[pgh-pm] Reminder: Tonight's meeting includes books and shirts, and rocks!

[Malcolm Nooning]

Hello,

I will list some books I am bringing, along with comments.

First, the more recently read books.

Getting Things Done - Allen - Filled with good advice on how to maximize 
your time, and really how to not waste it.

Stand Alone, Inventor! - Merrick - Of interest if you think you've 
invented something.

In Search Of Stupidity - Chapman - A classic!

Joel On Software - Unknown - Does not sound interesting but it is.  It 
is one of the best.

Mastering the Requirements Process - Robertson and Robertson - Had 
excellent reviews but I read it only enough to know that the contained 
knowledge was not useful to me.  It could be extremely useful to the 
right person.

Exploring Requirements - Gause & Weinberg  -  ... same as above

Now for some oldies.

Windows NT Workstation 4 - In good shape, but it is dated.  If no one 
wants it I will throw it away.  I am not taking it back home.

Windows NT In a Nutshell - ... same as above

MS-DOS Batch Files - Before you roll your eyes at this one, I find it 
useful from time to time.  Yes, with different Windows variants.  In 
fact I would not be bringing it in except that it happens to be an extra 
copy.

I will be looking to exchange books.  However, except for the NT books, 
I will just take home what others do not want.  This means that, before 
the evening is through, you don't have to have a book to get a book.



Casey West wrote:
> Every December we hold our annual book exchange. I'm going to be  
> giving away copies of:
>
> * Google Hacks
> * Mac OS X Hacks
> * Network Security Hacks
> * Higher-Order Perl
>
> I'm also bringing some of the left-over SWAG from the Pittsburgh Perl  
> Workshop including shirts!
>
> Also remember that Dan Wright will be speaking about his use of Perl  
> to help his Curling team. I got a preview of his talk and it's very  
> interesting.
>
> As always we'll reserve some space at the Sharp Edge Beer Emporium  
> for socializing after the event.
>
>