Going into 2013, I set the goal of reading twenty books and through the end of July I have completed twenty-five. My top 7, as well as my entire 2013 reading list, is outlined below (basically in the order they were read). I highly recommend the top seven. as each is a fun, thought provoking, and worthwhile read.
Top 7 Books so far for 2013
- Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification, by Rajat Paharia
- For The Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business, by Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter
- The Gamification Revolution: How Leaders Leverage Game Mechanics To Crush The Competition, by Gabe Ziccherman and Joselin Linder
- Contagious: Why Things Catch On, by Johan Berger
- Makers, The New Industrial Revolution; by Chris Anderson -Genuinely fun, fast read.
- Fabricated, The New World of 3D Printing; by Hod Lipson an Melba Kurman – Well done book with lots of worthwhile information. There is less cheerleading than Makers, with more meat about future 3D printing areas including Bioprinting, Food processing and environmental.
- Youtility, Why Smart Marketing Is About Help Not Hype, by Jay Baer
2013 Reading List
3D Printing
- Makers, The New Industrial Revolution; by Chris Anderson -Genuinely fun, fast read. See Makers review.
- Fabricated, The New World of 3D Printing; by Hod Lipson an Melba Kurman – Well done book with lots of worthwhile information. There is less cheerleading than Makers, with more meat about future 3D printing areas including Bioprinting, Food processing and environmental.
- Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, and the Coming Stock Market Boom; by Dr Alexander Elder – Short blurb which gives solid background info on 3D and also discusses the few 3D printing companies that are public.
- 3D Printing: The Next Technology Gold Rush – Future Factories and How to Capitalize on Distributed Manufacturing by Christopher D Winnan
- It Will Be Awesome If They Don’t Screw It Up: 3D Printing, Intellectual Property, and the Fight Over the Next Great Disruptive Technology, by Michael Weinberg – Short white paper (30 pages) mainly concerning Copyrights, Patents, and trademarks with respect to 3D printing.
- What’s The Deal with Copyright and 3D Printing, by Michael Weinberg – Another short paper (30 pages)
- From Bits to Pieces: The Business Innovation of 3D Printing, by Peter Keen – Discusses 3d printing for larger corporations.
- The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers and Inventors Who Make America Great, by Alec Foege – Not about 3D printing, but celebrates the American innovative spirit.
Non 3D Printing
- The Darvis System for Stock Market Profits, by Nicholas Darvis http://www.scribd.com/doc/69831850/darvas
- The Icarus Deception, by Seth Godin
- The Physics of Wall Street, by James Owen Weatherall
- Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles For Success, by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams
- Contagious: Why Things Catch On, by Johan Berger
- The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How To Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, And Live Without Regret, by Richie Norton
- The 4-Hour Work Week, Expanded and Updated, by Tim Ferriss
- The Gamification Revolution: How Leaders Leverage Game Mechanics To Crush The Competition, by Gabe Ziccherman and Joselin Linder
- Speed Reading: How to Double or Triple Your Reading Speed in Just Under 1 Hour, by Justin Hammond
- The Science of Marketing: When to Tweet, What to Post, How to Blog, and Other Proven Strategies, by Dan Zarrella
- For The Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business, by Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter
- Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow’s Customers, by Jan Chipchase
- Gamification and Game Mechanics Made Simple, by Nordic Press
- The End of Big: How The Internet Makes David The New Goliath, by Nicco Mele
- Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification, by Rajat Paharia
- Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Kids Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire and How It All Came Crashing Down, by Ben Mezrich. Fun read, but a slight let down from Ben Mezrich’s prior works Bringing Down The House, Busting Vegas, Ugly Americans or even Rigged.
- Youtility, Why Smart Marketing Is About Help Not Hype, by Jay Baer
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