I’ve been asked for book recommendations a few times recently so thought I’d share them here too. I read some really great books last year but here are 5 that really stood out for me. In no particular order… Masters Of Doom: How two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture – David Kushner
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Packt eBooks and Videos – Level Up!
The good people over at Packt Publishing have a special offer on at the moment. Basically the more ebooks or videos you buy the larger the discount! ALL eBooks and Videos are just $10 each or less. Any 1 or 2 eBooks/Videos –$10 each Any 3 to 5 eBooks/Videos – $8 each Any 6 or
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Reading List For 2013
This will be last post about stuff from last year…honest…maybe. It’s safe to say i was very happy with trying to hit my target of trying to read at least one book a month for 2013. According to GoodReads I’ve read 44 “things” in 2013. I’ve recommended quite a few of these to various friends
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The IT Marketing Crash Course – book
Last week I I got an email from Raj Khera who asked if I’d like to take a look at his new book which was due to launch and is aimed specifically at small technology companies and help them win new business by improving their marketing. Raj is the CEO of MailerMailer, who are an
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Book Review: Deadline by Mira Grant
So as part of my new year post I said I wanted to get back into the reading habit. I also said that once I actually started I wasn’t expecting it to be problem to read a book a month as the old habits would return. Looks like I was right! As of the of
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Book Review: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide
The very nice people at Packt asked me to take a look at this book Co-authored by Drew Hills who is an active contributor to the SMB IT Professional community in Australia and Robert Crane of the excellent CIAOPS blog and “Need to Know Podcast”. Having read the book I think it’s a title that’s
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Book Review–Roo’d
Look a book review! This is the review I’d started when I was hit with what I originally said was writers block and eventually attributed to being burnt out. I’ve avoided coming back to this but I really do need to get it out of the way so here it is. After the previous book
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Book Review–Password Incorrect
This was the first book in a while I didn’t actually like, hence the brevity as it wasn’t all that memorable either! I rarely give up on a book once I’ve started it properly because I like to give it every chance – some books redeem themselves after an iffy start this wasn’t one of
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Book Review – Eastern Standard Tribe
Another Cory Doctorow book! This book was another that I’d actually got on my Amazon wish list before I realised it has also been released under a creative commons license. It took me quite a while to get into this. I read the first half of the book with a frown on my face as
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How’s the book reading going?
Back in February I explained about the book reviews I’d started posted on the site. I was trying to be more consistent with my reading so thought keeping track of what I’d actually read would help. Also writing book reviews would help me keep in the blogging habit. Finally, I hoped that anyone who might