Best Technology Books | Summaries & Audio

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Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson • 2011

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

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1.3M+

🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

Immersive

Steve Jobs

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages

4.16

1.3M+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

Elon Musk

by Ashlee Vance • 2015

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

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400k+

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Immersive

Elon Musk

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages

4.12

400k+ ratings

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Zero to One

by Peter Thiel • 2014

Monopoly, not competition, builds the future. A guide to creating what nobody else can.

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🚀 Startup Strategy 💰 Venture Capital 🏛️ Monopoly Theory 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 📊 Power Laws

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Zero to One

Monopoly, not competition, builds the future. A guide to creating what nobody else can.

by Peter Thiel 2014 195 pages

4.15

400k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Strategy 💰 Venture Capital 🏛️ Monopoly Theory 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 📊 Power Laws

Digital Minimalism

by Cal Newport • 2019

A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.

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🧹 Digital Detox 💰 Attention Economy 🎯 Tech Intentionality 📱 Social Media Critique 🕰️ Analog Revival

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Digital Minimalism

A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.

by Cal Newport 2019 304 pages

4.05

96k+ ratings

🧹 Digital Detox 💰 Attention Economy 🎯 Tech Intentionality 📱 Social Media Critique 🕰️ Analog Revival

The Everything Store

by Brad Stone • 2013

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

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👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

The Everything Store

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

by Brad Stone 2013 384 pages

4.14

77k+ ratings

👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

The Innovator's Dilemma

by Clayton M. Christensen • 1997

The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.

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🔻 Organizational Decline ⚙️ Technology Management ♟️ Competitive Strategy 💰 Resource Allocation 🌱 Market Creation

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The Innovator's Dilemma

The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.

by Clayton M. Christensen 1997 288 pages

4.04

61k+ ratings

🔻 Organizational Decline ⚙️ Technology Management ♟️ Competitive Strategy 💰 Resource Allocation 🌱 Market Creation

Hooked

by Nir Eyal • 2013

The psychology behind every habit-forming app, distilled into a four-step product design cycle.

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🎨 Product Design 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Behavioral Design 📊 User Engagement 📈 Behavioral Economics

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Hooked

The psychology behind every habit-forming app, distilled into a four-step product design cycle.

by Nir Eyal 2013 154 pages

4.12

50k+ ratings

🎨 Product Design 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Behavioral Design 📊 User Engagement 📈 Behavioral Economics

The Phoenix Project

by Gene Kim • 2013

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

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🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking 🗣️ Socratic Mentor 📋 Workplace Fiction

The Phoenix Project

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

by Gene Kim 2013 450 pages

4.26

50k+ ratings

🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking 🗣️ Socratic Mentor 📋 Workplace Fiction

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

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🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Life 3.0

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

by Max Tegmark 2017 364 pages

3.99

27k+ ratings

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Clean Code

by Robert C. Martin • 2007

Unreadable code makes every change a gamble. The craft rules for code that stays maintainable.

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🧹 Code Quality 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship ♻️ Refactoring 🧪 Unit Testing 🧩 Object-Oriented Design

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Clean Code

Unreadable code makes every change a gamble. The craft rules for code that stays maintainable.

by Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages

4.35

23k+ ratings

🧹 Code Quality 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship ♻️ Refactoring 🧪 Unit Testing 🧩 Object-Oriented Design

Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

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🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Immersive

Superintelligence

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages

3.85

21k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Masters of Doom

by David Kushner • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

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20k+

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Masters of Doom

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

by David Kushner 2003 368 pages

4.30

20k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Hatching Twitter

by Nick Bilton • 2013

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

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🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Hatching Twitter

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

by Nick Bilton 2013 321 pages

4.04

19k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Free

by Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

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17k+

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

by Chris Anderson 2009 288 pages

3.88

17k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

by Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

by Steve Wozniak 2006 330 pages

3.85

17k+ ratings

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

That Will Never Work

by Marc Randolph • 2019

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

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📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

