Books that have been read or recommended by the team at Java PDF Blog and IDR Solutions.
Alex Soojung Pang’s book ‘Rest’ studies the way in which work and rest should coexist in equal and separate parts to improve every aspect of a person’s life. He dismisses the concept that working longer hours will improve the quality of work or produce more. Instead, he looks at historical figures who benefitted from deliberate…
MBAs are hugely expensive and take up time that could be spent gaining real world experience. The premise of The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman is that you can learn the basics by reading this book, saving yourself a lot of time and money. So if you want to get a grasp of the basics…
Meatball Sundae was the book which introduced me to Seth Godin (and was a part of the Swag giveaway at my first Business of Software conference). So it holds a special place in my affections. The title comes from the idea that you take 2 popular concepts and put them together to find that what…
IDRsolutions was one of the early UK customers of HubSpot. So we were particularly interested when Dan Lyons published the controversial but excellent book Disrupted about his time working there. It is always interesting to read books that feature people you have spoken to in real life. As well as being a humorous take on working in a…
Here at IDRsolutions we are always looking for new things to read. Recently we have read lots of books and blogs that we found especially interesting and informative. We thought it would be useful to share these with you in case you are stuck for something to read over the summer. So this month we will…
