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I found this to be an eye-opening book. I think just about anyone, man or woman, would too. It’s well researched, well written, succinct, and discusses many impor...

A quick, pleasant read, wonderfully illustrated with large, lovely photos. Actually, the writing is largely secondary to the photos, but it does provide some cont...

As someone who is moving to Tuscany soon, and as a fan of A Year in Provence, I thought I’d enjoy this book. The truth is that it’s OK, but nothing special. There...

A fun, fast-paced, hard-to-put-down read that does a great job of telling the story of John Carmack, John Romero, and the groundbreaking games they created (Wolfe...

This isn’t a book about “computer programming”, but about computer programmers. It holds up remarkably well more than 40 years after its publication date because ...

Around 2007, I created my home page on a free PHP host and a blog on Blogger. The two websites have served me well for nearly 8 years, but they were long past du...

In literature, The Competent (Wo)man is a character who exhibits a very wide range of abilities and knowledge. The idea is similar to a Polymath or a Renaissanc...

My answer on Quora to What does it mean for a software company/startup to be able to iterate quickly?:

An important read for everyone in software development. Although the book is not executed perfectly, it raises the level of debate in the software industry from a...

A mixed bag. The first part of this book focuses on coding advice, but it’s not particularly concrete or actionable. The examples that are present are very C spe...