- Know Your Enemy - The Honeynet Project et al
- This is a computer security book about using honeypots to lure and
study criminal computers users that attempt unauthorized computer access.
It is fairly light on extremely technical details so it is readable by
a System Administration or IT Manager, as well as its target audience of
computer security personnel. A useful and interesting look at how the
good guys can find out real accurate details about the criminals.
- How to Get Started in QRP - Dave Ingram, K4TWJ
- This is a great little book about the area of low power (QRP)
amateur radio. The only odd thing about it was the lack of mention of ARRL
and their publications. I was impressived by the operating information,
I didn't expect such good practial information about actually operating
QRP. It also provides an introduction to kits, and home-brewing, as well
as using your existing station equipment. At 144 pages it is a quick and
enjoyable read.
- Wicked Problems, Righteous Soltuions:
A Catalogue of Modern Software Engineering Paradigms -
Peter DeGrace, Lesile Hulet Stahl
- The book looks at what methods programming teams actually
use, and what are the common failures or shortcomings of the
methods they do use. The title refers to problems which are
do not have any objectively or obvious "right" solution, and
so can become a religious issue.
- Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
- I gave up on this book. It is a classic of the modern
motativation "self-help" books, originally published in
1937. It's quaint references and writing make it interesting at
first, but I got tired of its lack of concrete content and pages
of fluff.
- The E Myth Revisited Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to
Do About It - Michael E. Gerber
- I wished I had read this before I tried to start a small business,
it is an interesting look at common mistakes people make when creating
small businesses, and end up just being self-employed rather than a small
business owner. Mr. Gerber appears to be a little too keen on franchises,
but they are meant to be an abstract model of how to look at a business in
such a fashion as to avoid making yourself the centre of how the business
itself functions.
- Nortel Networks: How Innovation and Vision Created a Network Giant - Larry
MacDonald
- I picked it up at the discount table at a book store and certainly
got my five dollars worth out of it. It is a upbeat look at Nortel
Networks's history, which has roots going back about one hundred years
ago as the telephone manufacturing arm of Bell Canada. I think that the
book ended up on the discount table because of Nortel's current stock
price, not because the book is second rate. The book does paint a smiley
happy view of Nortel, but it was not sickly sweet "we all love
Nortel." If you are interested in the telecom
industry, or high tech in Canada it is worth a read.
- The One Minute Manager - Kenneth H.
Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
- Short, simple, and clear. I wish more "business" were
like this and got to the point and try to carefully explain what they
want to say and finish. There are three principles to this approximately
100 page book. Some people will feel "I could of told you
that", but they did not and more importantly I doubt they practice
the three principles. I would say that it sets out to deliver a general
guide to being a good manager, and delivers wonderfully.
- The Dean Witter Guide to Personal
Investing - Robert M. Gardiner
- A nice book, intended for those who only want to read one
or two books about personal finances. It has a conservative view
towards wealth creation, but is very realistic for those who do not
want to spend a lot of time and effort learning more about investing.
Combined with The Wealthy Barber or The Richest Man in
Babylon I think a reader could be well prepared to start taking
care of her finances.
- Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest In, That the Poor and
Middle Class Do Not! - Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
- I was true disappointed, while I did learn some things, the first
hundred pages were painful to read. I stuck with it and the self half had
some useful insight, but Mr. Kiyosaki is a poor motivational writer. I
think most people can skip this book. My favourite was the second,
Cashflow Quadrant, and I will certainly think twice before considering
another one of his books.
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