Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking author: Malcolm Gladwell rating: asin: 0316010669 binding: Paperback list price: $15.99 USD amazon price: $10.87 USD

A fascinating study of the shortcuts in thinking and decision-making that people take (not all of them are bad!). It gave me some insight into the importance of 'gut feel', and why some people just always seem to jump the right way.

Being a borderline old fart, this caught my eye.

PBS | I, Cringely . October 27, 2005 - Changing the Guard: "In the U.S. the Baby Boom generation includes anyone born from 1946-64, which means everyone 41-59 years old. Those ages generally cover the top technical management positions in most companies and universities and they are starting to retire. But as anyone who reads magazines knows, this generation of upcoming retirees acts younger and healthier than the generations that preceded it and they plan to have very active older years. At the urging of reader Joel Franusic, I've been thinking of what implications this has for Open Source software. ⇒ Read more