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Consuming "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:52:35 GMT

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

by Clay Shirky

Consuming "Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:51:31 GMT

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

by W. Chan Kim

Consumed "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:51:11 GMT

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

by Timothy Ferriss

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:48:44 GMT

Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

by David L. Hough

Consumed "Ozonomics"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:48:07 GMT

Ozonomics

by Andrew Charlton

WORTH IT!

A story about "The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:03:39 GMT

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

by Robert I. Sutton

It’s not that I think it’s a bad book, or an unimportant idea – it’s that I think he could’ve been more succint with the delivery.

Also, my own (albeit limited) experience has been more shades of gray and subjectivity than he seems to convey in his book.

Zero tolerance seems alright if you’ve got a perfectly tuned asshole detecter; I think I get this type of judgement wrong frequently. So while an asshole enabled perspective seems useful, I’m not so sure I’d trust a rule.

A story about "The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hiremaga) — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:49:26 GMT

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by William Strunk Jr.

In the Elements of Style, William Strunk describes one of his pricinples of composition Omit needless words by saying

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

These words resonate with me; I hold a similar view about how software should be written and as I read this book a number of its rules & principles seem to apply equally to writing good software. This makes sense since the majority of code we write is in English. It seems to me that every developer who aspires to be their best would do well to aquire this guide; so, I’ve added this book to my list of books every software developer should own.