Will Kelly

WWD Post: Book Review: "97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know"

I think project management books should be on every web worker’s reading list because — like it or not — even if your job title isn’t “project manager,” you still have to manage your own portion of the projects you participate in. Even some informal grounding in project management can be helpful for those “rare” times you are pulled into help bring a failing project back to life.

via webworkerdaily.com

Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies

I've had some cause lately to look back at some of the projects I've worked on as a contractor, consultant, and freelance technical writer and read  Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies by Tom DeMarco, Peter Hruschka, Tim Lister, Steve McMenamin, James Robertson, and Suzanne Robertson because the synopsis from Amazon made it sound like a good read.

Will Kelly's Current Reading List

My book stack is growing larger with Memorial Day and the opening of my pool plus the general feeling that I've been falling behind on my personal and professional reading. Here is my reading list for the next few weeks:

• Rickles' Book by Don Rickles with David Ritz
• Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
• Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger
• The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton Phd
• Power of an Hour by Dave Lakhani
• The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

It has been a busy couple of weeks between starting a new consulting contract plus some other writing and editing projects but I am starting to come to end of the tunnel.

I am proud to say I just wrapped up my work as technical editor on How to Do Everything with Outlook 2007 by Bill Mann.  It is going to be a great book especially for end users who work in organizations where Outlook is the life blood for internal communications and collaboration.

During my ten years as a computer book technical editor, I had the opportunity to work with some of the great authors of the great computer book publishing of the late nineties. Bill is a real pro who has seen life outside the cloistered home office.

O' Reilly Rough Cuts

I've always been a big fan of O' Reilly Books as they litter my home office and client site cubicle. I respect their work and trust them.

After spending ten years freelancing as a technical editor in the computer book publishing industry, the advent of the O' Reilly Rough Cuts program caught my eye. The development of a computer book is not for the faint of heart and O' Reilly is opening up their book development process to readers. On more than one tech editing project, I was glad that it was all done behind the scenes.

While I have the utmost faith in O' Reilly, the Rough Cuts program is going to make money on the strength of O' Reilly's reputation and their book development process.

France Trip Research

Apparently just watching Bon Voyage Charlie Brown isn't enough research for my impending trip to Paris France so I got some books about France for Christmas including:

• Daytrips France: 48 One-Day Adventures by Rail, Bus or Car--Includes Paris Walking Tours, Sixth Edition (Paperback)
• Fodor's See It Paris, 1st Edition (Fodor's See It) (Paperback)

These books will be at the top of my list to read on the metro when I return to work after the holiday.