thecrumb.com » Books http://thecrumb.com developer | thinker | tinkerer Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What Are You Reading? http://thecrumb.com/2009/02/05/what-are-you-reading/ http://thecrumb.com/2009/02/05/what-are-you-reading/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:38:58 +0000 Jim Priest http://www.thecrumb.com/?p=664 Continue reading →]]> I’m on a reading kick lately and looking for some suggestions.  I occasionally see recommendations get thrown about on Twitter but I forget to write them down.

I’ve got the SciFi covered, and I don’t particularly  care for coding related books (I absorb enough of that via the web).

What I AM interested in is processes, management, inspirational, presentations, marketing, change control, etc.

Right now I’m reading:

  • The Big Moo edited by Seth Godin (who has several other really good looking books that I’ve got on order from library)
  • Roadshow by Neil Peart (Drummer from Rush – “A concert tour by motorcycle”)

A few on my radar from my wishlist:

So, what are your reading??  Fire away in the comments!

]]> http://thecrumb.com/2009/02/05/what-are-you-reading/feed/ 7 Book Review: Time Management for System Administrators http://thecrumb.com/2008/07/18/book-review-time-management-for-system-administrators/ http://thecrumb.com/2008/07/18/book-review-time-management-for-system-administrators/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:30:18 +0000 Jim Priest http://www.thecrumb.com/?p=475 Continue reading →]]> Time Management for System Administrators

By Thomas A. Limoncelli
First Edition  November 2005
Pages: 226
ISBN 10: 0-596-00783-3 | ISBN 13: 9780596007836

I’ve had this book for a long time and recently re-read it. While it’s targeted at System Administrators (which I used to be in a previous life) a lot of it pertains to application developers as well.

He basically breaks it down into a series of steps:

  • Staying focused and avoiding interruptions
  • Getting into routines
  • Setting up a “cycle” – dealing with To Do lists, email and calendars
  • Setting priorities
  • Dealing with email and stress
  • Eliminating time wasters (Twitter how I hate thee)
  • The importance of documentation
  • Automating things to save time

I’d say I’ve gotten better at a lot of these since the first time I read the book.  I’ve been managing my calendar and email much better.  I’ve begun using tools like Ant and AutoHotKey to automate all those pesky chores. Still struggling with To Dos and priorities but after re-reading the book I’ve got some ideas on how to improve in those areas as well (carrying my ancient Palm Pilot around again!).

Overall a great read. Check your local library for a copy.  O’Reilly also offer it in PDF format as well as the hard copy.

]]> http://thecrumb.com/2008/07/18/book-review-time-management-for-system-administrators/feed/ 2 508 – Looking For Book Recommendations http://thecrumb.com/2008/03/05/508-looking-for-book-recommendations/ http://thecrumb.com/2008/03/05/508-looking-for-book-recommendations/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:52:39 +0000 Jim Priest http://www.thecrumb.com/2008/03/05/508-looking-for-book-recommendations/ Continue reading →]]> Working for The Man we are finally cracking down on 508 compliance here. I’m curious if anyone has read any good books on the subject they could recommend?

I do a lot of things for accessibility already but I’m sure I could do more. I’m also struggling with accessibility while implementing things like jQuery.

]]> http://thecrumb.com/2008/03/05/508-looking-for-book-recommendations/feed/ 2 Trac/Subversion Book http://thecrumb.com/2007/12/29/tracsubversion-book/ http://thecrumb.com/2007/12/29/tracsubversion-book/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:25:32 +0000 Jim Priest http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/12/29/tracsubversion-book/ Just saw this on Google Reader while reading my Ubuntu feeds…

Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion.

That looks like a good one!!

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