Books I'm pretending to read simultaneously:

• various Daily Lit titles, esp [Best Of Technology Writing2007]

• [Daniel Nissanoff]: [Future Shop]: How to Trade Up to a Luxury Lifestyle Today ISBN:014311221X (importance of AuctIon markets)

• [David Rothkopf]: [Super Class]: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making ISBN:0374272107

• [Mary Kurcinka]: [Raising Your] [Spirited Child] ISBN:0060923288

• John Thackara: [In The Bubble] ISBN:0262701154

• [Brett Mc Laughline] [Head First] [OOAD] ISBN:0596008678 boy I wish there were a book focusing on this for WebApp development.

• PatKane: Play Ethic ISBN:0333907361

• [David Heinemeier Hannson] and Dave Thomas: [Agile Web Development With Rails] ISBN:097669400X

• Rudy Rucker: LifeBox ISBN:1560257229

• Tom Kelley (IDEO): The Art of Innovat Ion ISBN:0-385-49984-1

• [Thierry Bardini]: Boot Strapping ISBN:0804737231 about Douglas Engelbart

• [John Micklethwait] and [Adrian Wooldridge]: The Company : A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea ISBN:0679642498

• Vernor Vinge: The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge ISBN:0312875843

• Seth Godin: Free Prize Inside ISBN:1591840414

• Steven Johnson: Mind Wide Open ISBN:0743241657

• (various): [Visualizing Argumentation] (see Argumentation Visualization)

• Michael Chabon: Mc Sweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ISBN:140003339X

• Robert Horn: [Mapping Hypertext] ISBN:0962556505

• Rem Koolhaas: SMLXl ISBN:1885254865

Books I've finished:

• [Richard K Morgan]: [Broken Angels] ISBN:0345457714 and [Woken Furies] ISBN:0-575-07652-6 of Takeshi Kovacs series

• Russell Ackoff, [Daniel Greenburg]: Turning Learning Right Side Up ISBN:9780132346498

• Rudy Rucker: Post Singular ISBN:9780765317414

• Cory Doctorow: Little Brother ISBN:0765319853 awesome

• [Richard K Morgan]: Altered Carbon ISBN:9780345457691 excellent now I have to read his other stuff, esp other Takeshi Kovacs

• [P J O Rourke]: On The [Wealth Of Nations]: Books That Changed the World ISBN:0802143423 - Very disappointing. Like a marginally humourous [Cliffs Notes] of Adam Smith. Notes critiques of Free Market, but things that quoting Smith if refutation/proof, rather than trying to explain things at a meaningful/complex level. Pointless. Though does have interesting bit about emergence of burgher/free-trader group in Europe.

• Anders (ed.): [Years Best Sf12] (Short Story) ISBN:0061252085 (include Rudy Rucker "Chu" story mentioned at z2005-09-20- Stross Accelerando Resimulated)

• Charlie Stross: Toast (Short Story collection) ISBN:0809556030 - lots of fun, themes that came up in [Halting State], etc. (including another source of "Lobsters").

• Clay Shirky: Here Comes Everybody ISBN:9781594201530

• David Brin, Rudy Rucker, others: [Live Without A Net] ISBN:0451459458

• [Kyle Macdonald]: [One Red Paperclip] ISBN:0307353168 - The ultimate BarTer story (not scalable, it was mainly Spec Tacle), with guest appearances by [Alice Cooper] and [Corbin Bernsen]

• John Holt: [Teach Your Own] ISBN:0738206946

• [Bill Moggridge]: [Designing Interactions] ISBN:0262134743 Didn't love it. It smells (and is bound like) an Interaction Design Text Book destined to be foisted on [DSchool] students to prepare their IDEO indoctrination. It's often enjoyable to read interviews with people who've accomplished things, but it's hard to learn anything Action Able from them. Has DVD and website.

• [ReWired] (Post-Cyber Punk Anthology) ISBN:1892391538 excellent, includes some Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow I'd already read. The commentary bits I found rather useless.

