At a conference once, an attendee asked me and everyone he met a question: “What are your top 2 book recommendations; 1 programming and 1 not?” I love this question and realized how impactful a single book recommendation can be. So I wanted to share mine with you. Here is a list of all the […]
Category: Book Reviews
Smarter Faster Better Book Review
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business Author: Charles Duhigg Smarter Faster Better is an instant classic. With it’s buzzfeed title and old school cover art it really fits the bill for being one of those books that will get referenced for years on end. I’ve already set it in […]
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Book Review
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Author: Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance had many times caused me to pull my car over and just think about philosophical concepts I couldn’t comprehend while operating a motor-vehicle. It successfully made me question science, quality and the importance […]
Clean Coder – Book Notes and Thoughts
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers is a new book on developer professionalism from the legend Bob Martin and it doesn’t disappoint. I have read many books written by Robert (Bob) Martin or from his series. I have been very impressed with the classics and was more than ecstatic when I […]
Succeeding With Agile: Software Development Using Scrum – Book Notes
In an effort to understand how to apply scrum after fully grasping the core concepts and ideas, I read Succeeding With Agile, one of the top recommended scrum books. For good reason it remains at the top of the dzone top agile book lists. The book is great at identifying core scrum concepts and the […]
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning – Book Thoughts and Notes
Since graduating college I have mixed research of new technologies with research of being as productive as I can be. This includes development tools like IDE’s, good testing tools, and better pair programming techniques. But also I try to keep up with the popular Get Things Done (GTD) movement, most recently utilizing Spring Pad as […]