Believe it or not, I’ve been reading a fair number of books lately–some technical, some business, others fiction. Here’s quick summary of reads-in-progress that I recommend should your interests coincide:
- Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age
by Tom Peters: this is probably the most engaging business book I’ve read in some time due in part to the use of color, graphics, side bars, pictures, etc. Soon I plan to blog the value I received from this read in more detail. (Lots!) As a kicker, I just discovered that I can even download Tom’s PowerPoint slides!
- Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design
by Alan Shalloway and James Trott: while I’ve been familiar with and have discovered my own design patterns for a couple of years now, I was drawn to this book (site) by the authors’ style and their (building) architectural references; I see now that they have a second edition
on the way this year in August.
- Software Factories (pre-release copy) by Jack Greenfield and Keith Short: my brief remarks on this text are here.
- Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Television and Murder
by Bill O’Reilly: an engaging work of fiction from the producer of FNC’s The Factor and author of several other books.
Update 12/1/2008: For more of my book reviews and to see what else is in my book library (i.e. just the business-related or software-related non-fiction therein), please visit my Books page.
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Craig’s Musings » Blog Archive » Business excellence in a disruptive age // Jan 1, 2006 at 9:45 pm
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