A review by yaelwrites
Remote: Office Not Required by David Heinemeier Hansson

2.0

I was pretty disappointed with this book. I'm such a huge fan of 37Signals in general and Jason Fried in particular, so perhaps my expectations were too high. One of the things I love about Fried's writing is his nuance and finesse, and both were notably missing from this book. A good chunk of it was entirely obvious, and a whole lot of it was unnecessarily strident and condescending. There was also nothing new or groundbreaking and very little research. I kind of feel like reading the book was a waste of time. Also, many of the examples mentioned are very specific to 37Signals and wouldn't apply to the rest of us, which made for a frustrating read. Still a huge fan of Fried, but I'll stick to his blog posts and magazine columns instead.