Comments on: Book Review: How To Get More done by Fergus O’Connell http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/03/21/book-review-how-to-get-more-done-by-fergus-oconnell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-how-to-get-more-done-by-fergus-oconnell A different view of software testing Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Marta http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/03/21/book-review-how-to-get-more-done-by-fergus-oconnell/#comment-88 Marta Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:48:19 +0000 http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/03/21/book-review-how-to-get-more-done-by-fergus-oconnell/#comment-88 See, I have a problem with books with titles like that. They immediately trigger the "Gosh, I should be doing more" or the equivalent "Gosh I'm not doing enough" response, so I avoid them like the plague. Interestingly (and from what you describe), the book is not about to get more done, but about to get more done of what is important to you (and figuring out what that actually is in the process), which is a completely different proposition. So thanks for the review; thanks to it I might actually give a go to a book I would never pick up from the shelf otherwise! <em>Thanks for the comment - glad the review was useful. I think I still prefer <a href="http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/01/18/martial-deals-with-surprise-gtd-related-to-testing/" rel="nofollow">David Allen</a>'s <a href="http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/01/17/secrets-to-increased-productivity-revealed/" rel="nofollow">Getting Things Done</a> though. So I'd recommend that before 'How to get more done'.</em> See, I have a problem with books with titles like that. They immediately trigger the “Gosh, I should be doing more” or the equivalent “Gosh I’m not doing enough” response, so I avoid them like the plague. Interestingly (and from what you describe), the book is not about to get more done, but about to get more done of what is important to you (and figuring out what that actually is in the process), which is a completely different proposition. So thanks for the review; thanks to it I might actually give a go to a book I would never pick up from the shelf otherwise!

Thanks for the comment – glad the review was useful. I think I still prefer David Allen‘s Getting Things Done though. So I’d recommend that before ‘How to get more done’.

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