That Will Never Work

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

by Marc Randolph 2019 337 pages

4.22

17k+ ratings

📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

Disrupted

by Dan Lyons • 2016

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

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17k+

💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Disrupted

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

by Dan Lyons 2016 272 pages

3.91

17k+ ratings

💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Becoming Steve Jobs

by Brent Schlender • 2015

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

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📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Becoming Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

by Brent Schlender 2015 482 pages

4.15

17k+ ratings

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Co-Intelligence

by Ethan Mollick • 2024

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

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16k+

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

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Co-Intelligence

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

by Ethan Mollick 2024 256 pages

3.93

16k+ ratings

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

AI Superpowers

by Kai-Fu Lee • 2018

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

4.09

16k+

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

AI Superpowers

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

by Kai-Fu Lee 2018 275 pages

4.09

16k+ ratings

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

Where Good Ideas Come From

by Steven Johnson • 2010

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

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🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

Where Good Ideas Come From

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

by Steven Johnson 2010 340 pages

3.99

15k+ ratings

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

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15k+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Coming Wave

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

by Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 pages

3.80

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Mythical Man-Month

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

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15k+

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

The Mythical Man-Month

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 pages

4.01

15k+ ratings

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

Irresistible

by Adam Alter • 2017

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

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12k+

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Irresistible

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

by Adam Alter 2017 368 pages

3.85

12k+ ratings

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

The Startup Owner's Manual

by Steve Blank • 2012

Every business plan is guesswork. Here is the systematic way to replace guesses with customer facts.

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12k+

🌀 Lean Startup 📘 Startup Playbooks 🔍 Customer Research 🧱 Business Model Design 🎯 Product-Market Fit

The Startup Owner's Manual

Every business plan is guesswork. Here is the systematic way to replace guesses with customer facts.

by Steve Blank 2012 608 pages

4.11

12k+ ratings

🌀 Lean Startup 📘 Startup Playbooks 🔍 Customer Research 🧱 Business Model Design 🎯 Product-Market Fit

The Second Machine Age

by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

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🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Immersive

The Second Machine Age

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 pages

3.91

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The New New Thing

by Michael Lewis • 1999

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

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💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

The New New Thing

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

by Michael Lewis 1999 349 pages

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10k+ ratings

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

Traction

by Gabriel Weinberg • 2014

Your best growth channel is the one your competitors dismissed. A process for finding it.

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9k+

🎯 Customer Acquisition 🚀 Go-To-Market 🧪 Growth Hacking 📈 Product-Led Growth 🔄 Viral Growth

Immersive

Traction

Your best growth channel is the one your competitors dismissed. A process for finding it.

by Gabriel Weinberg 2014 288 pages

4.11

9k+ ratings

🎯 Customer Acquisition 🚀 Go-To-Market 🧪 Growth Hacking 📈 Product-Led Growth 🔄 Viral Growth

Storytelling with Data

by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • 2015

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

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8k+

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Storytelling with Data

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015 288 pages

4.38

8k+ ratings

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Lean Analytics

by Alistair Croll • 2013

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

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8k+

🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology 📈 Product Analytics 🎯 Data-Driven Decisions

Lean Analytics

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

by Alistair Croll 2013 440 pages

4.11

8k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology 📈 Product Analytics 🎯 Data-Driven Decisions

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

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8k+

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

by Tim Wu 2010 368 pages

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Cult of We

by Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

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💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Cult of We

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

by Eliot Brown 2021 430 pages

4.26

7k+ ratings

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Art of Deception

by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2001

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

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7k+

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

The Art of Deception

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

by Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 368 pages

3.76

7k+ ratings

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

Clean Architecture

by Robert C. Martin • 2017

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

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7k+

🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Clean Architecture

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

by Robert C. Martin 2017 432 pages

4.21

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Digital Gold

by Nathaniel Popper • 2015

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

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6k+

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Digital Gold

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

by Nathaniel Popper 2015 435 pages

4.14

6k+ ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Invent and Wander

by Jeff Bezos • 2020

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

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6k+

🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Invent and Wander

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

by Jeff Bezos 2020 288 pages

3.85

6k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Alone Together

by Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

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6k+

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Alone Together

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

by Sherry Turkle 2011 384 pages

3.62

6k+ ratings

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

by Henry Kissinger • 2021

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

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5k+

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

by Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages

3.43

5k+ ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

Building Microservices

by Sam Newman • 2014

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

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🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

Building Microservices

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

by Sam Newman 2014 473 pages

4.22

5k+ ratings

🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout • 2018

Your codebase rots from the inside out. The design skill that stops it.

