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Product Reviews: Part 6

This past week (August 1, 2013), my Amazon reviews hit the milestone of 2000 cast votes. I had originally written a draft post that marked the milestones of 250 written reviews and 1500 helpful votes (May 24, 2012 marked the milestone of 1500 cast votes), but these milestones were quickly

New Book Review: "Instant Drools Starter"

New book review for Instant Drools Starter, by Jeremy Ary, Packt Publishing, 2013, reposted here: Since it had been several years since I last used a rules engine to any significant extent on a work project, and introductory Drools community documentation seemed to be lacking, I had thought it might

New Book Review: "Leadership Conversations"

New book review for Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders, by Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz, Jossey-Bass, 2013, reposted here: The content of this book centers around different types of leadership conversations: to build relationships, to develop others, to make decisions, and to take

New Book Review: "R Graphics Cookbook"

New book review for R Graphics Cookbook, by Winston Chang, O'Reilly, 2012, reposted here: This book is the third that I have recently used to get up to speed on the R language and environment. The other two texts include "R in a Nutshell" and "

New Book Review: "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks"

New book review for Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement, by Eric Redmond and Jim Wilson, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012, reposted here: Over the past couple years, I have read considerably about non-traditional database products, whether they be categorized as NoSQL or NewSQL,

New Book Review: "The End of Competitive Advantage"

New book review for The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business, by Rita Gunther McGrath, Harvard Business Review Press, 2013, reposted here: While the term "competitive advantage" can be defined in more than one way, it can be argued

New Book Review: "Infinite Shades of Grey"

New book review for Infinite Shades of Grey: Advanced Consulting, by Ian R. Hunter, 2012, reposted here: One of the best consulting texts from an in-the-trenches been-there-done-that perspective, unlike some other texts in this space that are often a bit too formulaic to provide practical advice to consultants or aspiring

New Book Review: "Team Geek"

New book review forTeam Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others, by Brian W. Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman, O'Reilly, 2012, reposted here: Arguably the best text on the software development process that focuses on the individual contributor within the context of a team.

New Book Review: "Playing to Win"

New book review for Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, by A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin, Harvard Business Review Press, 2013, reposted here: The content of this book focuses on the transformation of Procter & Gamble (P&G) between 2000 and 2009, and discusses the approach

New Book Review: "R in Action"

New book review for R in Action: Data Analysis and Graphics with R, by Robert Kabacoff, Manning Publications, 2011, reposted here: Quite a few texts on R have entered the marketplace over the last few years, so my decision to go with this text about a year ago was based