XING Book Club

There are certain moments when you stop to consider

just how skilled and intelligent some people are
that you work with every day. Versed in a whole range of different fields, many of them look back of distinguished careers. Several members of our team like Lars Neumann and Stephanie Busch have even published books in their respective fields.
Matthias Häsel, who now works as Technical Product Manager at XING, also contributed to and edited a book last year together with a colleague entitled “Web 2.0” which I read just recently. The book elucidates trends and technologies on today’s web,
dealing with a variety of different topics such as social software, mashups, Ajax,

Web services and the Semantic Web. Both editors derived a number of conclusions from the various chapters regarding business opportunities and risks for Internet companies.
The book has already become a well-known Web 2.0 reference work.

Matthias is currently working on his next book. In his PhD thesis he did research on what skills IT professionals require in Internet start-up companies, providing an ostensive insight into why technical expertise alone is not enough. The book will be published beginning of next year.
Watch out for it!