Fat Agnus

I wish that this book would have been published many years ago, because it gives you a good understanding of how to write javascript.

I know Douglas Crockford from his many video presentations, so when the book was available on amazon.com I bought it immediately. I really enjoyed reading it and even though I consider my self to have descent skills in the art of JavaScript, I still learned some great things.

One of the things I found really helpful was the chapter about Inheritance. I know that JavaScript doesn`t really have the same support of Inheritance like other programming languages, but I often thought it a bit peculiar.

Even though this book is fairly small, 170 pages to be exact, it contains a lot of good materials. You would probably have to read it a couple of times, just like I in order to understand everything. I still sometimes read a chapter or two if there is something I have forgotten.

So, if you are into the black magic of JavaScript then reading this book is a good start to get on your way to become a true Jedi. However if you have no experience with programming you might want to wait awhile.

I first learned about Barry Schwartz from a presentation he gave at TedTalks where he briefly talked about the subject of his book. It was so interesting, that I went and bought the book.

The book is about make decisions and how hard it can be with growing number of choices that are presented to us. Because we have all these choices, we can`t make a decision that we can be feel good about.

The book is very interesting but it also is bit to long. If you watch the TedTalk presentation then you get the most of the points that this book is talking about.

More about the book

Think of it as brainstorming on steroids, coupled with some remarkable insights into how people work in groups.
- Steve Krug, Don`t make me think 2nd Edition

You cant put it any better then this.

The meetings I often attend to usually reminds me of something I read in a Dilbert Cartoon and I think that a lot will agree with me on this.

There is no specific agenda for this meeting. As usual, we’ll just make unrelated emotional statements about things which bother us.
- From a Dilbert cartoon

If one could just apply the methods from the book to any meeting, then I pretty sure that one would be on there way to something great.

I would love to buy copies and hand them out to my colleagues, but unfortunately the book has gone out of print. So I guess I will have to find another way to share the idea from the book. However, you can still find a good used copy at Amazon.com that is where I found mine.