The time it takes from when a book appears on the radar to the moment I “proceed to checkout” is quite often affected by recommendations. An excellent blog I discovered recently tipped me over the edge last week when I bought a book that I’ve been meaning to read for a long while: The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen.

I haven’t received it yet … so more on that later.

The book was recommended in a post about innovation at Google by Microsoft based blogger Dare Obasanjo.

Among other interesting posts by Dare are Improving Website Usability with A/B Testing which discusses an MS research paper that I highly recommended for any web based decision maker, and A-List Technology Bloggers: What Are They Good For? which outlines Dare’s take on Facebook and how those who don’t get it … don’t get it.

Finally, for those who like trivia, Dare is the son of Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

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