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A New Book on my Boss’ Desk

By Nick Hodge | January 23, 2008

My Boss' New Book. Eeeeek!

Eeeek!

Topics: microsoft, technology | 10 Comments »

10 Responses to “A New Book on my Boss’ Desk”

  1. Andrew Smith Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    You're in trouble now!

  2. Stewart Greenhill Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    LOL! Those crazy wayward geeks... Why does the title suggest "herding cats"?

  3. Nick Hodge Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    boss is cool. just waiting for the comments :-)

  4. Nick Hodge Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    @Stewart

    Herding cats predates LOLCATs

    ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herding_cats_%28phrase%29

  5. Stewart Greenhill Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    @Nick

    I guess you noticed the reference to "programmers" and "engineers" in the wikipedia entry. Looks like we've got a bad rep...

  6. Stephen Collins Says:
    January 24th, 2008 at 7:27 am

    Actually, it's a remarkably good book. Well written, relevant and significant signal to noise. I actually own a copy and frequently recommend it to both mangers of geeks and geeks themselves. Build two-way understanding, I say!

  7. Anna Liu's Weblog : Newest Additions on my Book shelf Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    [...] Nick has already picked up one recent addition - this is a great present from Greg. Half way through it already, it looks like I need to buy the team free food a bit more often :-) seriously though, I love chapter 5 - I find the list of competencies there to be a great checklist for my own career development as a Geek (rather than as a manager)! [...]

  8. Newest Additions on my Book shelf - Noticias externas Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    [...] Nick has already picked up one recent addition - this is a great present from Greg. Half way through it already, it looks like I need to buy the team free food a bit more often :-) seriously though, I love chapter 5 - I find the list of competencies there to be a great checklist for my own career development as a Geek (rather than as a manager)! [...]

  9. MSDN Blog Postings » Newest Additions on my Book shelf Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    [...] Nick has already picked up one recent addition - this is a great present from Greg. Half way through it already, it looks like I need to buy the team free food a bit more often seriously though, I love chapter 5 - I find the list of competencies there to be a great checklist for my own career development as a Geek (rather than as a manager)! [...]

  10. martin english Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Why does the title suggest "herding cats"?

    I always think of juggling monkeys, especially considering the other thing monkeys are famous for !!

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