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Book Review: Product Demos That Sell: How to Deliver Winning SaaS Demos by Steli Efti
I’m new to demoing so I don’t have a lot of references to judge this book and its contents. Everything that I read makes sense. If we are going to judge by authority, Steli Efti, has the track record to write this sort of book. I think it’s interesting how much it covers around the…
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Book Review: Spring REST by Balaji Varanasi, Sudha Belida
If you need to build a RESTful API with Java, this book is the way to go. Short and sweet, it covers most of what you need without too much faff. I particularly liked the chapter on errors. It has quite a bit of code that I copied into my project as a starting point.…
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Book Review: Beginning Hibernate by Jeff Linwood, Dave Minter
Sweet introduction to Hibernate. I can’t believe it doesn’t cover migrations (and I’m sure some people will point out migrations it’s not part of Hibernate, but without it, there’s no good way to maintain a production database). The book is on the short side for a computer book and that’s a huge plus. Even then,…
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Book Review: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
This is the most British thing I ever read. It’s quite funny but in my usual fashion, I have lots of questions about the reality of these people. ★★★☆☆ Buy My Family and Other Animals in USA Buy My Family and Other Animals in UK Buy My Family and Other Animals in Canada
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Book Review: The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon
I read it as an audiobook and it doesn’t make a good one. It’s full of figures, numbers, charts, diagrams, etc which get lost in the audio version. This might cause a bias on my review. The book feels thoroughly researched. I caught a couple of small errors but most time when I thought “What…
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Book Review: The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday
This book is a sort of different explanation of the concepts of Stoicism. The book claimed the original works by Seneca and others are very accessible but I found The Obstacle is the Way way easier to digest. This books claims obstacles are a good thing and tries to prove it with many examples of…
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Book Review: Opening Skinner’s Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater
This book is very entertaining and contains a lot of details I wasn’t familiar with but to be honest, not many that are important in my opinion; so, if you are as familiar as I am with the great psychological experiments, it’s just entertainment (and I’d say good one). I really like that she managed…
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Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
I think I had my expectations wrong for this book. I was expecting it to focus on business and professional growth when most of its focus is on relationships and families. And when it addresses the professional life, it’s from the point of view of a manager/leader of a big company. It has some interesting…
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Book Review: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
I always saw Nike as this faceless, soulless multinational corporation. I never thought it’s origin was not dissimilar to Apple’s: they were rebels. They fought tooth and nail against incredibly bad odds and prevailed. This book eradicated my dislike for this company. ★★★☆☆ Buy Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE in USA…
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Book Review: Profit First: A Simple System To Transform Any Business From A Cash-Eating Monster To A Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz
Definitely interesting and a recommended read for any small business owner. I listened to the audio-book and it was compelling enough that I bought the hard-cover to give it a second read and look at the charts and tables. Profit first is essentially taking the profit out of revenue before your company eats it away.…