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Past Book Review (July 6, 2007): "Inventing Software"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for Inventing Software: The Rise of "Computer-Related" Patents, by Kenneth Nichols, Quorum Books, 1998: From the first lines of the preface of this work by Kenneth Nichols, it is apparent that what was initially planned to be

New Book Review: "Influence"

New book review for Influence: Science and Practice, by Robert B. Cialdini, Pearson Education, 2009: The quote by Tom Peters on the cover of the fifth edition is what helped compel me to purchase this text: "If everything were on the line in a negotiation, I can't

New Book Review: "Dr. Peeling's Principles of Management"

New book review for Dr. Peeling's Principles of Management: Practical Advice for the Front-Line Manager, by Nic Peeling, Dorset House, 2003: The aspect of this text that originally drew my attention was that it is published by Dorset House, which has still yet to disappoint after reading several

New Book Review: "Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture"

New book review for Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework (Third Edition), by Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn, Jossey-Bass, 2011: In the introduction to this book, the authors share the familiar Tom Peters quote, "If you're not confused, you'

New Book Review: "The Cloud at Your Service"

New book review for The Cloud at Your Service: The When, How, and Why of Enterprise Cloud Computing, by Jothy Rosenberg and Arthur Mateos, Manning, 2011: Potential readers of this text, especially those familiar with Manning, might be interested in knowing that in their preface, the authors indicate they "

New Book Review: "Managing Time in Relational Databases"

New book review for Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update and Query Temporal Data, by Tom Johnston and Randall Weis, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010: Copy provided by Amazon. When this book was published last year, I must admit that the data architect in me was excited that an

New Book Review: "IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook"

New book review for IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook, by Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, Simon Kapadia, and Jim Brennan, IBM Press, 2008: A couple months ago, I read through this near 900-page text in preparation for the project I am currently leading to move my client from

New Book Review: "The Limits of Strategy"

New book review for The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry, by Ernest von Simson, iUniverse, 2010: In my opinion, it is amazing that so few reviews have been posted for this extremely insightful effort by Ernest von Simson, veteran consultant and co-founder of Research Board,

New Book Review: "Lean Integration"

New book review for Lean Integration: An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility, by John G. Schmidt and David Lyle, Addison-Wesley, 2010: A text published several years ago by the same authors, "Integration Competency Center: An Implementation Methodology", initially captured my interest in this recently released book. Although

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: Copy (uncorrected proof) provided by Amazon. Good introduction to the application of Lean principles to the startup effort. As with its Lean ancestry in