At the start of every year, I like to resolve to read a number of IT, CMS, and business related books. The Internet is a good resource, but perhaps because I'm too old school I still like to learn a thing or two from a book. So far I have three books on my reading list for 2010.
I plan to review each of these books at a later date but since I'm a slow reader I thought I'd share them now. Links to the books go to Amazon for a possible purchase are our available in CMS Report's Amazon store.
Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges
By Andrew McAfee
I waited for much of 2009 to see this book get published. This is the book for companies and organizations wrestling to understand the impact Web 2.0 and social media applications can have on their business. I had hoped to have read the book by now, but the holidays were too busy. You can expect that this will be the first book I'll review in 2010.
McAfee brings together case studies and examples with key concepts from economics, sociology, computer science, consumer psychology, and management studies and presents them all in a clear, accessible, and entertaining style. Enterprise 2.0 is a must-have resource for all C-suite executives seeking to make technology decisions that are simultaneously powerful, popular, and pragmatic.
SilverStripe: The Complete Guide to CMS Development
By Ingo Schommer, Steven Broschart
The folks over at SilverStripe mailed me this book to be used during my review of their CMS for Packt Publishing's 2009 Overall Best Open Source CMS awards. Unfortunately, by the time I received the book I was nearly done with my review. I still want to read this book as it looks to be a great book for learning about SilverStripe development and it's PHP5 framework.
This is the Official Guide on the award-winning SilverStripe programming framework, authored by the creators of the open source CMS.
SilverStripe is a robust and flexible website content management system (CMS) tightly integrated with an application framework. It is open source and embraces modern system architecture and agile development methodologies. Intermediate developers can implement powerful websites and web-applications quickly and customize them to their individual needs. The award-winning PHP5/MySQL-based system saves not only time and nerves for techies, but also features a straightforward interface which is a joy to use for non-technical content-authors.
Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours
By Jesse Feiler
I've been around Drupal for a number of years now but I'm always interested in references that will teach me more than what I can find at Drupal.org. More importantly, I look for Drupal books that I can recommend to others. The author's publisher sent me this book for review and I'm hoping it will be a book that I can recommend to those that wish to master Drupal's learning curve at a quick pace. This book appears to be for the beginner or someone in need of a quick review of Drupal's features.
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful, easy-to-maintain websites with Drupal–fast! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill you’ll need, from organizing sites and using Drupal’s design themes to setting up search, polls, forums, and security. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!