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4k+

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌀 Code Complexity 🔌 Interface Design 💸 Technical Debt 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

A Philosophy of Software Design

Your codebase rots from the inside out. The design skill that stops it.

by John Ousterhout 2018 184 pages

4.22

4k+ ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌀 Code Complexity 🔌 Interface Design 💸 Technical Debt 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Empowered

by Marty Cagan • 2020

Stop telling your teams what to build. Give them problems to solve, then get out of the way.

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📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🔓 Team Autonomy 🔄 Organizational Change 🎯 Coaching At Work

Empowered

Stop telling your teams what to build. Give them problems to solve, then get out of the way.

by Marty Cagan 2020 432 pages

4.25

3k+ ratings

📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🔓 Team Autonomy 🔄 Organizational Change 🎯 Coaching At Work

Swipe to Unlock

by Parth Detroja • 2017

Why Google and Facebook give everything away free, and how you can repurpose their strategies.

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3k+

🧩 Tech Strategy 🏗️ Platform Businesses 🔄 Subscription Models 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 🚀 Startup Playbooks

Swipe to Unlock

Why Google and Facebook give everything away free, and how you can repurpose their strategies.

by Parth Detroja 2017 323 pages

4.22

3k+ ratings

🧩 Tech Strategy 🏗️ Platform Businesses 🔄 Subscription Models 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 🚀 Startup Playbooks

Brave New Words

by Salman Khan • 2024

AI tutors that adapt, simulate history, and fix math: Sal Khan on education's biggest leap.

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3k+

🤖 Ai In Education 🧠 Personalized Learning 💻 Ai Tutoring 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 🧮 Math Education

Brave New Words

AI tutors that adapt, simulate history, and fix math: Sal Khan on education's biggest leap.

by Salman Khan 2024 272 pages

3.58

3k+ ratings

🤖 Ai In Education 🧠 Personalized Learning 💻 Ai Tutoring 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 🧮 Math Education

Python Crash Course

by Eric Matthes • 2015

Learn Python through data: plot random walks, map countries, and build interactive charts from zero.

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3k+

🐍 Python Programming 📊 Data Visualization 🌱 Beginner Programming 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 📈 Data Analysis

Python Crash Course

Learn Python through data: plot random walks, map countries, and build interactive charts from zero.

by Eric Matthes 2015 544 pages

4.35

3k+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 📊 Data Visualization 🌱 Beginner Programming 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 📈 Data Analysis

Angel

by Jason Calacanis • 2017

Most of your fifty startup bets will fail. One non-negotiable clause makes the math work anyway.

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👼 Angel Investing 💰 Startup Funding 📊 Portfolio Strategy 🔍 Due Diligence 🌉 Silicon Valley

Angel

Most of your fifty startup bets will fail. One non-negotiable clause makes the math work anyway.

by Jason Calacanis 2017 264 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

👼 Angel Investing 💰 Startup Funding 📊 Portfolio Strategy 🔍 Due Diligence 🌉 Silicon Valley

Mastering Bitcoin

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos • 2014

21 million coins, zero central banks, one public ledger: the architecture that makes it all work.

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2k+

💰 Digital Currency ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🖥️ Distributed Systems 💵 Monetary Systems 📖 Technical Reference

Mastering Bitcoin

21 million coins, zero central banks, one public ledger: the architecture that makes it all work.

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2014 296 pages

4.31

2k+ ratings

💰 Digital Currency ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🖥️ Distributed Systems 💵 Monetary Systems 📖 Technical Reference

High Growth Handbook

by Elad Gil • 2018

The playbook for scaling from ten to ten thousand without the usual breakdowns.

