Back in February I read Getting Real from 37signals (37signals.com), a web application company based in Chicago. It was a recommendation from my new boss, Matt. You can read the whole book online- free. I enjoyed it, learned a lot, and still try to apply it to situations I encounter and how I approach my workday. We use some of their applications at work too and I've had good experiences with them. If you haven't read Getting Real, you should. Recently, the same guys wrote another book called Rework. I decided that I would download the audiobook and started listening to some of it last night and plan on finish the rest of it today on the plane. This is only the third audio book I've ever downloaded. The first two were Bill Clinton reading My Life and one of the David Sedaris books. Up front, Rework seems a little redundant of the concepts in Getting Real, but it is to be getting better as it goes on. Maybe when I'm done I'll review both books. Maybe. Regardless of content, from this experience I have realized that I likely won't download another audiobook unless the reader is the author- or Ira Glass. I just don't think a reader can convey what an author can in a reading. I'm wishing I'd just picked it up at the bookstore and I probably still will at some point.
