Book Reviews

Book Review: The Education of an Accidental CEO

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ April 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This past weekend while doing some Spring cleaning I came across this book on my bookshelf. I read it last year and found it to be a great read but for one reason or another I never got around to writing up a review. I forget how I came across the book to begin with, [...]

Good Way To Start Your Day

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ February 23, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I have a lot of things to read on a daily basis. Some of them are recreational, but most of them are aligned with my technical interests. It is rare for me to have the time to sit down and read one book from cover to cover. So I have started reading a handful of [...]

Book Review: Outliers, the Story of Success

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ January 25, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

During the holidays my father-in-law was telling me about a book he had recently read. It was “Outliers: The Story of Success.” I was intrigued by my father-in-law recounting the stories about how all hockey players are born in January, towns in Pennsylvania that have no heart disease, and why Asians are so good a math. [...]

New Bookshelf

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ June 7, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Like a lot of people, I want as much information as I can possibly get in the shortest amount of time. Think Keanu and the Matrix, except I don’t want to live in a pod of goo and have the base of my skull altered in order to accept downloads. But, if I can learn [...]

There’s a SQL In My Pocket

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ May 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

While shuffling some books around at home today I came across the SQL 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant by William Stanek. I cannot imagine the person who has pockets big enough for this book other than the Jolly Green Giant. But since I have never met Mr. Stanek I suppose it is possible he could have [...]

The SQL Doctor Is In

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Denis Gobo dropped me an email the other day to mention that I should have included a book (Pro SQL Server 2008 Relational Database Design and Implementation) by Louis Davidson et al., in my Technical Library. No question this is a must read for anyone interested in database design and since Denis also offered a book [...]

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ April 22, 2009 ⋅ One comment

While looking over the SQL Blogger Rankings a thought crossed my mind:
Why not do something similar with books?
So, I have decided to create a new page with some widgets that display books related to various topics. Right now, there are two libraries to choose from, a technical library and a professional development library. In time [...]