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The Books of Barcamp Cedar Valley

Was:

  1. Fun
  2. Awesome
  3. Energizing.

Scott taught me Markdown — really, he gave a Barcamp talk on it, but I was hanging on, like, every word. Am now practicing in in this post.

@ajrawson kicked off the morning in the Creative room with the popular book-sharing session. Here’s what people listed as their favorite books/good recent reads:

(These all link to Amazon, but you might be able to find copies for free on PaperBack Swap)

Getting Things Done

Catcher in the Rye

Pride & Prejudice

Voyager

The Dip

The Ten Percent Solution — The best writing process book I’ve read.

My Side of the Mountain

The Book of Tea — Interesting-sounding book about how Japan’s tea obsession has shaped design.

The Phantom Toll Booth

What’s Your Purple Goldfish?

Their Eyes Were Watching God

The Little Book

The Parable of the Sower

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Rework

Don’t Make Me Think (Recommended twice)

Zen & the art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Into the Wild

The Glass Castle

Deep Survival (Also recommended by my dad, so I’m looking into this one!)

The Rise of the Creative Class

Leadership Self-Deception

The Flinch

Clean Code

Unmarketing