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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Review – Enterprise Integration Patterns
I’ve just posted my review of Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolfe’s excellent book on Enterprise Integration using messaging, “Enterprise Integration Patterns”. Overall it’s an excellent book, and wiil probably become a “bible” for those involved in the high-level design of Continue reading
Enterprise Integration Patterms
An excellent book which will become a standard reference Continue reading
Waltzing with Bears
A good book covering an important and negelected area Continue reading
Review – My Early Life
I’ve just posted my review of this wonderfull book, by one of the world’s greatest leaders. The book is exciting, inspiring and, most of all, fun. I urge you to read it (and my review)! Continue reading
Valuing Flexibility
I’ve just posted my review of “Real Options”, a book about financial market techniques to put a quantitative value on the benefits of flexibility. Unfortunately I was rather disappointed by the book – read my review to find out why. Continue reading
Real Options
A rather disappointing book for the general reader Continue reading
Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
An excellent reminder about why maths is fun Continue reading
Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
I’ve just posted my reviews of two excellent books by Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham. “Why Do Buses Come In Threes?” and “How Long is a Piece of String?” The messages of these books are that mathematics is important to Continue reading
How Long Is A Piece of String?
Another excellent introduction to the fun of mathematics Continue reading
The New World of Mr Tompkins
An excellent update to a classic introduction to modern physics Continue reading
The Coming Global Superstorm
A good book, slightly spoilt by psueo-science Continue reading
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