"I work for a book shop"

In Werner Vogels' presentation Data without Limits, he recommends the Fourth Paradigm, the book that acts as the "foundation" of Amazon's philosophy about building and analyzing large data systems, as well as big data's impact on society. The Kindle version (that link above) is only 99c, and the book was the published by Microsoft research.

I love his introductory aside "I work at a book shop," because obviously he's one of the talents that separates Amazon from being a "book shop" to being one of America's great and most innovative companies. He's also a great speaker.