So, not sure what algorithm Amazon are using to power their self optimizing links, but it doesn’t work – the books haven’t really changed in the 35 days its been on my blog. Of course I could be the exception but it seems to me to be, well, crap. Quite disappointing really, I would of [...]
Basically I have been a combination of busy, lazy and ill recently that has led to me being a bit slack on keeping up with certain aspects of my life. Going to the gym is one!! Posting on here has been another. Anyway here are three books I have read recently that I thought were [...]
In this book Robert Scoble and Shea Israel have done a great job of pulling together a whole raft of real world examples of why blogging is important as a business tool. They also present a wide range of opinions on the subject, some a little extreme for my liking, but all in all it [...]
Bulding Rails apps, buy this and read it cover to cover first, you will be amazed at how many issues have been solved for you. The book is comprised of a selection of ‘full’ recipes (sort of full plans to achieve something – like versioning) and snack recipes (hints on improving your code – postback [...]
So this is the second post about books I have recently finished and as with The Cathedral and The Bazaar it is a book I really should of read about 5 years ago. Doh. Having said that, it is very interesting to see how the companies and ideas outlined in this book have developed (or [...]
I first came across the ‘manifesto’ (to steal a term from Seth Godin) that is ‘The Cathedral & The Bazaar’ a couple of years after it was first was published on the web in 1997 and it played a part in helping stimulate my interest in Open Source and Linux. However, at the time I [...]
