Monday, April 28, 2008

The Secret History of Silicon Valley

Steve Blank will talk about how World War II set the stage for the creation and explosive growth of Silicon Valley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFSPHfZQpIQ

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

SQL for Web Nerds

fantastic book by Philip Greenspun

Originally written to offer a SQL course at MIT

Monday, April 7, 2008

Managing Humans

This book isn't just about management, it's about creating places where people can comfortably build stuff. It's about what to do during the first ninety days of your new gig, and explains why you should pick a fight, because bright people often yell at each other

watch the slide show at http://www.managinghumans.com/

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Google Tech Talk on SCRUM

Google Tech Talk on SCRUM from Ken Schwaber

Scrum is an amazingly simple process that causes many, many changes when it is implemented. This seminar presents the basic framework of Scrum and some of the implementation issues associated with it.