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2k+

📈 Startup Scaling 🤝 Hiring Playbooks 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌱 Culture Building 💰 Venture Capital

High Growth Handbook

The playbook for scaling from ten to ten thousand without the usual breakdowns.

by Elad Gil 2018 344 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

📈 Startup Scaling 🤝 Hiring Playbooks 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌱 Culture Building 💰 Venture Capital

Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

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2k+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

Without Their Permission

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages

3.70

2k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

I, Steve

by George Beahm • 2011

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

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2k+

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

I, Steve

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

by George Beahm 2011 160 pages

3.45

2k+ ratings

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

Program or Be Programmed

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

3.72

1k+

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Program or Be Programmed

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 152 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Valley of Genius

by Adam Fisher • 2018

A stolen Xerox demo, hot-tubbing engineers, and the real conversations that built the Valley.

4.08

1k+

🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Tech History 🎙️ Oral History 🏢 Tech Giants 🌐 Internet History

Valley of Genius

A stolen Xerox demo, hot-tubbing engineers, and the real conversations that built the Valley.

by Adam Fisher 2018 512 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Tech History 🎙️ Oral History 🏢 Tech Giants 🌐 Internet History

Jobs to be Done

by Anthony W. Ulwick • 2016

Customers measure success with metrics they never say aloud. Map them and build what actually wins.

3.73

500+

🏗️ Innovation Frameworks 📋 Jobs To Be Done 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Market Segmentation ⚙️ Product Development

Jobs to be Done

Customers measure success with metrics they never say aloud. Map them and build what actually wins.

by Anthony W. Ulwick 2016 202 pages

3.73

500+ ratings

🏗️ Innovation Frameworks 📋 Jobs To Be Done 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Market Segmentation ⚙️ Product Development

Learn Python in One Day and Learn It Well

by Jamie Chan • 2014

One day, one language, one project: Python fundamentals taught through building a real game.

4.01

500+

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🔨 Hands-On Projects 📐 Programming Fundamentals 🌱 New Programmers

Learn Python in One Day and Learn It Well

One day, one language, one project: Python fundamentals taught through building a real game.

by Jamie Chan 2014 124 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 💻 Learn To Code 🔨 Hands-On Projects 📐 Programming Fundamentals 🌱 New Programmers

Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords

by Perry Marshall • 2016

A million visitors while you sleep: the Google ad formula that prizes relevance over budget.

4.07

500+

🔍 Search Engine Marketing 📬 Direct Response Marketing ⚙️ Campaign Optimization 🧪 Split Testing 🧠 Customer Psychology

Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords

A million visitors while you sleep: the Google ad formula that prizes relevance over budget.

by Perry Marshall 2016 314 pages

4.07

500+ ratings

🔍 Search Engine Marketing 📬 Direct Response Marketing ⚙️ Campaign Optimization 🧪 Split Testing 🧠 Customer Psychology

Humans Are Underrated

by Geoff Colvin • 2015

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

3.79

500+

💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Humans Are Underrated

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

by Geoff Colvin 2015 262 pages

3.79

500+ ratings

💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Troublemakers

by Leslie Berlin • 2017

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

4.09

500+

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Troublemakers

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

by Leslie Berlin 2017 512 pages

4.09

500+ ratings

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Bitcoin

by Dominic Frisby • 2014

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

3.86

500+

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

by Dominic Frisby 2014 192 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

by Michael Wooldridge • 2021

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

3.87

500+

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Job Automation 🎯 Algorithmic Bias

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

by Michael Wooldridge 2021 272 pages

3.87

500+ ratings

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Job Automation 🎯 Algorithmic Bias

The Fourth Transformation

by Robert Scoble • 2016

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

3.75

492

🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

The Fourth Transformation

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

by Robert Scoble 2016 163 pages

3.75

492 ratings

🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

Production-Ready Microservices

by Susan J. Fowler • 2016

Your microservice isn't production-ready by default. Here's the org-wide framework to change that.

3.82

460

🧱 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems ✅ Production Readiness 🔧 Reliability Engineering

Production-Ready Microservices

Your microservice isn't production-ready by default. Here's the org-wide framework to change that.

by Susan J. Fowler 2016 172 pages

3.82

460 ratings

🧱 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems ✅ Production Readiness 🔧 Reliability Engineering

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic

by Michael Jay Geier • 2010

Diagnose the silent failure, read the schematic, fix it yourself. No engineering degree required.

