I typically dispose of books once I've read them. (To little free libraries or used bookstores, not the trash.) I'm not a rereader, so books become pure clutter. The rare exceptions are books that I either find personally meaningful or books that have impressed me enough to become reference materials. Images of Organization is both.

On 14 April 1994, two United States F-15s shot down two United States Blackhawk helicopters in the clear skies of northern Iraq while both flights were controlled by the same AWACS. How could this have happened? Scott Snook wrote a book about it. I read that book.

all pleasant tech interviews are alike; each unpleasant tech interview is unpleasant in its own way.

Hey Claude, I need to build a bridge.

Once again, I used my job's learning and development stipend to purchase some books. The second I finished in 2026 is Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States by Albert O. Hirschman.