Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Archive for August 2009

Book review: Around the world in 80 trades by Conor Woodman

Around the world in 80 trades is an interesting account of a trader making his way around the world. Conor leaves his high flying city job to travel the world, taking his negotiation and business experience with him. You follow him though the highs and lows as he tries to buy low and sell high […]

Book review: Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton

Alain takes on a tour of some of the causes of Status Anxiety, mainly focussing on our need for acceptance within our social group and how money has changed the way that acceptance is perceived, and on the ways to think about it such that you can control it rather than it controlling you. This […]