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Beautiful Code … ?
Recently, I’ve been reading “Beautiful Code” (edited by Andy Oram & Greg Wilson). This is a collection of short papers by academics and professional software developers which explores the idea of...
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The Design of Design
I just finished up reading “The Design of Design” by Fred Brookes JR (author of the Mythical Man Month): This book is a reflection on the design process itself and, in particular, what good designers...
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I recently finished reading Steven Johnson’s “Where Good Ideas Come From“. This is a rather interesting book which takes a walk through history looking at how good ideas come to be. The central thesis...
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Freakonomics
Recently, I finished reading Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. and I have to say that I really liked it!! The book is focuses on the study of everyday aspects of life using the tools...
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Recently, I finished reading Coders at Work by Peter Seibel. The book consists of a series of interviews with the following (impressive) list of programmers and computer scientists: Jamie Zawinski,...
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Merchants of Doubt
I’ve just finished reading this book, which I have to say was really good. The book is about how a handful of rogue scientists deliberately spread disinformation on a range of key issues, including...
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Jobs versus Allen
I’ve recently finished Paul Allen’s excellent memoir entitled “Idea Man” and the recent biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Obviously, I didn’t read them at the same time … but one after there...
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