Book: Business Model Generation from a UX lens

Posted by sheryl in Books, Musings on February 29, 2012

Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

Whilst not strictly a UX book, Business Model Generation came into my radar after completing a workshop at UX Australia on Turbocharging your Workshops with Andy Budd of Clearleft.

The book itself is beautiful in the way it was created: It is co-created by the 470

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Book Review: Outliers – The Story of Success

Posted by sheryl in Books on February 24, 2012

Outliers – The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

This is a superbly interesting book that looks in depth into the lives of “outliers” and the circumstances that cumulatively lead up to their successes.

I initially started reading this book just for fun, as the I thought the topic was particularly interesting – but

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Book Review: Poke the Box – Seth Godin

Posted by sheryl in Books on May 1, 2011

I’m an avid reader of Godin’s books, and if you’re the same, you’ll definitely enjoy Poke the Box. For those that don’t know Godin’s writing style well, you should know that this is a manifesto about starting. It’s short and punchy, to the point.  And in his typical writing style, Godin provides short snippets of

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