Die Seite The Hacker Shelf ist eine wahre Fundgrube. Denn dort gibt es tonnenweise freie Literatur rund um die Themen Programmierung und Informatik nach verschiedenen Tags geordnet. Neben vielen Quellen zu Hochsprachen wie Python, kann man dort auch ausführliche Literatur zu eher technischen Themen wie der Assemblerprogrammierung finden.

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Was ist eine Gesellschaft? Welcher Konsens hält sie zusammen und die bestehende Ordnung aufrecht? Wie wird dieser Konsens organisiert? Welches ist die Bedeutung der Tradition, der Intellektuellen, der Ideen in diesem Feld? Wie wird eine Weltauffassung, eine bestimmte Vorstellung von Gesellschaft dominant? Es sind dies die Fragen, die Gramsci aufwarf, und bei deren Klärung er uns ein ganz beträchtliches Stück weiterbrachte. Es sind dies, wie leicht einzusehen ist, die brennendsten Fragen für uns, heute.

There are both new and old books in this list. For the naysayers: Don’t forget how easy it is to succumb to hype and to phrases like “anything older than 3 months is irrelevant”, “it’s the age of the app”, “desktop is dead”, and so on. That’s simply not true. Reading these books can be very beneficial for you and for your business. The concepts are still valid, the ideas can be still utilized. Even if the world has fatalistically moved on (and it hasn’t), you can’t catch it up without a strong foundation. Many things are cyclical or ageless. You can re-combine ideas, find patterns, get inspired and most importantly, learn new things. These books are a nourishment for your mind. And hey, it can’t hurt to read something different than you are used to read!

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sechs Ansätze des Komplexitäts- und Ungewissheitsmanagements knapp zusammen. Sie zeigen, dass praxistaugliche Ansätze stets über eine Verhaltensänderung gehen. Gutgemeinte Ratschläge, wie sie z.B. in 6 Ways to Master Entrepreneurial Uncertainty feil gehalten werden, sind in der Praxis wenig hilfreich. Nur Reither macht deutlich, dass die Veränderung eingefahrener Verhaltens- und Denkmuster Geduld und Mühe erfordert.

Almost 10 years ago Stanford professor Robert Sutton wrote about "Weird ideas that work." Today many companies who are leaders in creativity still utilize many of his guidelines for fostering new ideas within their organization. More »

The idea of an "organised" counter-culture is inherently ironic, since the harder a large group try to not conform, the more they end up conforming.

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Ideo, eine Design-Beratungsfirma, hat sich dieses schöne Konzept für die Zukunft des Buchs ausgedacht. Das Ding ist in drei Teile gegliedert: Nelson, Coupland und Alice. Nelson spiegelt die Beziehungen der Texte untereinander wieder, Coupland ist sowas wie die Amazon-Empfehlungen basierend auf dem persönlichen Social Graph und Alice bietet neue Perspektiven auf Narration und Storytelling. Schönes Ding! Gemessen an meinem eigenen Leseverhalten könnte einiges davon eintreffen: Ich lese die Hälfte aller Bücher, Magazine und Comics mittlerweile digital (und damit ist die Zeit am Rechner nicht mit eingerechnet, ich benutze mein iPad vor allen Dingen als eReader) und ich bleibe nach wie vor bei dem alten Spruch von Dr. Egon Spengler: „Gedrucktes ist tot.“ (Im Sinne von „tot“ wie Vinyl, als Liebhaberobjekt immer noch wertvoll und interessant, als Massenmarkt aber vorbei.) Time will tell.

Nelson reinforces books as critical thinking tools, providing multiple perspectives, references, and current conversations on a single subject. The layers of information beyond the book itself provide greater context and encourages a deeper dive into the book throughout history and into the future.

Coupland addresses the challenge to stay on top of the thinking and writing in our world and professional field that so many of us feel. Readers can easily keep up with “must-reads” by following what colleagues are reading and interact with them through “book clubs” and other social layers (discussions, suggestions, lists, purchases) to help each other share and learn.

Alice explores new ways for users to interact and affect written narratives by introducing non-linear and game mechanics to reading. By introducing the reader’s active participation, this concept “blurs the lines between reality and fiction.” Certain interactions allow the reader to transcend traditional media by utilizing geographic location, communication with characters, and user contribution to storyline and plot.

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The GNU/Linux systems have reached an important level of maturity, allowing to integrate them in almost any kind of work environment, from a desktop PC to the sever facilities of a big company.

In the module called "The GNU/Linux operating system", the main contents are related with system administration. This book is the main documentation for the module.

We will learn how to install and configure several computer services, and how to optimise and synchronise the resources.

The activities that will take place in this module cover the studied topics in a practical approach, applying these concepts in real GNU/Linux systems.

One unfortunate consequence of the b-school-ization of organizational theory is that we seem to have fewer books on the topic than we used to. The classic books in org. theory haven’t changed much over the years, although perhaps fewer students read them than was true 20 or 30 years ago. Selznick, Gouldner, and March and Simon still deserve reading today. But what about recent history? What’s been written in the last couple of decades that will stand the test of time? Here are a few of my favorite org. theory books written in that time period.

Simon shares a few publications which have had a significant impact in his way of thinking about technology

Copyright and the Commons
Sociological studies of virtual worlds
Network Theory & Social Networks
Attention economy of the Web

all the best books, in my humble opinion, on collaboration, team dynamics and virtual/mobile teams.

Farson is a writer more in the tradition of Nietzsche. He is less interested in the six things you need to do tomorrow to become an effective manager and more concerned with provoking you into thought and self-reflection

In addition to the book by Rob Cross (The Hidden Power of Social Networks) and Kilduff (Social Networks and Organizations) - both of which I finished a while ago - I am now busy reading some additional books on the topic..

The Starfish and the Spider - The unstoppable power of leaderless organizations is a book by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom.

"Standing still is the worst strategy of all," says Mr. Finkelstein, author of "Why Smart executives Fail: And What You Can Learn From Their Mistakes."