{"id":910,"date":"2014-02-10T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T00:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=910"},"modified":"2014-02-10T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T00:47:14","slug":"books-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/02\/10\/books-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Book(s) of the month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having finished two books in January, I&#8217;m feeling pretty good about my quest to read one book per month this year. For February, I&#8217;ve chosen two books (and I think it&#8217;s going to take me until March to finish). They are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kanban-Successful-Evolutionary-Technology-Business\/dp\/0984521402\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1392425774&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=kanban+anderson\">Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early\/dp\/1430210788\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1392425847&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=founders+at+work\">Founders at Work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really focusing on business books as both a form of inspiration, and hopefully as a way to bring some more efficiency to the team. We&#8217;re doing really well, and now I think we need to get to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having finished two books in January, I&#8217;m feeling pretty good about my quest to read one book per month this year. For February, I&#8217;ve chosen two books (and I think it&#8217;s going to take me until March to finish). They are: Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business and Founders at Work I&#8217;m really [&hellip;]<\/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-eG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1038,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/03\/25\/9-memorable-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":910,"position":0},"title":"9 memorable books","date":"March 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Gregory Fischer (who came into my life through Micky's dear friend Stephanie Grand Jacques) passed along one of these \"chain letters\" that makes the rounds on Facebook. I tend to ignore them, but I really liked the premise behind this one - List 9 books that touched me. I spent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;just thinking out loud&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":975,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/03\/03\/february-book-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":910,"position":1},"title":"February book update","date":"March 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Book update for the New Year's resolution: I'm reading, in parallel, three books. It's not the best way to nail one book per month, but I'm really enjoying it because the context switch keeps the content of each book fresh. Here's where I am with all three: Kanban: Successful Evolutionary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Year Resolutions&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1882,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2018\/04\/04\/2018-goals-march-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":910,"position":2},"title":"2018 Goals - March update","date":"April 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"tldr; Steady progress Get to 175 lbs I haven't nailed the pattern of exercise to accelerate things, but I'm solidly below 200 pounds (199 lbs). The goal in April will be focusing on getting exercise into the groove in one way or another to really push me into the 180s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Year Resolutions&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1092,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/04\/07\/book-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":910,"position":3},"title":"Book updates","date":"April 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Year Resolutions&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":735,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/03\/mass-consuming-my-media\/","url_meta":{"origin":910,"position":4},"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. I know the show has been on for a while, and that the reviews have been good, but we haven't gotten into it before. It got me thinking about how I consume TV these days. I really\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;just thinking out loud&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1464,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/01\/01\/a-year-in-preview\/","url_meta":{"origin":910,"position":5},"title":"A year in preview","date":"January 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My 2015 New Year's resolutions for all to see, and to help hold me accountable. Lose 30 pounds I hopped on the scale after landing from the plane today at a very unhealthy 199\u00c2\u00a0pounds.\u00c2\u00a0In 364 days, I'll be a much healthier 169 pounds if I hit this goal. 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