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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

New Book Review: "The Lean Startup"

New book review for The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, by Eric Ries, Crown Business, 2011, reposted here: Copy (uncorrected proof) provided by Amazon. Good introduction to the application of Lean principles to the startup effort. As with its Lean

Rave Run: Ridges Road in Door County (Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin)

As explained in an earlier post, one habit that I picked up on the road as a consultant over the years is always inquiring about local running paths while visiting unfamiliar locales for the first time. And I find running a pleasurable way to explore new places. So in the

Product Reviews: Part 4

As of today, 1000 helpful votes have been received on Amazon for the various reviews I have written.

New Book Review: "Architecture of Network Systems"

New book review for Architecture of Network Systems, by Dimitrios Serpanos and Tilman Wolf, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011, reposted here: As the authors explain in the preface, this book was developed for use in university courses at the upper undergraduate and graduate level, using material previously presented by the authors at

New Book Review: "The Servant"

New book review for The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership, by James C. Hunter, Prima, 1998, reposted here: Recently recommended by the instructor of a University of Illinois leadership training course my colleagues and I attended, this book is one of the best leadership texts

New Book Review: "Entrepreneur Journeys v.4"

New book review for Entrepreneur Journeys v.4: Innovation – Need of the Hour (Volume 4), by Sramana Mitra, CreateSpace, 2010, reposted here: A sidebar interview with the author in a recent issue of "IEEE Spectrum" magazine made me aware of this "Entrepreneur Journeys" series of books.

Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 4

About a month ago, I completed my second Liquibase project, one of a portfolio of four projects I managed for the client CTO, and an extension to the project first mentioned in my third post in this series. The first Liquibase project that I had completed for another client, although

Past Book Review (November 13, 2003): "The Secrets of Consulting"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully, by Gerald M. Weinberg, Dorset House Publishing, 1986, reposted here: What exactly is consulting? And how does one consult successfully? This informative book attempts to answer

Past Book Review (March 1, 2009): "IT Architecture Toolkit"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for IT Architecture Toolkit, by Jane A. Carbone, Prentice Hall, 2004, reposted here: Over the past year, this reviewer has spent some time catching up on some of the more recently available texts on enterprise architecture, and quite simply

Past Book Review (November 16, 2008): "Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism, by John D. Banja, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2005, reposted here: Published almost four years ago at the time of this review, it is rather interesting that other readers have not yet shared