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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

2008 Summer Reading List: What Are You Reading?

Summer is finally here! Well... "here" as in, "here in Canada" where we have 8 months of winter, fall, and spring...

This summer I hope to finish up the following books:

Windows PowerShell in Action - PowerShell is a shell scripting language for Windows. I’m a command line / keyboard junkie, and I’m hoping PowerShell can further automate some of my day to day tasks inside Windows.
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - From what I’ve read so far, this book is great. I’m also reading this for the Edmonton Computer Book Club.
Software Creativity 2.0 - I’m a Robert Glass Fan boy (I'll read anything he writes). I've had this book on my must read list for a while now.
Inside Windows Communication Foundation - I make use of WCF every day, and would like to learn more about the unknown nooks and crannies that lie within.
The Ruby Programming Language - An amazing book (it even has illustrations). The Ruby language is fascinating, terse, and elegant, I’m curious to see how I can make use of Ruby in .NET since IronRuby has been released. This book also happens to be fun to read.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - I'm trying to brush up on how to make better investments. The author starts off by telling you that most people working in the trading realm are crooks... :)

Books and reading are essential for personal and professional development. The more you read, the more you understand and the more resources you have to fall back on.

What books are you reading this summer? Do you have any recommendations?

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