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I highly recommend Pragmatic Thinking & Learning - it probably gets overlooked amongst all the other straightforward howto books but it's the one that's had the

by alabut 16y ago

I highly recommend Pragmatic Thinking & Learning - it probably gets overlooked amongst all the other straightforward howto books but it's the one that's had the biggest impact on me personally. http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-... It's not yet another GTD productivity clone either, it has some interesting research into both the brain, as well as an explanation of how the tech industry is could learn from the educational revolution in the 70's in nursing and health care (of all places!)

sayemm 16y ago
yeah, i've heard a lot about this book. just ordered it, kudos
- alabut 16y ago
  Hope you like it. Ping me with you impressions if you find it interesting - practically no one's heard of this book and it's been my little secret for a year or two.
runevault 16y ago
Got this book in last year's sale. Still need to go back and finish it, but it's an amazing book from the ~half I read. Ended up picking up Driving Technical Change because it sounds useful in general, not JUST from a technical perspective.
- alabut 16y ago
  Oh this is really cool, I never heard of Driving Technical Change. I could definitely use the tips because I've been instigating some technical changes at work recently: svn to git, php to rails, big product features to independent small focused apps, etc. EDIT: I wish we could start an HN book club, but I'm not sure how well the discussions would work virtually. I've attended and moderated a local UX design book club and gotten a lot out of it, so maybe a local HN chapter might work. Also: HN won't let me add a reply to the bottom of this thread, maybe it's one of pg's new features to avoid flame wars?
  - runevault 16y ago
    It just came out a week or two ago, so it's brand new. I haven't started in on it yet (too many other things going on) but the table of contents screamed "Understand how to get past people's misconceptions/preconceived notions" which, I dunno about anyone else, but I could use all the time.

by alabut 16y ago

sayemm 16y ago

yeah, i've heard a lot about this book. just ordered it, kudos

alabut 16y ago
Hope you like it. Ping me with you impressions if you find it interesting - practically no one's heard of this book and it's been my little secret for a year or two.

runevault 16y ago

Got this book in last year's sale. Still need to go back and finish it, but it's an amazing book from the ~half I read. Ended up picking up Driving Technical Change because it sounds useful in general, not JUST from a technical perspective.

alabut 16y ago
Oh this is really cool, I never heard of Driving Technical Change. I could definitely use the tips because I've been instigating some technical changes at work recently: svn to git, php to rails, big product features to independent small focused apps, etc. EDIT: I wish we could start an HN book club, but I'm not sure how well the discussions would work virtually. I've attended and moderated a local UX design book club and gotten a lot out of it, so maybe a local HN chapter might work. Also: HN won't let me add a reply to the bottom of this thread, maybe it's one of pg's new features to avoid flame wars?
- runevault 16y ago
  It just came out a week or two ago, so it's brand new. I haven't started in on it yet (too many other things going on) but the table of contents screamed "Understand how to get past people's misconceptions/preconceived notions" which, I dunno about anyone else, but I could use all the time.