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Current Print Subscriptions: 4Q2011

My subscriptions to print periodicals as of October, November, and December 2011.

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Update:

• Discontinued IEEE Engineering Management Review
• Discontinued IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

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Computerworld

• Information Technology.
• Weekly. Online version available here.

Consulting

• Consulting events, thought leadership, industry intelligence, and lifestyle issues.
• Bimonthly. Online version available here.

The Economist

• Business, political and literary newsweekly.
• Weekly. Online version available here.

IEEE Spectrum

• Technology magazine.
• Online version available here.

Information Management

• Business intelligence, analytics, integration, and data warehousing.
• Monthly. Online version available here.

The New Yorker

• Culture, art, politics, design, technology, and more.
• Weekly. Online version available here.

Runner's World

• Running magazine.
• Monthly. Online version available here.

The Wall Street Journal

• Largest circulation U.S. newspaper.
• Daily. Online version available here.

Personal Reading List: 1Q2012

My personal reading list for January, February, and March 2012.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading.

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Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (Third Edition), by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, and Mark A. Hall, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: Sensemaking, Strategy, Structures and Solutions, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2010.

Fodor's Germany (26th Edition) , Fodor's Travel, 2012. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Gold and Iron: Bismark, Bleichröder, and the Building of the German Empire, by Fritz Stern, Vintage, 1979.

Hadoop in Action, by Chuck Lam, Manning Publications, 2010.

Introduction to Decision Analysis (Third Edition), by David C. Skinner, Probabilistic Publishing, 2009.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference (11th Edition), by Attorney Richard Stim, NOLO, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

R in Action, by Robert Kabacoff, Manning Publications, 2011.

To the Cloud: Cloud Powering the Enterprise, by Pankaj Arora, Raj Biyani, and Salil Dave, McGraw-Hill, 2012. By invitation from Bettina Faltermeier at McGraw-Hill Professional.

The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free (Fourth Edition), by Ellen Hodgson Brown, Third Millennium Press, 2010.

With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child - Volume 1, by Keiko Tobe, Yen Press, 2007.

Personal Reading List: 4Q2011

My personal reading list for October, November, and December 2011.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading.

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Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

The Cloud at Your Service, by Jothy Rosenberg and Arthur Mateos, Manning Publications, 2011.

Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (Third Edition), by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, and Mark A. Hall, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework (Third Edition), by Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn, Jossey-Bass, 2011.

Dr. Peeling's Principles of Management: Practical Advice for the Front-Line Manager, by Nic Peeling, Dorset House, 2003.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: Sensemaking, Strategy, Structures and Solutions, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2010.

Hadoop in Action, by Chuck Lam, Manning Publications, 2010.

Influence: Science and Practice, by Robert B. Cialdini, Pearson Education, 2009.

Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update, and Query Temporal Data, by Tom Johnston and Randall Weis, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook, by Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, Simon Kapadia, and Jim Brennan, IBM Press, 2008.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference, by Attorney Richard Stim, NOLO, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

The World of Yesterday: An Autobiography, by Stefan Zweig, University of Nebraska Press, 1964.

Personal Reading List: 3Q2011

My personal reading list for July, August, and September 2011.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading.

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Architecture of Network Systems, by Dimitrios Serpanos and Tilman Wolf, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (Third Edition), by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, and Mark A. Hall, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Entrepreneur Journeys v.4: Innovation - Need of the Hour (Volume 4), by Sramana Mitra, CreateSpace, 2010.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: Sensemaking, Strategy, Structures and Solutions, by Tom Graves, Tetradian Books, 2010.

Hadoop in Action, by Chuck Lam, Manning Publications, 2010.

A History of Autism: Conversations with the Pioneers, by Adam Feinstein, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Lean Integration: An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility, by John G. Schmidt and David Lyle, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2010.

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, by Eric Ries, Crown Business, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine. Uncorrected Proof.

The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry, by Ernest von Simson, iUniverse, 2010.

A Long Silence: Memories of a German Refugee Child, 1941-1958, by Sabina De Werth Neu, Prometheus Books, 2011.

Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update, and Query Temporal Data, by Tom Johnston and Randall Weis, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference, by Attorney Richard Stim, NOLO, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership, by James C. Hunter, Prima, 1998.

Personal Reading List: 2Q2011

My personal reading list for April, May, and June 2011.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading.

