What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech
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Current books:
"Necessary but Not Sufficient" by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. This is by the far the worst titled book, I've ever read. It's about Goldratt's Theory of Constraints and in particular how it relates to the ERP industry."Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint Foundation 2010 in 24 Hours" by Mike Walsh. This has taken me more like 24 months as I've struggled to find the time to sit down with it. I'm aiming to finish it next month though.
"Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914" by Max Hastings. Man, this is a depressing book.
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@Carnival-Boy interesting lineup of books. How is the books on constraints?
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Boring. I'm not a fan of Goldratt or the Theory of Constraints, but my company is thinking of employing some Goldratt consultants (at huge cost) to look at our manufacturing setup and I'm looking to replace our ERP system next year, so I need to do some research. Is it an interest of yours?
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For anyone wondering:
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Currently I'm reading "Putting AMAZING back into GRACE" by Michael Horton. I just completed Father Brown's Mystery "The Secret of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). It was an interesting read given the new PBS series based on some of these stories. I also completed "Grace" by Max Lucado. I found this to be a joy to read, very easy but packed with thought provoking ideas. I also recently finished a short book "The New Life in Christ Jesus" by Scofield (1843-1921) which is an old book but seemed so contemporary as I was reading it. It is available in the public domain. I obtained my copy from the Toronto Seminary.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Boring. I'm not a fan of Goldratt or the Theory of Constraints, but my company is thinking of employing some Goldratt consultants (at huge cost) to look at our manufacturing setup and I'm looking to replace our ERP system next year, so I need to do some research. Is it an interest of yours?
No. Just sounded kind of interesting.
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Been reading Becoming Functional too.
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I just finished Dragons of Spring Dawning, the last of the original trilogy of the Dragonlance Chronicles.
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Not a book but a good chunk of comics, I'm reading the entirety of Marvel's Age of Apocalypse including the near recent revisit. Then jumping into DC's Sinestro Wars, Blackest Night, & Brightest day arcs. Not books books, but Comics count and in this case a lot of them.
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Just finished Atlantis World (book 3 of 3) and now am on The Sword of Moses.
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@J1MM3RT only comic I ever enjoyed was Mous which won the Pulitzer, I believe. In the 80s which is when I got my copy.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@J1MM3RT only comic I ever enjoyed was Mous which won the Pulitzer, I believe. In the 80s which is when I got my copy.
Mous is soooooo good. My roommate has them & I tend to read them every couple of months or so.
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Classics. I got mine before Mous 2 was written. I have both in their original printings.
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Finished reading Lean, Mean Thirteen today.
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Completed Fearless Fourteen today.
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Just finished Sword of Moses and am looking forward to new books. I got a $25 amazon gift card for Fathers day, oh yeah!
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Planning to start The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester today.
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Last night I finished reading A House Like a Lotus.
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Finished The Man Who Loved China this morning and started reading An Acceptable Time.
This is the last book that I have to read in all three Madeliene L'Engle cycles.
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I finished An Acceptable Time and have started rereading Asimov's Foundation.
