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Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking Summary
Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking
What you really need to know to build high-performing digital product teams
by Jeff Gothelf 2017 46 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Management
A Brief History of Intelligence Summary
A Brief History of Intelligence
Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
by Max Solomon Bennett 2023 432 pages
4.46
4k+ ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
History
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Summary
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
by Robert C. Allen 2009 342 pages
4.00
264 ratings
History
Economics
British Literature
Social Media Is Bullshit Summary
Social Media Is Bullshit
by B.J. Mendelson 2012 240 pages
3.40
350 ratings
Business
Social Media
Technology
What to Think About Machines That Think Summary
What to Think About Machines That Think
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence – Essays on Artificial Intelligence and Human Destiny
by John Brockman 2015 576 pages
3.37
500+ ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
How the Internet Happened Summary
How the Internet Happened
From Netscape to the iPhone
by Brian McCullough 2018 386 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
History
Technology
Business
Designing Distributed Systems Summary
Designing Distributed Systems
Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services
by Brendan Burns 2018 162 pages
3.58
500+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Steve Jobs Way Summary
The Steve Jobs Way
by Jay Elliot 2009 256 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
270 ratings
Engineering
Science
Technology
Programming Javascript Applications Summary
Programming Javascript Applications
Robust Web Architecture With Node, Html5, and Modern Js Libraries
by Eric Elliott 2012 300 pages
3.63
160 ratings
Programming
Software
Coding
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Summary
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
by Tiffany Shlain 2019 257 pages
3.80
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Technology
Return to the Little Kingdom Summary
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
by Michael Moritz 2009 352 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Apple
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages
3.48
391 ratings
Economics
Business
Science
jQuery Summary
jQuery
Novice to Ninja
by Earle Castledine 2010 407 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Website Design
Dirty Electricity Summary
Dirty Electricity
Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
by Samuel Milham 2010 128 pages
4.01
210 ratings
Health
Science
Technology
My Product Management Toolkit Summary
My Product Management Toolkit
Tools and Techniques to Become an Outstanding Product Manager
by Marc Abraham 2018 150 pages
4.05
184 ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Dragnet Nation Summary
Dragnet Nation
A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
by Julia Angwin 2014 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
The Design of the UNIX Operating System Summary
The Design of the UNIX Operating System
by Maurice J. Bach 1986 471 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind
The Existential Threat of Big Tech
by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Loyalty 3.0 Summary
Loyalty 3.0
How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification
by Rajat Paharia 2013 304 pages
3.79
248 ratings
Business
Management
Technology
The Influential Product Manager Summary
The Influential Product Manager
How to Lead and Launch Successful Technology Products
by Ken Sandy 2020 384 pages
4.14
71 ratings
Business
Leadership
Technology
Everyday Chaos Summary
Everyday Chaos
Technology, Complexity, and How We’re Thriving in a New World of Possibility
by David Weinberger 2019 256 pages
3.78
202 ratings
Business
Technology
Science
The Third Wave Summary
The Third Wave
An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
by Steve Case 2016 240 pages
3.67
4k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Cracking the PM Career Summary
Cracking the PM Career
The Skills, Frameworks, and Practices to Become a Great Product Manager
by Jackie Bavaro 2021 551 pages
4.37
252 ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Learning React Summary
Learning React
Functional Web Development with React and Redux
by Alex Banks 2017 350 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
The Origins of Victory Summary
The Origins of Victory
How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
by Andrew F. Krepinevich 2023 568 pages
4.12
315 ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Four Battlegrounds Summary
Four Battlegrounds
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Paul Scharre 2023 496 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Military Fiction
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
by Aaron Swartz 2015 368 pages
4.21
477 ratings
Biography
Essays
Politics
Everything Is Miscellaneous Summary
Everything Is Miscellaneous
by David Weinberger 2007 277 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Technology
Library Science
Information Science
Mastering Regular Expressions Summary
Mastering Regular Expressions
by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl 1997 400 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Liars and Outliers Summary
Liars and Outliers
Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
by Bruce Schneier 2012 348 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Science
Project Zero Trust Summary
Project Zero Trust
A Story about a Strategy for Aligning Security and the Business
by George Finney 2022 203 pages
3.95
197 ratings
Business
Technology
Technical
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It Summary
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008 352 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Technology
Internet
Business
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography
by Karen Blumenthal 2012 320 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant
Basic Science and Technological Innovation
by Donald E. Stokes 1997 199 pages
3.82
148 ratings
Science
Technology
Business
Decode and Conquer Summary
Decode and Conquer
Answers to Product Management Interviews
by Lewis C. Lin 2013 206 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Technology
Life in Code Summary
Life in Code
A Personal History of Technology
by Ellen Ullman 2017 320 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Technology
Science
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
by John Brockman 2018 515 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Effective Programming Summary
Effective Programming
More Than Writing Code
by Jeff Atwood 2012 278 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Programming
Technical
Technology
The Hidden Psychology of Social Networks Summary
The Hidden Psychology of Social Networks
How Brands Create Authentic Engagement by Understanding What Motivates Us
by Joe Federer 2020 338 pages
4.00
85 ratings
Psychology
Business
Social Media
An Ugly Truth Summary
An Ugly Truth
Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
by Sheera Frenkel 2021 352 pages
3.96
7k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Politics
Kotlin in Action Summary
Kotlin in Action
by Dmitry Jemerov 2016 360 pages
4.41
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Soonish Summary
Soonish
Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
by Kelly Weinersmith 2017 368 pages
3.94
5k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Humor
Taming the Sun Summary
Taming the Sun
Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
by Varun Sivaram 2018 371 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Science
Environment
Economics
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms Summary
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms
Level Up Your Core Programming Skills
by Jay Wengrow 2017 222 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Learn Python 3 the Hard Way Summary
Learn Python 3 the Hard Way
A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code
by Zed A. Shaw 2017 319 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Coding
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski 2003 304 pages
3.40
334 ratings
Design
Science
Engineering
Web 2.0 Summary
Web 2.0
A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations
by Amy Shuen 2007 266 pages
3.32
149 ratings
Business
Technology
Internet
Head First PMP Summary
Head First PMP
by Jennifer Greene 2007 795 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Management
Business
Programming
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