Books for 2012

June 24, 2012

This is my 2012 list of books about work, management, software engineering, design and entrepreneurship.

  1. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
  2. Rework
  3. Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos
  4. The Laws of Simplicity
  5. Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
  6. The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
  7. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
  8. Interface Culture
  9. Reinventing Fire
  10. The Pragmatic Programmer
  11. Execution

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (buy) written by Clay Shirky

Rework (buy) written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos (buy) written by Sarah Lacy

The Laws of Simplicity (buy) written by John Maeda

Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative (buy) written by Ken Robinson

The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career (buy) written by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (buy) written by Frederick P. Brooks

Interface Culture (buy) written by Steven A. Johnson

Reinventing Fire (buy) written by Armory Lovins

The Pragmatic Programmer (buy) written by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

Execution (buy) written Ram Charan, Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck