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Ottawa circa 1907
On May 31, 2010 in Books
Source: Baedeker’s Canada (published in 1907). I purchased this book at a used book sale about a decade ago for 25¢.
Recent Additions to my Bookshelf
On October 02, 2008 in Books, Development, Technology
The first 4 (Head First Design Patterns, User Stories Applied, Design Patterns and Refactoring) I have finished reading and can highly recommend, the last 4 (xUnit Test Patterns, Test-Driven Development, Code Complete and Implementation Patterns) I am currently reading.
New Books to Read!
On February 20, 2006 in Books
Amazon.ca is awesome! My orders always seem to come a week earlier than the estimate. I order on Thursday afternoon and it is sitting in my mailbox waiting for me when I get home on Monday.
My first read will be “Freakonomics” which has been on the New York Times best-seller list (non-fiction) for 44 weeks. I’m one chapter in and already it’s an interesting read.
Next will be “The Mythical Man-Month”, the classic book on the human aspect of software engineering. It was first published over 30 years ago now.
Finally I will finish up reading my very own copy of “The Art of Project Management” which I had mentioned in an earlier post.
recent reads
On January 11, 2006 in Books
I thought that I would give y’all the heads up on a few good books I’ve been reading of late.
“The Broker” by John Grisham: A little bit different from most of his other books in that this one is almost a spy story, rather than a legal/political one. Though the main character is an ex-lawyer, so I guess it’s not that different. But I found it gripping. I couldn’t put it down and finished from cover to cover in a few days.
“God’s Debris” by Scott Adams (of “Dilbert” fame): Adams describes it as a “thought experiment”. I found it to be a really interesting read, and polished it off in a few days as well. This one is available free online.
“The Art of Project Management” by Scott Berkun: This one is, of course, non-fiction. Written by an ex-Microsoftee it’s definitely written from a IT project management point of view, but the author is quick to note that much of the advice applies to managing other types of projects. I found it well written and easy to read with lots of useful advice.
“.Net Gotchas” by Venkat Subramaniam: Pretty heavy technical reading. If you really want to become a .Net guru it a good read. You really need to be able to focus on the text when you read it and you should have a fairly good knowledge of the .Net framework to get the most from this book.
