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Some notes on my reading habits. I find the Amazon wishlist a good way to keep a backlog of titles that I plan to buy. I read more non-fiction than fiction. I do start a new book if I get tired of my current reading so some books leap-frog into Books read. I don't list everything I read here only titles I consider significant. My apologies for not writing more reviews.

At the moment reading:

Books read: (most recent first)

Rachel ! How nice. Thanks for stopping here. How's things with you since XP Day ? And is the above by the same Stewart Brand who wrote HowBuildingsLearn ? -- lb Hi Laurent, Things with me are fine, XTC are looking for interesting ideas for talks/workshops to run (we ran CRC workshop earlier this month). Yes, it's the same StewartBrand?

For facilitation skills, I highly recommend:

These two are also excellent:

If you can afford only one, go with InterventionSkills?.

DaleEmery

Thanks! Once I've managed to get hold of a copy I will post back here. Rachel

Could you refine what you're looking for in "organizational memory / distributed cognition" a bit? -- JimBullock

OK - will try but basically it's an area I do not know much about, that's why am seeking recommendations. I am interested in how the memory of organisations/teams works. XP teams have a challenge here as they have fewer documents so rely on team holding stuff in their heads, I am interested to know if there things to be aware of to ensure information is well retained? See my post on some related thoughts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/73033 --RachelDavies

Rachel, I recommend taking a look at this article: http://www.getcited.org/pub/103344259 It's by two organizational psychologists studying the "collective mind" of aircraft carrier crews. I have found some interesting correlations with agile software development. --DaveHoover Thanks! --RachelDavies

I have now got a reading list on Distributed Cognition if anyone is interested - obtained from a friend researching pair programming at University of Sussex, UK.

Rachel, let us know how you like The Way of the Storyteller. It interests me. --DaveHoover

Dave, please see the page I made on TheWayOfTheStoryteller --RachelDavies

Rachel, I would love to know what you think of Experiential Learning by David Kolb. Is it worth buying? --ChrisMatts

I liked it, it helped me understand how learning works, I can bring my copy to XTC tomorrow if you want to take a peek. -- Rachel

I hadn't noticed "A good voyage" before. Looks like talent runs in the family ? Please pass on congratulations to Katharine. -- lb

The Seven Basic Plots

Rachel, what are the 7 basic plots described in the book The Seven Basic Plots? Let me guess:

Am I right? Anyone has a clue what the other 5 plots could be?

Thanks for enlightening us, Rachel...

-- Robert Abitbol

Robert, I've added some extra to my brief review of TheSevenBasicPlots to answer this. --DuncanPierce

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