Mike T. Henderson

Below is a list of my favorite reads and resources from the week that was March 14th-18th.

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Another amazing collection of work by the band that is Radiohead. This album has pretty much been my morning ritual each day since it was released a few weeks ago. A wonderful soundtrack to those quite moments of solitude before the workday begins.

It's been a while since I made some beer. I've been using Mr. Beer for three years now. Mr. Beer is an easy, basic kit for making home brews without getting too technical. In a vague summary: you mix a few cans of malt extract (thick molasses looking stuff) with combination of hot and cold water; throw in some hop pellets, sprinkle in some yeast, and let it sit in a dark room until it's ready to bottle.

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As part of my goal to read one book per month, for the month of February, I recently finished reading Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, by Dick Winters and Cole C. Kingseed. Winters served as a commanding officer in Company "E" during World War II, and as the title of the book suggests, was depicted in the HBO series, Band of Brothers.

As I mentioned in my previous post: Winters was the type of leader that led by example, from the front, through high character and by way of countless hours of study and preparation.

Along with Winters' many incredible accounts from Easy Company's campaign across Europe, the key takeaway for me was the valuable insights and lessons on leadership and humility from not only Winters' successes, but also his failures. While these examples pertain to Winter's military experience, I believe the same disciplines can be applied to any leadership role. Here are some of the excerpts that stood out to me:

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I've recently been reading Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, by Dick Winters and Cole C. Kingseed. Winters served as a commanding officer in Company "E" during World War II, and as the title of the book suggests, was depicted in the HBO series, Band of Brothers.

Winters was the type of leader that led by example, from the front, through high character and by way of countless hours of study and preparation.

While reading the other day, I came across a quote by Winters that I found interesting in regards to creative problem solving:

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Last night I was browsing my Netflix Instant View library and stumbled across a wonderful documentary on Milton Glaser titled: To Inform and Delight.

Inform and Delight glances into the everyday moments of Milton Glaser's personal life and captures his immerse warmth and humanity, as well as boundless depth of his intelligence and creativity.

I had no idea this film existed. No body ever told me, so I'm telling you: If you haven't seen it yet and you're into design, art, or better yet both, give it a watch.

Still sticking with my new years resolution to read one book per month, I just recently finished reading Hardboiled Web Design, by Andy Clarke, over the weekend.

From the book's web page:

Hardboiled Web Design is for people who want to understand why, when and how to use the latest HTML5 and CSS3 technologies in their everyday work. Not tomorrow or next week, but today.

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I might have just found a new favorite site: Designers & Books.

Designers & Books is devoted to publishing lists of books that esteemed members of the design community identify as personally important, meaningful, and formative—books that have shaped their values, their worldview, and their ideas about design.

Such a great idea, this site. I'm particularly interested in the book lists of designers such as George Lois and Milton Glaser. Always fascinated to see what makes designers tick.

I'm a little late to the party on goodreads, but I'm finally set up and managing all my reads there. I figure this can be a nice way for me to log my "read 1 book a month" new years resolution. (which, by the way, is still going well; 80% though Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke.)

If you want to keep tabs on what I'm reading, or suggest some good books to me, click on this link here --> Mike's goodreads.

Below is a list of my favorite reads and resources from the week that was Jan 17th-21st.

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