Samuel Pedro 
I started this website three years ago. It’s been a good, but also an inconsistent outlet for me. Just look at my writing output for Samuelpedro.com: 2019 – 31 Articles Published 2020 – 20 Articles Published 2021 – 15 Articles Published 2022 – 2 Articles published so far. Part of the problem is I’ve created …
Grand Admiral Thrawn is one of the treasures of the Star Wars universe. He is a worthy foe to the Jedi and is my favorite Star Wars villain. If you are new to the world of Thrawn books I will set forth the books about Thrawn and give my suggested reading order for Thrawn. Like …
Corporate governance and boards of directors have always fascinated me. I work for a public company and I spend a lot of time working on external reporting (10-ks, 10qs, proxy statements). In this position, I’m more aware of what the board of directors is doing than a typical employee. Recently, I read the book How …
Basketball is my favorite sport, but I haven’t read that many basketball-related books. It’s weird how two of my favorite hobbies have yet to intersect. I decided to change that, so I picked up coach Phil Jackson’s book Eleven Rings. It was one of the most highly rated basketball books out there. The book is …
You hear the word “evolve” used often to explain how a sport changes over time. It seems that every decade schemes, priorities, and strategies change in a sport and the game evolves. In the last decade, basketball teams started shooting more threes. A decade before that, college football teams started throwing the ball all over …
Summary I’ve read many books about the business world of Silicon Valley. There is one name mentioned frequently in these works; Bill Campbell. The biggest names in tech are associated with his name. Jobs, Bezos, Page, and Brin. These leaders looked to Campbell as a coach and mentor. Trillion Dollar Coach, by Eric Schmidt and …
Summary Perennial Seller is a book about constructing creative works that last. Works that continue to sell 20 or even 50 years after they are initially released. These are the movies, books, or artworks that have entered the public consciousness. The book talks about the creative process, how to polish your work, and how to …
In Suspect Terrain by John McPhee Date Read: 9/7/2021 You can purchase In Suspect Terrain from Amazon here. Summary In Suspect Terrain is book two in John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World. He continues his drive along I-80 to explore the geological forces that shaped America. This time he is accompanied by a geologist named …
Basin and Range by John McPhee Date Read: 9/5/2021 You can purchase Basin and Range from Amazon here. Summary John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World is a five-book masterpiece of geology. The series was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. Basin and Range is book one in the series. Basin and Range is a term …