3.93

367

🔌 Electronics Repair 🔍 Troubleshooting Methods 📐 Schematic Reading 🛠️ Soldering Techniques 📚 Repair Manuals

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic

Diagnose the silent failure, read the schematic, fix it yourself. No engineering degree required.

by Michael Jay Geier 2010 414 pages

3.93

367 ratings

🔌 Electronics Repair 🔍 Troubleshooting Methods 📐 Schematic Reading 🛠️ Soldering Techniques 📚 Repair Manuals

Python Programming for Beginners

by Jason Cannon • 2014

The no-fluff guide to Python: learn variables, functions, and data structures, then write real code.

3.93

283

🐍 Python Programming 📖 Language Fundamentals 📜 Scripting Basics 🧑‍💻 New Programmers 🚀 Getting Started Guides

Python Programming for Beginners

The no-fluff guide to Python: learn variables, functions, and data structures, then write real code.

by Jason Cannon 2014 162 pages

3.93

283 ratings

🐍 Python Programming 📖 Language Fundamentals 📜 Scripting Basics 🧑‍💻 New Programmers 🚀 Getting Started Guides

Product Design for the Web

by Randy J. Hunt • 2013

Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.

3.76

278

📱 Product Design ✨ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Design 🧭 Usability 🏗️ Lean Methodology

Product Design for the Web

Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.

by Randy J. Hunt 2013 214 pages

3.76

278 ratings

📱 Product Design ✨ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Design 🧭 Usability 🏗️ Lean Methodology

The Business Case for AI

by Kavita Ganesan • 2022

The AI project graveyard is full. How to frame, build, and measure ones that pay off.

3.92

262

🤖 Ai For Business 🧠 Ai Strategy ⚙️ Ai Readiness 📚 Ai Literacy 💡 Pragmatic Ai

The Business Case for AI

The AI project graveyard is full. How to frame, build, and measure ones that pay off.

by Kavita Ganesan 2022 316 pages

3.92

262 ratings

🤖 Ai For Business 🧠 Ai Strategy ⚙️ Ai Readiness 📚 Ai Literacy 💡 Pragmatic Ai

AI Needs You

by Verity Harding • 2024

AI won't be fixed by engineers alone: history shows democratic boundaries spark best breakthroughs.

3.55

259

⚖️ Ai Governance 🤖 Ai Ethics 📡 Technology Policy 🏛️ Public Interest Tech 💡 Innovation Policy

AI Needs You

AI won't be fixed by engineers alone: history shows democratic boundaries spark best breakthroughs.

by Verity Harding 2024 288 pages

3.55

259 ratings

⚖️ Ai Governance 🤖 Ai Ethics 📡 Technology Policy 🏛️ Public Interest Tech 💡 Innovation Policy

ChatGPT For Dummies (For Dummies

by Pamela Baker • 2023

ChatGPT's output depends entirely on your input. A complete guide to asking better.

3.34

229

🤖 Generative AI ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🧠 Large Language Models ⚖️ AI Ethics 🎓 AI In Education

ChatGPT For Dummies (For Dummies

ChatGPT's output depends entirely on your input. A complete guide to asking better.

by Pamela Baker 2023 176 pages

3.34

229 ratings

🤖 Generative AI ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🧠 Large Language Models ⚖️ AI Ethics 🎓 AI In Education

Zero Trust Networks

by Evan Gilman • 2017

Treat every network as hostile and every packet suspect: an architecture for authenticating it all.

4.03

217

🛡️ Network Security 🏗️ Security Architecture 🆔 Identity Management 🚪 Access Control 💻 Endpoint Security

Zero Trust Networks

Treat every network as hostile and every packet suspect: an architecture for authenticating it all.

by Evan Gilman 2017 238 pages

4.03

217 ratings

🛡️ Network Security 🏗️ Security Architecture 🆔 Identity Management 🚪 Access Control 💻 Endpoint Security

Kubernetes Patterns

by Bilgin Ibryam • 2019

Stop wiring containers by hand. 30+ patterns for cloud-native apps on Kubernetes.

