I seldom read self-help books because I find they are mostly a scam, filled with vague advice and a rehashing of others anecdotal experience that seldom leads to any true self-discovery. I will not say that Cal Newport’s So Good They Can’t Ignore You was full of revelation …
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Don’t Make Me Think - A Book on Usability
If you are in the market for a gorgeous and to-the-point fully illustrated book on web and mobile usability design, then Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think is probably one for your shelf. This is Krug’s 3rd edition of the book, with the previous two out in …
Tagged as : Book ReviewThe Checklist Manifesto - How to Get Things Right
Written by Atul Gawande in 2009, The Checklist Manifesto is one of those books that has been recommended to me from multiple sources, so at the insistence of a new colleague, I bumped it up my list. Atul, or Dr. Gawande as he’s known in the surgical circles, was …
Tagged as : Book ReviewMeasuring and Managing Information Risk
Seldom does one read a business book with humor, and often that humor is so atrocious, it’s best left out. This is perhaps one of the most unassuming business book I’ve read. To top it off, it’s on Information Technology/Systems Security! Measuring and Managing Information Risk …
Fooled by Randomness
In all courses of life, avoiding a major catastrophe is probably good advice. Nassim Taleb writes about the randomness of such events, dubbed Black Swans in his 2004 book Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets. While a good portion of the book …
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