Books

The Pragmatic Programmer

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I’m not a developer. I’ve been working on a bit of design and a bit of development (I’ve heard someone like this called a sweeper. I always liked that name.), but I’m certainly not a developer.
On every blog and developer checklist, however, I kept hearing about this book, the Pragmatic Progammer […]

The Art of the Start

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

There are many ways to start a business. Some people purchase a business, refine it, and watch it grow. Others simply focus on their product and let their business come to them. Lifestyle business owners make enough to support themselves. Finally, there are serial entrepreneurs.
Serial entrepreneurs master the process of creating […]

Getting Real by 37signals gave me chills

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

It’s true. Getting Real by 37signals gave me the chills.
Several months ago I asked my friend Laks to recommend a good book that would really help me better understand how software should be done. For the past two years, I’ve worked in two completely different environments and seen two completely different ways of […]

Designing Web Navigation

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Every entrepreneur born after 1980 will at some point be involved in the creation of a website. It doesn’t matter if you’re creating an organic farm or the next Google. (For those of you that are creating the next Google, you can probably skip this post… But you wont! You’re creating […]

The Elements of Style

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

If there’s one thing an early blogging entrepreneur can use in their library, a writing book is an obvious choice. I suspect, however, that few bloggers take the time to dig into writing books.
Part of blogging’s charm is the fact that you’re in complete control of how and what you write. There’s no […]