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Architecture of Network Systems, by Dimitrios Serpanos and Tilman Wolf, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (Third Edition), by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, and Mark A. Hall, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: Sensemaking, Strategy, Structures and Solutions, by Tom Graves, Tetradian Books, 2010.

The Journey: Our Quest for Faith and Meaning, by Os Guiness, Navpress Publishing Group, 2001.

Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update, and Query Temporal Data, by Tom Johnston and Randall Weis, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

My Father's Country: The Story of a German Family, by Wibke Bruhns, Arrow Books, 2009.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference, by Attorney Richard Stim, NOLO, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business, by Josh Kaufman, Portfolio / Penguin, 2010.

The Portable Conservative Reader, edited by Russell Kirk, Penguin Books, 1982.

Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders, by Srinivasan S. Pillay, FT Press, 2011. By invitation from Amazon Vine. Draft Manuscript. Advance Reader's Copy.   

Current Print Subscriptions: 1Q2011

My subscriptions to print periodicals as of January, February, and March 2011.

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Computerworld

• Information Technology.
• Weekly. Online version available here.

Consulting

• Consulting events, thought leadership, industry intelligence, and lifestyle issues.
• Bimonthly. Online version available here.

The Economist

• Business, political and literary newsweekly.
• Weekly. Online version available here.

IEEE Engineering Management Review

• Wide portfolio of topics on engineering and technology management.
• Online version available here.

IEEE Spectrum

• Technology magazine.
• Online version available here.

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

• Peer-reviewed academic research on engineering management theory and practice.
• Online version available here.

Information Management

• Business intelligence, analytics, integration, and data warehousing.
• Monthly. Online version available here.

The New Yorker

• Culture, art, politics, design, technology, and more.
• Weekly. Online version available here.

Runner's World

• Running magazine.
• Monthly. Online version available here.

The Wall Street Journal

• Largest circulation U.S. newspaper.
• Daily. Online version available here.

 

Personal Reading List: 1Q2011

My personal reading list for January, February, and March 2011.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading.

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The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic, by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill, Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press), 2010.

Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others, by David Kord Murray, Gotham Books (Penguin), 2009.

Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

Entrepreneurs of Life: Faith and the Venture of Purposeful Living, by Os Guiness, Navpress Publishing Group, 2001.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: Sensemaking, Strategy, Structures and Solutions, by Tom Graves, Tetradian Books, 2010.

Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update, and Query Temporal Data, by Tom Johnston and Randall Weis, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform, by Alan Weiss, Ph.D., McGraw-Hill, 2011.

The Myth of Autism: How a Misunderstood Epidemic is Destroying Our Children, by Michael Goldberg and Elyse Goldberg, Skyhorse Publishing, 2011.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference, by Attorney Richard Stim, NOLO, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business, by Josh Kaufman, Portfolio / Penguin, 2010.

The Portable Conservative Reader, edited by Russell Kirk, Penguin Books, 1982.

The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement, by David Loshin, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Steering Through Chaos: Vice and Virtue in an Age of Moral Confusion, by Os Guiness, Navpress Publishing Group, 2000.

Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy, by Harry Beckwith, Business Plus, 2010. By invitation from author Harry Beckwith. Copy provided by publicist Melissa Bullock of Grand Central Publishing - Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Personal Reading List: 4Q2010

My personal reading list for October, November, and December 2010.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading.

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Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

Everyday Enterprise-Architecture: Sensemaking, Strategy, Structures and Solutions, by Tom Graves, Tetradian Books, 2010.

Five Germanys I Have Known, by Fritz Stern, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006. 

Information Systems Transformation: Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies, by William M. Ulrich and Philip Newcomb, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach, by George H. Fairbanks, Marshall & Brainerd, 2010. By invitation from author George H. Fairbanks.
 

Making Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Work for Business: A Guide to Understanding Information as an Asset, by John Ladley, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference, by Attorney Richard Stim, NOLO, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

The Portable Conservative Reader, edited by Russell Kirk, Penguin Books, 1982.

Project Decisions: The Art and Science, by Lev Virine and Michael Trumper, Management Concepts, 2008.
 

Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy, by Harry Beckwith, Business Plus, 2010. By invitation from author Harry Beckwith. Copy to be provided by publicist Melissa Bullock of Grand Central Publishing - Hachette Book Group, Inc.

vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide: Shortcuts down the Path of Virtualization, by Bernie Baker, Thomas Bryant, Duncan Epping, Dave Mishchenko, Stuart Radnidge, and Alan Renouf, BookSurge Publishing, 2009.

When No One Sees: The Importance of Character in an Age of Image, by Os Guiness, Navpress Publishing Group, 2000.

Personal Reading List: 3Q2010

My personal reading list for July, August, and September 2010.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued,  Completed Reading .

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Amplifying Your Effectiveness: Collected Essays, edited by Gerald M. Weinberg, James Bach, and Naomi Karten, Dorset House Publishing, 2000.

Brains: How They Seem to Work, by Dale Purves, FT Press, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine. 

Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, by John P. Kotter, Harvard Business Press, 2010.   By invitation from Amazon Vine. Advance Reader's Copy.

  Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimation, by Tom DeMarco, Yourdon Press Computing Series, 1982. 

The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling, by Len Silverston and Paul Agnew, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009.

Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, by Vineet Nayar, Harvard Business Press, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine.

Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information, by Allen Dreibelbis, Eberhard Hechler, Ivan Milman, Martin Oberhofer, Paul van Run, and Dan Wolfson, IBM Press, 2008.

Five Germanys I Have Known, by Fritz Stern, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006. 

Java Transaction Processing: Design and Implementation, by Mark Little, Jon Maron, and Greg Pavlik, Prentice Hall PTR, 2004.

 Mastering VMware vSphere 4: Install and Maintain VMware vSphere 4, Create and Manage Virtual Networks, by Scott Lowe, Sybex, 2009.

Open Source ESBs in Action, by Tijs Rademakers and Jos Dirksen, Manning Publications, 2009.

Open Source SOA, by Jeff Davis, Manning Publications, 2009.

The Portable Conservative Reader, edited by Russell Kirk, Penguin Books, 1982.

Rules to Break & Laws to Follow: How Your Business Can Beat the Crisis of Short-Termism (Microsoft Executive Leadership Series), by Don Peppers & Martha Rogers, PhD, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide: Shortcuts down the Path of Virtualization, by Bernie Baker, Thomas Bryant, Duncan Epping, Dave Mishchenko, Stuart Radnidge, and Alan Renouf, BookSurge Publishing, 2009.

Personal Reading List: 2Q2010

My personal reading list for April, May, and June 2010.

Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued,  Completed Reading.

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 Bridging the Silos: Enterprise Architecture for IT Architects, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008.

Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines - the Truth Behind a Tragedy, by Andrew J. Wakefield, Skyhorse Publishing, 2010.

The Data Model Resource Book Volume 1 (Revised Edition): A Library of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises, by Len Silverston, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001.

The Data Model Resource Book Volume 2 (Revised Edition): A Library of Universal Data Models by Industry Types, by Len Silverston, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001.

The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling, by Len Silverston and Paul Agnew, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009.

 Five Germanys I Have Known, by Fritz Stern, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006.

Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies - The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders, by Kenneth Bock, M.D. and Cameron Stauth, Ballantine Books, 2007.

IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation, by Edwin Black, Dialog Press, 2009.

Java Transaction Processing: Design and Implementation, by Mark Little, Jon Maron, and Greg Pavlik, Prentice Hall PTR, 2004.

Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as if It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority, by Steven Shapin, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.  By invitation from Amazon Vine. Uncorrected Proof.

Open Source ESBs in Action, by Tijs Rademakers and Jos Dirksen, Manning Publications, 2009.

Open Source SOA, by Jeff Davis, Manning Publications, 2009.

Rules to Break & Laws to Follow: How Your Business Can Beat the Crisis of Short-Termism (Microsoft Executive Leadership Series), by Don Peppers & Martha Rogers, PhD, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Stand Up for Autism: A Boy, a Dog, and a Prescription for Laughter, by Georgina J. Derbyshire, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010. By invitation from Amazon Vine. Uncorrected Proof.

The Service Oriented Enterprise: Enterprise Architecture and Viable Services, by Tom Graves, Tetradian Books, 2009.

Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?: An Executive's Guide to Using Probabilistic Thinking to Manage Risk and to Make Better Decisions, by Patrick Leach, Probabilistic Publishing, 2006.