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author: Melinda Long
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 03/31/08
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The best part is reading Braid Beard's lines in a pirate voice...Aaargh Matey!!!
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author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 06/07
date added: 03/31/08
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Can you beat a book about a man's post-apocalyptic relationship with his young son?! Gripping, compelling and revealing about human nature, survival and the father-son relationship. Oh, and a depressing depiction of humankind in a possible future. Damn, I even cried at one point, but being a father of two boys, can you blame me? Pretty much read it cover-to-cover over the Father's Day weekend and enjoyed the journey.
]]> 19165895 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:08:03 -0700 I enjoyed this book very much as the topic is very relevant and explains a lot about how our streetscapes influences our civic experience. However, the author's writing style is somewhat laborious to plow through with a very long sentence structure and lack of summary of her points. But this style has its own appeal as it affords a very detailed and thorough discussion of the elements of her argument. A book for those that want to charactarize and understand how Calgary's suburban sprawl influences us all.]]>
author: Jane Jacobs
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 01/04
date added: 03/31/08
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This book about urban and city design is THE book about how to make livable, sustainable and healthy cities & communities. It details current examples of good and bad civic design, and the historical development of cities is very thorough.
I enjoyed this book very much as the topic is very relevant and explains a lot about how our streetscapes influences our civic experience. However, the author's writing style is somewhat laborious to plow through with a very long sentence structure and lack of summary of her points. But this style has its own appeal as it affords a very detailed and thorough discussion of the elements of her argument. A book for those that want to charactarize and understand how Calgary's suburban sprawl influences us all.
]]> 19165404 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:58:52 -0700 Hmm. As an industry insider, this book covers very familiar ground so I don't know how the layperson will see it. However, it is written accessibly so if you want to know how many / most software projects go, this is the book for you.]]>
author: Scott Rosenberg
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 12/07
date added: 03/31/08
shelves: software-engineering
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The author intended to write a book about a successful software project but instead got a multi-year, spiralling project experience. He was imbedded with the software team and relates the successes and roadblocks encountered by them. In a third-person sort-of-way, he experienced what many software team members experience: a protracted, question-laden journey where organizational influences and individual's agendas can wreak havoc on an ill-defined software goal.
Hmm. As an industry insider, this book covers very familiar ground so I don't know how the layperson will see it. However, it is written accessibly so if you want to know how many / most software projects go, this is the book for you.
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