My library
I love reading both fiction and non-fiction books. Here I keep a short review for each book I finish. This section is mainly for my benefit, but write me a message if you’d like to talk about books.
Ryan Singer - Shape Up
This book is free to read or download on the Basecamp website. This short book (130 pages) is a great overview of the product development process used by Basecamp. As it is always the case with books …
Finished 14 August 2020
Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms
After reading Guards! Guards!, I was hooked to the Watch series and this book was no disappointment. Pratchett develops the peculiar characters of the Ankh-Morpork city night watch (Nobby, Carrot) …
Finished 9 August 2020
Fried, Hansson - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
This is the third book from the duo Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Rework was about product design, Remote was about remote work, this one is about company culture and processes to support …
Finished 19 July 2020
David Allen - Getting Things Done
This book had to be revolutionary during its time (2001), but even though the book was updated in 2015, it feels lagging in time. Especially the parts where the author focuses on in-trays and office …
Finished 8 July 2020
Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!
This is the fantasy series I was looking for. After reading this book, I’m using the Discworld reading guide to binge read all the watch novels. This book is following the story of a police unit …
Finished 3 July 2020
Gary Provost - 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
One of Gary’s tips is “Make yourself likeable”. And does he make a good job of it. The book describes the rules of both style and grammar in a way that’s easy to digest and …
Finished 19 June 2020
Sönke Ahrens - How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
This book is a good introduction into the motivation and science behind using atomic interconnected notes, a method known as slip-box or German Zettelkasten. The massive drawback of the book is that …
Finished 6 June 2020
Richard P. Feynman - What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Richard Feynman seems like a really cool guy. I’ve never heard of him and I still don’t know what he got his Nobel Prize for, but the way how he discusses his childhood, love for science …
Finished 13 May 2020
Bohumil Hrabal - I Served the King of England
When I started reading this e-book, I thought that I’ve got to get a faulty file. Bohumil definitely wasn’t messing around when starting this book. It’s on since the page 1. My …
Finished 29 April 2020
David Thomas, Andrew Hunt - The Pragmatic Programmer
I have no idea, why did it take me 10 years of professional programming to get this book and read it. Maybe it was the 1999 release date that made it look too old. Too old to provide any useful …
Finished 25 April 2020