Publications

I’m an avid reader (my wife refers to it as a fetish) and I frequently get asked what book(s) I’m currently reading or which magazines I subscribe to.  I typically try to read a book a month, with several magazines weekly.  So, similar to a blog roll, here is my publications roll..

Currently Reading:

• Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki

Recent Books:

• Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
• Getting Real – by 37 Signals
• Naked Conversations
• Cluetrain Manifesto
• Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO
• The New CIO Leader: Setting the Agenda & Delivering Results
• The World Is Flat
• Winning
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
• PayPal Wars
• Lean Six Sigma for Service
• Joel On Software
• The Eight Habit
• Good To Great
• Smart Mobs
• Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
• What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leadership
• First, Break All The Rules
• The Alignment Effect
• The Essential Vince Lombardi
• Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
• Personal Takeover
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Magazine Subcriptions:

• Advanced Trading
• asp.net PRO
• Baseline
• Big Idea
• Business 2.0
• Business Integration Journal
• Call Center Magazine
• CIO Insight
• CODE magazine
• ComputerWorld
• Dr. Dobbs
• Economist
• ExtremeTech
• eWeek
• Fast Company
• Forbes
• Fortune
• Info World
• Information Week
• Innovations
• MIT Technology Review
• Money Magazine
• MSDN
• Network Computing
• Network Magazine
• Office Solutions
• Optimize
• R&D Magazine
• Red Herring
• Sales & Marketing Management
• SQL Server Magazine
• TechNet
• The Architecture Journal
• WallStreet & Technology
• Wired

Yes, I know, it’s a little overwhelming.  Try keeping up with them all.  Aspiring technologists take warning, building your skills is one part, staying current is a whole other story.