Lists of Bests: Joel Spolsky's "Fog Creek Software Management Training Program" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4971 A reading list for the Fog Creek Software Management Training Program. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:00:03 GMT en-us 0 50 75 50 0 The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4870 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4870"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201835959.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick P. Brooks</div> Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55360 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55360"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0321344758.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44487092_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Krug</div> Growing a Business http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17948 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671671642.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Hawken</div> DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160974 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160974"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1576753050.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1088802795_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar H. Schein</div> Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14402 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14402"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471117099.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110577508_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Schneier</div> Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29772 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29772"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558605347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Greenspun</div> Testing Computer Software, 2nd Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14490 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14490"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471358460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cem Kaner</div> Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20441 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20441"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0735710759.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Derek M. Powazek</div> Version Control with Subversion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16778 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16778"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0596004486.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. Michael Pilato</div> The Non-Designer's Design Book, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7250 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7250"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0321193857.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Williams</div> The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4760 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4760"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/020161622X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Hunt</div> Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28055 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28055"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633366.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert D. Austin</div> Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7208 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7208"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0321117425.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert L. Glass</div> Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16846 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16846"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0596006624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Graham</div> Competing On Internet Time: Lessons From Netscape And Its Battle With Microsoft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19575 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19575"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684863456.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael A. Cusumano</div> The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18250 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18250"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0672326140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Cooper</div> The Design of Everyday Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14326 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14326"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465067107.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald A. Norman</div> The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/278 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/278"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060008768.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Wilson</div> Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20787 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20787"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743203151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Bank</div> Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2073 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2073"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066620732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linus Torvalds</div> On a Roll From Hot Dog Buns to High Tech http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161065 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Jonas</div> First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest:, The : A Silicon Valley Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1146474 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1146474"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679456996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Po Bronson</div> Random Excess: The Wild Ride of Michael Cowpland and Corel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2710211 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ross Laver</div> Show Stopper! Cloth: THE BREAKNECK RACE TO CREATE WINDOWS NT AND THE NEXT GENERATION AT MICROSOFT http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/208 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/208"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0029356717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. Pascal Zachary</div> The Leap: A Memoir of Love and Madness in the Internet Gold Rush http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1106701 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1106701"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395839343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Ashbrook</div> Digital Hustlers: Living Large and Falling Hard in Silicon Alley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161152 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161152"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005LPVB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Casey Kait</div> In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32541 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32541"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1590591046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110485363_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Merrill R. (Rick) Chapman</div> Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2919 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2919"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140257314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138677543_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerry Kaplan</div> Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Ed. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28058 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28058"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Demarco</div> The MacIntosh Way http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1509 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Kawasaki</div> Microsoft Rebooted: How Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Reinvented Their Company http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017214 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1017214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00080W3IE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Slater</div> Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How It Challenged Microsoft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26711 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26711"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871137097.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056502348_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Quittner</div> AOL.com http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161211 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161211"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812931912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kara Swisher</div> dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77167 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77167"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316600059.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056431799_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. David Kuo</div> The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/708809 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/708809"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EUKR04.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Lewis</div> Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81834 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81834"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684856212.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465674_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Wolff</div> Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90541 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90541"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0887308554.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert X. Cringely</div> Revolution in the Valley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16860 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16860"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0596007191.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andy Hertzfeld</div> The Anatomy of Buzz: How to Create Word of Mouth Marketing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10376 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10376"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385496680.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emanuel Rosen</div> Death March, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2432 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2432"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/013143635X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Yourdon</div> Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28053 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28053"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633013.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerald M. Weinberg</div> Rules For Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27430 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27430"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/088730995X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057196254_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Kawasaki</div> Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, 20th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963785 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963785"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0071359168.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44300659_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Ries</div> The Manager Pool: Patterns for Radical Leadership http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161319 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161319"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201725835.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Sherwood Olson</div> Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15026 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517883708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Lager</div> The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27407 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27407"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0887306667.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1107820622_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Ries</div> The Goal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27306 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27306"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0884271781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eliyahu M. Goldratt</div> Critical Chain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27304 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27304"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0884271536.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eliyahu M. Goldratt</div> Microserfs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1561 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060987049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div> Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22683 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22683"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767907698.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Demarco</div>