Books

My all-time favourties

Good to Great

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, James C. CollinsGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't is a management book by Jim C. Collins that describes how companies transition from being good companies to great companies, and how most companies fail to make the transition.

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Designing for the Digital Age

I got as far as the chapter on Detailed Design before I realised that despite my best intentions, I would never get around to finishing this book. Close enough to mark it "read" though, I think Pity, it was a pretty good, comprehensive read, a bit intimidating at times, but quite enough to get me excited about interaction design...

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The Elements of User Experience

I'd like to revisit this book sometime, when I'm able to give it some day-time level attention and note-taking. Most of the ideas presented in here were ones I'd encountered before, usually divorced from this (original?) context. (It was published in 2011, after all.)

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Lean UX

Just procedural enough So, when you really want to learn this subject, you're looking for books that explain the theory. But maybe also you want forms, and examples, and other form of organization, to keep you from spinning in circles on the power of imagination alone.

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War Doctor

https://theburgeoningbookshelf.blogsp... David Nott has written a compassionate story of his years as a volunteer surgeon working in hospitals around the world in war torn areas in Afghanistan, Sarajevo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Sudan, Darfur, Yemen and Gaza. Operating in poorly equipped hospitals with the most basic of instruments.

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Creative Selection

This is an excerpt from the book, that I found on the interwebs.The full title will be released on September '18. "Within a week of picking my keyboard, Scott scheduled a private demo with Phil Schiller, Apple's top marketing executive, the man who, after Steve, was most responsible for communicating to prospective customers exactly why we thought our products were great and why they should go out and buy one.

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What I'm reading now...

Jesus of Nazareth

This is my second reading of this book. Pope Benedict writes very clearly and explains the context of the words of Jesus from the Old Testament. I particularly liked the chapters on his Baptism, the Sermon of the Mountain (and the explanation of how a Jewish rabbi understands the words of Jesus), the Transfiguration, and the titles of Jesus.

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Just Enough Research

Erika is knows her stuff and presents it in a very witty & engaging manner. - In some cases the author was too methodical and I lacked more real life examples to get the grasp how different methods & tools can be used

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My reading list

A Practical Guide to Information Architecture

Self promoting, too general book I read 14% of the book and then randomly jumped to what I thought would be more relevant parts. Everything is way too generaly exposed, no real methodology, patterns or eye-openung case studies. This is just writing for the sake of being called an author, unfortunatelly.

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A Practical Guide to Information Architecture

The Making of a Manager

Definitely a good intro and advise to management A really good book. Super clear and really well organized. Took several highlights to review at anytime. I'd recommend this to anyone in their first management position for sure (and to those doing management awful, in case they consider trying to improve)

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UX Strategy

I realize this is still a draft, but I think there is something fundamentally flawed with a book about understanding users that has no apparent idea who the target readership is. Current draft fluctuates between gloss-overs of contemporary business books (mostly a mix of Valley and business jargon), and frankly silly things like explaining how to conduct an internet search.

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Sprint

Hi, I just finished reading a Kindle edition. The images are, in the majority, fully readable even without using zoom feature. Some of them are moreHi, I just finished reading a Kindle edition. The images are, in the majority, fully readable even without using zoom feature.

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Practical Empathy

Young's instructions on conducting a formal listening session are worthwhile. Much of the rest of the material, while not total fluff, seems like it was added just to make it book length.

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Mental Models

Publisher's description: http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/menta... "There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product-but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users' reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you grasp, and design for, those reasons.

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