The way we run abbywinters.com, and our internal culture, has been shaped in part by several books. A sure way to impress us at your interview is to be familiar with the ideas in those books. We don’t necessarily agree with everything all the books say (and at our regular book club meetings, we discuss the pros and cons in a full-throated fashion!), but we love sharing ideas on how to make our company better.
- The e-Myth revisited (Michael E Gerber) (ISBN: 0887307280)
- 7 habits of highly effective people (Stephen R Covey) (ISBN: 0743269519)
- First, break all the rules (Marcus Buckingham) (ISBN: 0684852861)
- Winning (Jack Welch) (ISBN: 0060797428)
- Small is the new big (Seth Godin) (ISBN: 1591841267)
- Linchpin (Seth Godin) (ISBN: 1591843162)
We’re also regularly inspired by the website www.ted.com.
Web development-specific books
- Fowler, M., Beck, K., Brant, J., Opdyke, W., & Roberts, D. (1999). Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Westford, MA, USA: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
- Gamma, E., Helm, R., Johnson, R., & Vlissides, J. (1995). Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Westford, MA, USA: Addison-Wesley.
- Shore, J., & Warden, S. (2008). The Art of Agile Development. Sebastapol, CA, USA: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
