User:Toddwill

Full name: Todd Williams

Just a ordinary guy that uses Wikipedia and thinks he might be able to add something constructive or useful to others. (Current creation.)

I like to read, bicycle, play guitar and build things. I run my own consulting company and, as most succinctly put by a friend one time, I am an "anal retentive, tenacious, ass-hole".

My contributions (grouped by 'project'):

Books

Novels

Franz Kafka I started on the Kafka kick after reading The Castle and then realizing there were other translations and that it seemed a be the general opinion that the translation that I read was "wrong". Yet that translation brought Kafka his "English" fame. It was apparent that there were levels of education here that the novel was only a part of - a major part - but only a part none the less.

Franz Kafka: Writings and Translations Added section 11-Mar-2006

The Castle

The Castle - Re-wrote the article to better represent the multiple editions/translations 29-Mar-06

The Castle, Definitive Edition, Muir Translation - Created. My proposal as a way to represent the multiple editions/translations 23-Mar-2006

The Castle, Critical Edition, Underwood Translation - Stubbed. placeholder to represent the multiple editions/translations 23-Mar-2006

The Castle, Critical Edition, Harman Translation - Created. My proposal as a way to represent the multiple editions/translations 23-Mar-2006

Malcolm Pasley - Created Page, Kind of lean... 23-Mar-2006

Schocken Books - Created stub 9-Mar-06

Non-Fiction

The Guns of August - Added detail, 27-Feb-2006.

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Reorganized, added: infobox, and additional information 12-Mar-2006

The Times Atlas of World History - Reorganized, added: infobox, categories and additional information 12-Mar-2006

Historical Atlas of the World - Created 12-Mar-2006

Project Management/Management

My goal in representing these books is to provide value to the reader at two levels and to me at one. To the reader I want to have enough information show what the book is about, and without providing an opinion of the book, allow the reader to make decision on whether they should read it. The second value is a set of notes do that after reading the book they may return here and have a set of notes that will remind them of the key points to help them in the future.

For me, this is a great way to make sure I have picked up what i need from the book and forces mw to be non-biased. These books are "reviewed" in my newsletter, where I do give an opinion, these creates a foundation of neutrality.

Critical Chain (book) by Eliyahu Goldratt's - 2006-04-02 Created entry for this book on Critical Chain Theory of Project Management

The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker - 2006-04-30 Created entry for this book on lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System (TPS)

Agile Project Management (book) by Jim Highsmith - 2006-05-25 Created entry for this book on agile Project Management

The 33 Strategies of War By Robert Greene - 2006-07-08 Created entry for this book on stratagies in various environments.

Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber - 2006-07-13 Created entry for this book on managing scrum projects.

Identifying and Managing Project Risk by Tom Kendrick - 2006-08-07 Create page for this book. An acceptable book on risk, but misses many of teh newer theories on newer methodologies on avoiding risk (i.e. Agile, Scrum and CCPM)

Work In Progress (WIP)

Project Management/Management

Management

Critical Chain Project Management by Lawrence P. Leach - Getting there

Novels

The Trial

The Trial - WIP: In time will rewrite to match The Castle Format

The Trial, Definitive Edition, Muir Translation - WIP: In time will create to represent the multiple editions/translations

The Trial, Critical Edition, Mitchell Translation - WIP: In time will create to represent the multiple editions/translations

Sandbox

/sandbox1 - New or old Work in Progress (WIP)