• Charlie Stross: [Atrocity Archives] ISBN:0441013651

• [Earl Mac Rauch]: Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension ISBN:0743442482

• Charlie Stross: [Halting State] ISBN:0441014984

• John Holt: [Instead Of Education] ISBN:1591810094

• Mitchel Resnick: Turtles, Termites and Traffic Jams ISBN:0262680939 grr no index

• Charlie Stross: [Glass House] ISBN:0441015085 oooh yummy brainsalad

• Jeff Conklin: Dialogue Mapping ISBN:0470017686

• John Robb: Brave New War ISBN:9780471780793

• [Robert Ferrigno]: [Prayers For The Assassin] ISBN:0-743-27289-7 rather cheesy

• Steven Johnson: Ghost Map ISBN:1594489254

• Robert Putnam: Bowling Alone ISBN:0743203046

• William Gibson: [Spook Country] ISBN:9780399154300 excellent, though some of the repetitive phrasing is irritating.

• Charlie Stross: The Family Trade ISBN:0765348217 a little too lite, like cheesy fantasy - I kept expecting a unicorn to appear. And frustrating lack of closure, unless of course you read the rest of the series.

• Seth Godin: [TheDip] ISBN:1591841666 (Godin Dip)

• [Erik Larson]: Devil In The White City ISBN:0375725601

• SamRuby and Leonard Richardson: Restful Web Services ISBN:0596529260 awesome

• Timothy Ferriss: Four Hour Work Week ISBN:0786158964

• [Jessica Livingston]: Founders At Work ISBN:1590597141 awesome

• [Stuart Skorman]: Confessions of a Serial Entrepren Eur ISBN:0787987328 lite but pointless

• Vernor Vinge: Rainbows End ISBN:0312856849 excellent

• Douglas Coupland: [JPod] ISBN:0671874349 kinda creepy characters

• Phillip J Eby: [You Version2] http://dirtsimple.org/products/index.html

• Charlie Stross: [Iron Sunrise] ISBN:0441012965 sequel to Singular Ity Sky

• Fred Siegel: The Future Once Happened Here ISBN:1893554104

• [Michael Gerber]: EMyth Revisited ISBN:0887307280 (done, but want to blog it more)

• John Ratey: Shadow Syndromes ISBN:0553379593 (re-reading; ADD, depression, anxiety, etc.)

• Judy Breck: 109 Ideas for Virtual Learning ISBN:1578862809

• Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point

• [William Thomas]: [Life Worth Living] (Eden Alternative) ISBN:1889242098

• [James Othmer]: The Futur Ist ISBN:038551722X

• Charlie Stross: Singular Ity Sky ISBN:0441010725

• [Steve Farber]: Radical Leap ISBN:0793185688

• Douglas Rushkoff: Get Back In The Box ISBN:0060758694

• Samuel Shem: [Mount Misery] ISBN:0449911187 - sequel to [House Of God]

• Rudy Rucker: [Flex And The Elixir] ISBN:0765310597 lotsa fun, I have to be more tolerant of my clumsy Number Two Son.

• Chad Fowler: [My Job Went To India] ISBN:0976694018

• Jim Mc Carthy: Software For Your Head (Sept'2005) ISBN:0201604566

• Cory Doctorow: Someone Comes To Town... ISBN:0765312786 - very bizarre combination of WiFi/Cell Phone debates with surreal fantasy that would make Jorge Luis Borges proud.

• Charlie Stross: Acceler Ando ISBN:0441012841 - Excellent. I rather prefer the pre-Singular Ity bits

• [Christopher Phillips]: [Socrates Cafe] ISBN:0393049566 see z2004-04-08- Phillips Socrates Cafe (Aug'2005)

• John Markoff: [What The Dormouse Said] ISBN:0670033820 see z2005-05-02- Markoff Dormouse

• Seth Godin: All Marketers Are Liars

• John Hagel: The Only Sustainable Edge ISBN:1591397200

• Jane Jacobs: Cities And The Wealth Of Nations

• Jim Loehr: The Power of Full Engage Ment ISBN:0743226755 (JiHi heard him speak at work)

• IFTF: Health and Health Care 2010 ISBN:078795974X

• Michael Crichton: State Of Fear

• Douglas Coupland: Micro Serfs ISBN:0060987049 (re-read)

• Cory Doctorow: Eastern Standard Tribe (re-read, actually bought paperback)

• [Mark Hyman], [Mark Liponis]: Ultra Prevention ISBN:0743448839 (didn't finish, but put it aside - unless you spend big bucks on tests and (their) interpretation of the results, you end up with an infinite number of suggested lifestyle changes. They're upfront about saying you don't have to do all of them, but (a) without the tests you're prioritizing in the dark, and (b) the overall impression is hopeless-guilt-inducing...

• [Adam Zickerman]: [Power Of10] (Super Slow)

• Mark Pilgrim: [Dive Into Python] ISBN:1590593561 - excellent at covering the basics, and letting you know about some nice functions in the standard library. But a lot of the more indirect functions (lambda, etc.) seem annoyingly obtuse, and my current attitude is that they should probably be avoided unless you really need them, like if you're building some abstract framework...

• [Michael N Kennedy]: Product Development for the Lean Enterprise ISBN:1892538091 - skimmed it, not really in the mood for BigCo Innovat Ion models. [ProdDev] as different from Lean Manufacturing.

• Neal Stephenson: The [System Of The World] (Baroque Cycle) - the trilogy seemed to move faster as it went along. Enjoyed all bits quite a lot.

• [Iain Banks]: [The Business] ISBN:0754023060 - disappointing. Nothing seems to be happening, then everything gets wrapped up too fast in a weird way.

• [Max Barry]: Jennifer Government ISBN:1400030927 - rather enjoyable anti-Anarch Ist screed. Seemingly anti-Anarcho Capitalist, but really anti-[Corporat Ist].

• Scott Westerfeld: [So Yesterday] ISBN:159514000X - lots of fun, semi-guilty pleasure; sneaky making the father of a Cool Hunter to be an [Epidemiolog Ist]; "older" woman sounds like Dee Dee Gordon

• Clayton Christensen: The Innovators Solution ISBN:1578518520

• Ernesto Sirolli: [Ripples From The Zambezi] ISBN:0865713979

• Peter Lamborn Wilson: Pirate Utopias ISBN:1570270244 (Jul2004)

• Kevin Roberts: Love Mark-s ISBN:1740454200

• Neal Stephenson: The [Confus Ion] ISBN:0060523867 (The Baroque Cycle)

• Bruce Sterling: The Zenith Angle ISBN:0-345-46061-8

• Tom Peters: [Re Imagine] ISBN:078949647X

• Kurt Andersen: [Turn Of The Century] Mar2004 ISBN:0385335040 - very enjoyable; I found the bits on NYC life to be most engaging

• Don Tapscott: [Digital Capital] ISBN:1578511933

• David Schmaltz: [Blind Men] ISBN:1-57675-253-4

• James Howard Kunstler: [Home From Nowhere] ISBN:0684837374 - good ranting about the emptiness of suburbia/Edge City

• Cory Doctorow: Eastern Standard Tribe

• Ray Oldenburg (editor): Celebrating the Third Place ISBN:1569246122 not recommended

• Neal Stephenson: Quick Silver ISBN:0380977427

• Erik Benson: [Man Versus Himself] ISBN:0595283535

• Peter Small: [Web Presence] at http://www.stigmergicsystems.com/wp/

• [Anthony Bourdain]: [Kitchen Confidential] ISBN:0060934913 z2003-08-29- Kitchen Confidential - Made me want to run up to [Les Halles] for lunch. More of a collection of essays than a coherent book, but still a good inside look at the [Restaurant Industry]. (Related recommendation: Peter Greenaway flick "The Cook The Thief...")

• Spalding Gray: [Morning Noon And Night] ISBN:0374527210 - if your woman is pissed have her read this - she'll appreciate you a lot more...

• William Gibson: [Pattern Recognition] ISBN:0399149864

• [Warren Ellis]: [Trans Metropolitan] (compiled first year) (plus some back issues of [Global Frequency])

• Peter Small: [Ultimate Game Of Strategy] ISBN:027364999X

• Gary Wolf: [Wired A Romance] ISBN:0375502904 - rather thin, doesn't evoke any intense feelings unless the reader unleashes his own longing.

• [Roger L Simon]: The [Lost Coast] - ok [Moses Wine] novel, not greatest

• [Helen De Witt]: The Last Samurai ISBN:0786887001 hysterical

• Jane Jacobs: Systems Of Survival ISBN:0679748164

• Roger Schank: Coloring Outside The Lines ISBN:0060930772 about Educating Kids

• Michael Crichton: Prey ISBN:0066214122

• [Zeit Geist] by Bruce Sterling ISBN:0553576410

• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn ISBN:0553375407 (Apr'03): really annoying

• Peter Small: [Entrepreneurial Web] (Feb'03) ISBN:027365036X

• Cory Doctorow: Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom : an excellent page-turner (actually, scroll-button-presser, since I read it on my Pilot). Need to eventually blog some detailed thoughts about its scenario. (Jan'03) ISBN:0765304368

