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Reading recommendation

Zak Greant (collegue here at eZ and well known in the community) just sent me a great collection of book recommendations related to open source, management and marketing, which I'd like to share here:

• The Cluetrain Manifesto (online here)

  • A great set of essays and rants on dealing with highly networked markets

  • The Practical Manager's Guide to Open Source

  • A practical introduction to the benefits and background of Open Source

  • Focuses on tangible financial and platform benefits

  • Useit.com

  • Jacob Nielsen's columns on Web Usability

  • In particular, his columns on writing for the web:

    • How Users Read on the Web

    • Be Succinct

    • Effective Writing Structure

    • Writing Headlines and other Microcontent

    • Writing for Low-literacy Users

  • The Elements of Style (online here)

  • The classic guide to writing concise and effective English.

  • Crossing the Chasm

  • An analysis of how to successfully bring technology products to market

  • Rules for Revolutionaries

  • A neat guide for innovators. Written by former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki

  • The Innovator's Dilemma (excerpt here)

  • An analysis of how to correctly correlate product features to market needs.

  • The Tipping Point (A summary of the book can be found here)

  • An analysis of how trends start and spread

  • The Customer Evangelism Manifesto (attached)

  • Notes on how to create user evangelists

  • It's the Story Stupid (Online here)

  • Doc Searls' guide to giving good presentations

Thanks, Zak! :)