Tech Review: Management: Monday, July 16, 2012

The End of Middle Managers (And Why They'll Never Be Missed)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2012/07/10/the-end-of-middle-managers-and-why-theyll-never-be-missed/

• Leader not managers
• Department Captains
• paired leadership
• teams
• Don't come to me with problems
• no managing through fear

Tech Review: Computer Programming: Monday, July 16, 2012

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Reference-5th-Herbert-Schildt/dp/0071634800/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

• Still not available

Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Release Candidates available now!

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2012/05/31/visual-studio-2012-and-net-4-5-release-candidates-available-now.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/async.aspx

C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference [Paperback] ($26)

http://www.amazon.com/C-5-0-Nutshell-Definitive-Reference/dp/1449320104/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342468890&sr=1-1&keywords=C%23+5.0

• The only good looking C# 5.0 book I see.

Programming C# 5.0: Building Windows 8 Metro, Web, and Desktop Applications for the .NET 4.5 Framework [Paperback] ($30)

http://www.amazon.com/Programming-5-0-Building-Applications-Framework/dp/1449320414/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342468890&sr=1-3&keywords=C%23+5.0

• pre-order

C++ The Complete Reference, 5th Edition [Paperback] (email notificaton)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Reference-5th-Edition/dp/0071634800/ref=dp_ob_title_bk