4.31

216

☁️ Cloud Native 🔷 Kubernetes 📦 Container Orchestration 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture

Kubernetes Patterns

Stop wiring containers by hand. 30+ patterns for cloud-native apps on Kubernetes.

by Bilgin Ibryam 2019 266 pages

4.31

216 ratings

☁️ Cloud Native 🔷 Kubernetes 📦 Container Orchestration 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business

by Steven Finlay • 2018

ML projects fail for business reasons, not technical ones. The rules for getting it right.

4.14

207

🤖 Machine Learning Basics 📊 Predictive Analytics 👔 AI For Managers 📈 Data-Driven Strategy ⚖️ Ethical AI

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business

ML projects fail for business reasons, not technical ones. The rules for getting it right.

by Steven Finlay 2018 192 pages

4.14

207 ratings

🤖 Machine Learning Basics 📊 Predictive Analytics 👔 AI For Managers 📈 Data-Driven Strategy ⚖️ Ethical AI

Building Secure and Reliable Systems

by Heather Adkins • 2020

Build systems that survive attacks and accidents. Google's framework for reliable, secure software.

3.89

199

🛡️ Software Security 🔧 Site Reliability 🔄 Devops Practices 🔒 Secure Coding 🧪 Testing Strategies

Building Secure and Reliable Systems

Build systems that survive attacks and accidents. Google's framework for reliable, secure software.

by Heather Adkins 2020 541 pages

3.89

199 ratings

🛡️ Software Security 🔧 Site Reliability 🔄 Devops Practices 🔒 Secure Coding 🧪 Testing Strategies

Laravel

by Matt Stauffer • 2016

Build instead of boilerplate: the PHP framework that ships with ORM, authentication, and a CLI tool.

4.43

188

🐘 Php Frameworks 🌐 Web Development 🔧 Laravel 🗃️ Object-Relational Mapping 🔗 Api Development

Laravel

Build instead of boilerplate: the PHP framework that ships with ORM, authentication, and a CLI tool.

by Matt Stauffer 2016 454 pages

4.43

188 ratings

🐘 Php Frameworks 🌐 Web Development 🔧 Laravel 🗃️ Object-Relational Mapping 🔗 Api Development

Black Mirror and Philosophy

by David Kyle Johnson • 2019

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

4.09

161

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

Black Mirror and Philosophy

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

by David Kyle Johnson 2019 384 pages

4.09

161 ratings

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019 161 pages

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

SEO Like I'm 5

by Matthew Capala • 2014

SEO demystified: the beginner's road map to getting found through content, relationships, and speed.

3.59

103

🔍 Search Engine Optimization 📝 Content Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research 🔗 Link Building 📱 Social Media Marketing

SEO Like I'm 5

SEO demystified: the beginner's road map to getting found through content, relationships, and speed.

by Matthew Capala 2014 194 pages

3.59

103 ratings

🔍 Search Engine Optimization 📝 Content Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research 🔗 Link Building 📱 Social Media Marketing

Becoming an Ethical Hacker

by Gary Rivlin • 2019

Get paid to think like an attacker: skills, tools, and career strategy for ethical hacking.

4.00

🧭 Ethical Hacking 🎯 Penetration Testing 🎭 Social Engineering 🌐 Network Security 💼 Cybersecurity Careers

Becoming an Ethical Hacker

Get paid to think like an attacker: skills, tools, and career strategy for ethical hacking.

by Gary Rivlin 2019 192 pages

4.00

73 ratings

🧭 Ethical Hacking 🎯 Penetration Testing 🎭 Social Engineering 🌐 Network Security 💼 Cybersecurity Careers

Agile Project Management for Beginners

by Bryan Mathis • 2013

From wishlist to working software: the sprint-by-sprint guide for first-time Agile leads.

3.35

🔄 Agile Project Management 🏃 Scrum Methodology 📋 Kanban Systems 📈 Continuous Improvement 👥 Team Workflows

Agile Project Management for Beginners

From wishlist to working software: the sprint-by-sprint guide for first-time Agile leads.

by Bryan Mathis 2013 126 pages

3.35

71 ratings

🔄 Agile Project Management 🏃 Scrum Methodology 📋 Kanban Systems 📈 Continuous Improvement 👥 Team Workflows

Play to Learn

by Sharon Boller • 2017

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

3.95

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

Play to Learn

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

by Sharon Boller 2017 168 pages

3.95

42 ratings

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

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