Hi Richard
I would add CODE COMPLETE by steve McConnell as well but rapid development from
memory is a shorter read.
Update I decided to look on amazon rather than my library and I was right 674
pages instead of over 950 .. so shorter is relative and I find it’s not on
kindle.
You can find it
Alex Tweedly wrote:
> Hopefully I'll find 3 books
>
> - a techie one
Rapid Development by Steve McConnell
> - a non-techie non-fiction one
Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller
> - fiction - preferably fairly light, easy reading
Hippolyte's Island by Barbara Hodgson
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Richard Ga
Techie ones without any problem solving involved and they could actually be
Novels - you feel that you are there rooting for the
participants in both "stories"
Surely Your Joking Mr Feynman
What Do You Care what other people think
The Eudaemonic Pie by Thomas Bass
The Soul of a new machine by Tra
Hi
My favourite book of fiction (science fiction) is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation
Trilogy, Perhaps a bit long for your journey. I have read it a few times
along with looking for the sequels and prequels.
(It is currently underproduction for an Apple TV+ series. I am half in hope
it will be am
On 6 Feb 2020, at 17:34, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote:
Hoping for suggestions to keep me reading while on the way.
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- fiction - preferably fairly light, easy reading (as a break from the others
above).
When I'm not being a geek I go for fiction. Here are some that I couldn't put
I've been *really* enjoying this, and I've just asked my university
library to get multiple copies for my students.
Creative Selection
Subtitle: Inside Apple's design process during the golden age of Steve
Jobs
Ken Kocienda
I was reading the print book but I left it behind in my office at the