Category Archives: now reading

The relevance of job posting and business networking sites

February 6, 2010 – 12:27 pm

This article over at TechCrunch got me thinking: When was the last time I actually applied for a job that I initially saw on a job posting? Even in the case of the jobs that I’ve applied for that happened to be posted on a job board or classified ad, I didn’t hear about them [...]

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Who stole my cheese?

February 9, 2009 – 10:09 am

I seem to remember seeing this book shortly after Enron, Worldcom, etc., imploded.  It seems to be fitting once again.

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Romancing the Clock

July 6, 2007 – 12:13 pm

“Accentuate the positives and reduce the negatives in your life.” Reduce stress. Put things in perspective. Hire someone to mow the grass if you don’t like doing it. Don’t fight battles that cost you the war. Some points of this book seemed a little bit excessive if taken literally, but I think the book as [...]

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O’Reilly Book: Programming C#

May 14, 2007 – 7:41 pm

Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C# I’m not always impressed with books published under the O’Reilly label. I usually find them much more useful as a reference guide than a learning tool. This book, however, stands out. As someone well-versed in Java and C++ concepts, this book was a helpful introduction to C#. Whenever [...]

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How Not to Program in C++

May 14, 2007 – 7:30 pm

How Not to Program in C++: 111 Broken Programs and 3 Working Ones, or Why Does 2 + 2 = 5986 I expected many great things from this book. I got mixed results. I usually enjoy figuring out “Bugs of the Day” and the like, but this was book was largely a mix of grading [...]

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