photo credits
Many of the photos displayed on this site were taken by my son David. The rest are lawfully acquired through istockphoto.com; 123rf.com; or taken by myself.
bibliography
These are my list of good professional reads and influential in my practice:
The Art of the Long View by Peter Schwarz (c) 1991, 1996
...taught me the value of storytelling and scenario planning
The Mythical Man-month by Frederick P. Brooks (c) 1975, 1982
..."nine women don't make a baby in a month" arguably originated from this book by the program manager for the development of IBM's OS/360
The Design of Design by Frederick P. Brooks (c) 2010
...another collection of truisms from Mr. Brooks on the notion of design process and methodology - a sort of chicken and egg or cart and horse analysis.
Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister (c) 1987
...taught me the value of people and the factors that make them productive
Information Productivity by Paul Strassman (c) 1999
...debunks the notion that IT investments are connected with improvements in business productivity and shareholder value
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (c) 2008
...the factors that lead to breakthrough innovation with game changing results
A Fine Line by Hartmut Esslinger (c) 2009
...the ruminations of an instrumental design guru who helped transform his client's industries through innovative design and design processes focused on business objectives
Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon (c) 1996
... an entertaining and detailed history of the men and women who built the Internet.