A new month means another book update!!<\/p>\n
I finished both of my work related books. The Kanban book I found really useful. The design book less so. <\/p>\n
I then decided to go fiction, and found a suggestion from either the Kottke blog or from MG Sieglar’s blog to read Ishmael <\/em>by Daniel Quinn.<\/p>\n I just finished it tonight…. And it was awesome. The reviews on Goodreads are either 5-star or none, but man oh man was I in the 5-star camp. <\/p>\n I don’t even think it was the philosophy as much as it’s been so long since I read a book that made me think. I didn’t want to stop reading, and 50 pages would go by in a flash. I asked myself big questions, and challenged the books big questions as well. <\/p>\n The ending was a dud, but by that point you’ve either got what you’re going to get; or you’ll never get it. <\/p>\n I would highly recommend the book to others. <\/p>\n On the list now is 4-hour work week<\/em> and I need to find a really good, practical, book on agile product development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new month means another book update!! I finished both of my work related books. The Kanban book I found really useful. The design book less so. I then decided to go fiction, and found a suggestion from either the Kottke blog or from MG Sieglar’s blog to read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-hC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":735,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/03\/mass-consuming-my-media\/","url_meta":{"origin":1092,"position":0},"title":"Mass consuming my media","date":"January 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Micky started watching the CBS sitcom, \"The Good Wife\", and we're both hooked. 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