Sunday, May 31, 2020

Interesting Podcast: "Radical Self-Honesty"

I've just listened to this great Barbell Logic podcast talking about how self-honesty can be the key to personal and professional growth:

Interesting Podcast: "Why You Should Make More Mistakes (and Own Up to Them)"

I've just listened to this great Barbell Logic podcast talking about the value of making mistakes, owning up to them, and learning from them:

Books I read (January - May 2020)

January
- Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects, Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister
- An Armenian Sketchbook (Добро вам!), Vasily Grossman
- La flor púrpura, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- El día 3, Miguel Á. Giner Bou, Cristina Durán, Laura Ballester
- A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps, Katrina Clokie
- La espada de Damocles (Finstere Zeiten: Zur Krise in Griechenland), Petros Márkaris
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Bartleby, el escribiente (Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street), Herman Melville
- Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris, Miguel Delibes
- Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman

February
- Personal Kanban: Mapping Work, Navigating Life, Jim Benson, Tonianne DeMaria Barry
- The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba
- Theory of Constraints, Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, Reinhard Kleist

March
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
- Vampir, Joann Sfar (2nd time)
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Stoner, John Williams

April
- The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber
- Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
- Bloodchild, Octavia E. Butler
- Children of Dune, Frank Herbert

May
- Agile Coaching, Rachel Davies, Liz Sedley
- Guía de la buena comunicación, Gerardo Sánchez Lozano
- Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin.
- Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life (audiobook), Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
- Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything, Viktor E. Frankl

Monday, May 11, 2020

Books I read (January - April 2020)

January
- Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects, Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister
- An Armenian Sketchbook (Добро вам!), Vasily Grossman
- La flor púrpura, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- El día 3, Miguel Á. Giner Bou, Cristina Durán, Laura Ballester
- A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps, Katrina Clokie
- La espada de Damocles (Finstere Zeiten: Zur Krise in Griechenland), Petros Márkaris
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Bartleby, el escribiente (Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street), Herman Melville
- Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris, Miguel Delibes
- Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman

February
- Personal Kanban: Mapping Work, Navigating Life, Jim Benson, Tonianne DeMaria Barry
- The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba
- Theory of Constraints, Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, Reinhard Kleist

March
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
- Vampir, Joann Sfar (2nd time)
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Stoner, John Williams

April
- The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber
- Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
- Bloodchild, Octavia E. Butler
- Children of Dune, Frank Herbert

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Interesting Podcast: "Polyvagal Theory Simplified"

I've just listened to this great Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast podcast talking about emotional shutdown and understanding polyvagal theory:

Friday, May 8, 2020

Interesting Podcast: "Masters of Their Fate: Sully and the Lifters of Greysteel"

I've just listened to this great Barbell Logic podcast with Jonathon Sullivan talking about strategies for working at home without sacrificing efficiency and productivity:

Interesting Podcast: "Taking Stock of What's Important"

I've just listened to this great Barbell Logic podcast talking about taking inventory of the things that bring value and joy to your life, and the things that rob from your life:

Interesting Podcast: "5 Tips to Bring Order to the COVID Chaos with Dr. David Puder"

I've just listened to this great Barbell Logic podcast with Dr. David Puder talking about how to address the fear, anxiety, and chaos that many are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic: