Browse by Tags
All Tags » Books ( RSS)
-
|
Today is my birthday - I had arthroscopic knee surgery last night and am feeling pretty good so far (happy birthday to me). I know I still have a lot of meds/painkillers in my system and that its going to feel more uncomfortable the next few days. I'm...
|
-
|
First, on a personal note, I had the misfortune to tear cartilage in my right knee a couple days ago and will require surgery to repair/remove it. I'm hobbling around on crutches for the time being. I hope I can still attend (and present at) Agile2009...
|
-
|
Three more brand new books I just received that are worth mentioning ... Version Control with Git : Powerful tools and techniques for collaborative software development, by Jon Loeliger, O'Reilly, 2009 Mercurial: The Definitive Guide -- Modern Software...
|
-
|
I blogged earlier about The Passionate Programmer and The Nomadic Developer . A new book just came out that seems like the perfect complement to these two: Landing the Tech Job You Love by Andy Lester (also from the Pragmatic Programmers ). I've only...
|
-
|
In the July issue of the Agile Journal I reviewed Walker Royce, Kurt Bittner and Mike Perrow's book The Economics of Iterative Software Development: Steering Toward Better Business Results . Here is an excerpt ... The Economics of Iterative Software...
|
-
|
In the June issue of the Agile Journal I reviewed Curt Hibbs, Steve Jewett and Mike Sullivan's The Art of Lean Software Development: A Practical and Incremental Approach . Here is an excerpt ... With last month's announcement of the Lean Software...
|
-
|
I'm sure I'm not the first person to think it, but I just came across the description of a newly published book whose title made me think about this subject. The book is: Reading Minds and Markets: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Returns in a Volatile...
|
-
|
Gosh, when I write/say the titles of these two books together in one line it looks like the title of some kind of computer-geek romance novella. (maybe it will sell more books that way :-) Anyway, I'm mentioning these two books together because they...
|
-
|
I came across an interesting book in Borders over the weekend, but didn't have the time to browse it more thoroughly. A few hours later, at home, I looked it up on Amazon.com . I found the description and review comments very interesting, and found...
|
-
|
I reviewed Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams for the May 2009 issue of The Agile Journal The book is exactly what its title says, and should quickly become “the bible” for all would-be agile testers. Right from the start it...
|
-
|
I recently received the following books: The CMDB Imperative: How to Realize the Dream and Avoid the Nightmares , by Glenn O'Donnel and Carlos Casanova; Prentice Hall PTR; March 2009 The Data Access Handbook: Achieving Optimal Database Application...
|
-
|
The Pragmatic Bookshelf totally rocks!!! I received my 3rd edition of the pickaxe book: Programming Ruby 1.9 , which reminds me that I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of Programming Scala (some excerpts are available now). The "Pragmatic"...
|
-
|
A couple of posts ago I mentioned the book Trust: The social virtues and the creation of prosperity by Francis Fukuyama. I hadn't read the book yet, but Austin Hastings , an esteemed SCM colleague, has and I promised that if he was willing to post...
|
-
|
Last time I blogged about Stephen Covey's The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything (see www.speedoftrust.com ). I have a few other books about trust on my bookshelf, including: Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace , by Dennis &...
|
-
|
I read Stephen Covey's The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything (see www.speedoftrust.com ). I listened to it on audiobook during my commute a few months ago and parts of it definitely struck a chord with me. I like how he described...
|
-
|
My review of Robert Martin's (and the rest of the folks at ObjectMentor ) book Clean Code: A Handbook of Software Craftsmanship was just published in the April 2009 issue of the Agile Journal . Robert ("Uncle Bob") Martin and the folks at...
|
-
|
I'm going on some long needed (and hard earned) vacation. I won't be blogging again for about one month (so this will likely be my only entry for July). I've got a lot of REALLY GREAT and interesting books to try and catch up on. I hope to...
|
-
|
My review of Jim Brosseau's Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success is available in the May issue of the Agile Journal . It is nothing less than outstanding! I found Software Teamwork to be an immensely helpful, intensely practical, profusely...
|
-
|
I started reading through the book Implementing ITIL Configuration Management , by Larry Klosterboer. I'm really not what I'd consider an expert on ITIL nor IT Service Management , but I've had more than my fair share of exposure to it and...
|
-
|
I just received an advance copy of Programming Groovy from the Pragmatic Programmer's Bookshelf . This complements their work that came out last month on Groovy Recipes . From the Programming Groovy book webpage: Groovy brings you the best of both...
|
-
|
My review of Outside-In Software Development is in this month's edition of The Agile Journal . Kessler and Sweitzer's Outside-in Software Development should resonate deeply with all those who genuinely value the principle of customer collaboration...
|
-
|
My review of Lean Project Management is in the February 2008 issue of the Agile Journal. Lean Project Management: Eight Principles for Success , is actually a second edition of the eBook Eight Secrets to Supercharge your Project with CCPM . It is available...
|
-
|
I am still amazed at the number of software managers who are unfamiliar with "The Mythical man-month" lesson that says (paraphrasing here) adding more people to a late project makes it even later. So I decided to round-up some resources on the...
|
-
|
My review of The Art of Agile Development is in the January 2008 issue of the Agile Journal This is an amazing book! The Art of Agile Development is nothing less than 10+ years' worth of agile development experience distilled into a single compendium...
|
-
|
During my hiatus from this blog since the summer, I still managed to keep up with a few of my book reviews for The Agile Journal . Here they are (with hyperlinks) ... Flexible Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets by Preston G. Smith published...
|
More Posts Next page »
|
|
|