According to my daughter I'm "in love with books".
I read a lot of Nonfiction books related to Cyber Security, Organizational Development, and Software Development in general.
I'm interested in the human side of technology.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw …
Therapeutic trauma writeup
4 stars
The book feels a bit like a therapeutic writeup to process trauma. While it is a smooth read, I missed real content.
It basically shows what incredible clueless a*hole the leadership team of Meta are.
Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather... It …
Or had been quite some time since i tag the book. Reading it i realised that i has no idea of the protagonist was a man or a women. Actually the classification doesn't make any sense. Which made me realise that the classification isn't important in other settings either and fit sure isn't biological
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is …
I'm not very far over the book yet. But I'm not impressed till now. It seem like a braindump of random thoughts without a congruent threat. Sloppy in thought and implementation.
The first surprise, I had read it already but can't remember anything from it :-(
I now have read it again halfway through and have mixed feelings.
While it addresses a real problem and has some good ideas or put them into clear words, it is one of this classical "self-help" book. IMHO it lacks the data to support the methods it proposes.
One reoccurring element is that bad strategies are analyzed, and their bad outcome is explained.
But "good strategies" are just described, and their outcome is not mentioned. An the "good strategies" include Richard Kovacevich cross-selling strategy of Wells Fargo which lead to the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_cross-selling_scandal).
The first edition of the book was published before the scandal, nevertheless it shows that good/bad strategy bears no relation to the …
The first surprise, I had read it already but can't remember anything from it :-(
I now have read it again halfway through and have mixed feelings.
While it addresses a real problem and has some good ideas or put them into clear words, it is one of this classical "self-help" book. IMHO it lacks the data to support the methods it proposes.
One reoccurring element is that bad strategies are analyzed, and their bad outcome is explained.
But "good strategies" are just described, and their outcome is not mentioned. An the "good strategies" include Richard Kovacevich cross-selling strategy of Wells Fargo which lead to the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_cross-selling_scandal).
The first edition of the book was published before the scandal, nevertheless it shows that good/bad strategy bears no relation to the outcome.
If you think computer security has improved in recent years, The Myths of Security will …
Aged security read, lacking a common thread, finishing weak
2 stars
As the book is from 2009 it deserves some slack for some of the content. For the age it contains a surprising (or disappointing) amount of still current statement and correct predictions.
But unsurprisingly nothing new.
Sadly the book is lacking a common thread. I feels like the author just duped his thoughts on a variety of topics. While many chapters provide an insightful view or at least an interesting perspective, the last few chapters, often only one page each, are just unreflected and carelessly stated opinions.
E.g. the chapters on privacy and anonymity are each less than a page, both more or less state "customers don't car, why bother. If you have nothing to hid you don't need to care"
Which is especially irritation as the closest thing to a common threat in the book was "users don't care about security. We need to make/help them care more"
The …
As the book is from 2009 it deserves some slack for some of the content. For the age it contains a surprising (or disappointing) amount of still current statement and correct predictions.
But unsurprisingly nothing new.
Sadly the book is lacking a common thread. I feels like the author just duped his thoughts on a variety of topics. While many chapters provide an insightful view or at least an interesting perspective, the last few chapters, often only one page each, are just unreflected and carelessly stated opinions.
E.g. the chapters on privacy and anonymity are each less than a page, both more or less state "customers don't car, why bother. If you have nothing to hid you don't need to care"
Which is especially irritation as the closest thing to a common threat in the book was "users don't care about security. We need to make/help them care more"
The "nothing to hide" take quickly breaks if you think about cameras on you home.
The current cameras in Airbnb scandal ist an instance of this.
To find users for whom privacy and anonymity is a matter of life and death you can look at journalist, activists and dissidents in many countries including the "west".
It's not restricted to governments, also companies and organised crime utilise lacking privacy and anonymity.
But you don't need to go this far. Abusive partners are a threat generally overlooked.
The last few chapters really devalued the whole book and making me questioning if it's worthwhile to read other stuff by the author.
Zwei Feindinnen in einer Zeit des Krieges.
Verbotene Nachrichten, heimlich ausgetauscht auf den verlassenen Schlachtfeldern. …
Ich habe die englische Originalausgabe (This Is How You Lose the Time War) gelesen und ich war begeistert. Allerdings bin ich dabei an die Grenzen meiner Englischkenntnisse gekommen. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass ich nicht die gesamte Poesie der Sprache verstehen konnte.
Deshalb habe ich es jetzt noch Mal auf Deutsch auf meiner Leseliste.
Ich hoffe sie Übersetzung ist gut 🤞🏻😁
We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party …
Interesting book explaining many financial products and looking at what's behind them.
Good for a general understanding of the banking crisis of 2008 and the still ongoing problems.
I found the middle part rather repetitive and war sightly bored.
The end again is much better.
The author even a fan of our liberal (democratic) capitalism doesn't hold back on criticism of capitalism
In his first book in nearly a decade, New York Times bestselling author Ramit Sethi …
I haven't started reading it, but I already have the feeling it is the usual unscientific advice book.
It is just not possible for everyone to move develop a dorm room blog into an 8-figure-a-year company. This means that all the advice is anecdotal, not scientific, and probably not generally applicable.
Imagine you’re in a game with one objective: a bestselling product or service. The rules? …
Struggled at first. It is written in an unique style which took me some getting used too. Contains a lot of helpful insights which are directly useful for me (even or specially in #Cybersecurity)
The Art of Looking Sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the …
A different kind of book. Every time i open it I discover something surprising and inspirational. I don't think this is a book to be read but rather a work of art to be touched and experienced
The brain keeps "background processes" running for uncompleted or interrupted tasks. Unsurprisingly these users cognitive resources which then aren't available for other tasks. Luckily a task can be "completed" by "delegating" it. E.g. writing it down.
Thai explains so much. Why #WIP is important, how #Kaban works, and generally why writing stuff down helps