• Mike Wallace: [New Deal For New York] ISBN:0972315519

• Daniel Quinn: [Beyond Civilization] (Nov'02) ISBN:0609805363

• [Patricia Volk]: Stuffed: Not bad, but rather weak, other family/food books ([Ruth Reichl]) are probably better. ISBN:0375411062

• Robert Heinlein: [Stranger In A Strange Land] ISBN:0441790348, [Revolt In2100] ISBN:0671577808

• Arnold Kling: [Under The Radar] (Sept'02) - site ISBN:0738207748

• Hacker Ethic by [Pekka Himanen] (Aug'02): mediocre, just read my summary ISBN:037575878X

• Steven Johnson: Emerg Ence - good, reminiscent of James Gleick's Chaos, but not quite that good. Maybe better if you haven't been exposed to the gestalt before... ISBN:0684868768

• Brain Storm by [Richard Dooling] (Apr'02): entertaining, but not great. I'll probably sell mine.

• Jerry Weinberg: More Secrets Of Consulting (Mar'02): excellent ISBN:0932633528

• [CobWeb] by Neal Stephenson (again) (Feb'02): great

• Christopher Hitchens: [Letters To A Young Contrarian] (Jan'02): has some good bits, but a bit thin. Borrow it. ISBN:0465030327

• Bobos In Paradise (Dec'01): some good sections, but weak conclusions. ISBN:0684853787

• Harry Potter (Dec'01): thought it was thin on story and character. The later volumes are supposedly better.

• Prime Directive (trekkie book) (Nov'01)

• [Underground History Of American Education] by John Taylor Gatto (Nov'01): a bit bizarre (heavy conspiracy theory), but definitely a voice that needs hearing ISBN:0945700040

• Utopian Entrepreneur by Brenda Laurel (Oct'01): pretty good, but frustrating (half-stories, not even juicy details) ISBN:0262621533

• [Balsamic Dreams] by [Joe Queenan] (Oct'01): bits of entertainment, but feels just like a series of (repetitive) columns, not a real book.

• WikiWay by [BoLeuf] and Ward Cunningham ISBN:020171499X

Books in my to-read/finish pile:

• [Robert D Atkinson]: The Past and Future of America's Economy

• [Ann Florini]: The Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World

• Ricardo Semler: Maverick ISBN:0446670553 and The [Seven Day Weekend] ISBN:0712677909

• Richard Rogers: [Cities For A Small Planet] ISBN:0813335531

• Vaclav Smil: Energies ISBN:026269235X

• Philip Yam: The [Pathological Protein]: [MadCow].. ISBN:0387955089

• Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class ISBN:0465024769

• [Richard E Caves]: Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce ISBN:0674008081

• Leonardo Da Vinci museum catalog ISBN:0300098782

• Christopher Hitchens: [Unacknowledged Legislation] ISBN:1859843832

• lots of Jane Jacobs and Christopher Alexander (just received the first volume of the [Nature Of Order]); [Delirious New York] by Rem Koolhaas

• various Peter Lamborn Wilson (have read bulk of Hakim Bey), Gone To Croatan

• Joseph Tainter: The Collapse Of Complex Societies ISBN:052138673X

• Jared Diamond: Guns Germs And Steel ISBN:0393317552

• [Steve Litt]: [Rapid Learning] http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/rl.htm

• Autobiography of Ben Franklin

• John Ratey: Users Guide To The Brain

• James Carse: Finite And Infinite Games ISBN:034534104X

• [David Landes]: The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations ISBN:0393040178

• [Robert Allen]: [One Minute Millionaire] ISBN:0609609491

• [Jacques Vallee]: [Network Revolution]: Confessions of a [Computer Scientist] ISBN:091590473X

Books I should go back and finish

• [Thomas P Hughes], [Rescuing Prometheus] ISBN:0679411518

• Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton

• Norman Mailer: [Harlots Ghost]

• lots of others, oh the guilt

Books I should buy someday

• [Nino Boccara]: Modeling Complex System-s (reviewed by Cosma Shalizi)

Greatest Books

Startup Books

Kids Books

The Guardian has many top-10 lists

I also have an Article List for saving highlights.

I need to try faking an ISBN search for Barnes And Noble. ISBN:0380788624

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