I recently wrapped up a job search and started a new gig (more about that later, but it's pretty exciting), and am now getting back into a groove where I can start reading and writing on a regular basis.
The Art of Project Management by Scott Berkun looks like a witty and practical guide to successful software and Web development projects. He's a long time Microsoftie, so I'll have a common base of experience from which to read him.
I'm also looking forward to reading a couple Richard Lanham books: The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information and Revising Business Prose (4th Edition). (I think he published a 5th edition this summer). While the first title seems to be of intrinsic blogger interest, I'm looking forward to it because this UCLA English prof seems to have had a similar arc of interest to mine. I first encountered him back when I was spending a lot of time reading Plautus and teaching UW freshmen how to write, so when I saw his new book I thought, "No way, is that the Handlist of Rhetorical Terms guy?" Turns out it is.
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