

One of my favorite parts of Ted Turner’s biography is where he talked about how he saved time by doing things like avoiding shoes with laces because it takes too long to get those kinds of shoes on.

I think it’s interesting and useful to see how the rest of life affects and interacts with business.

I agree with your comment on the news section, there were more interesting things that had happened.

Jason indeed has so many insights and isn’t afraid to share them with the world. That’s what makes this show worthwile to watch even for web developers, internet marketers, designers, founders… etc. who already have a more than average insight into web related stuff.

Great review!

There was also a three-part documentary on PBS about the themes in the book … since you love PBS so much.

Her portraits of the historical figures of the time are unforgettable. I was particularly taken with the first appearance in the book of Mao Zedong as a young, lanky, thirty year old man. The book spans around a century and a half of Chinese history and shows the emergence of the modern China in full detail. The most compelling parts though are during the late 19th and early 20th century, when China was going through so much political change. With all that War and revolution the story still manages to fit in the humanity of the people as well as romance (for those who like that sort of thing).