Re: OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
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 easily on the usual sites (I won’t link to it to spare blushes). I always like to have a pdf of any book I have in print ... much easier when going on holiday. Many’s the time I purchase a dead trees version from amazon and if it’s not prime I purchase the kindle edition as well to read while it arrives. Sent from my iPhone >> On 7 Feb 2020, at 18:08, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
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 -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
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 Tracy Kidder The Cuckoos egg by Cliff Stoll is also good but Not available in Kindle I've read them all - not to everyone's tastes but I find fiction these so samey - Always the "Heroes Journey" in a different form - same meat different gravy - discuss! HHGTTG - now that's different kettle of fish Lagi On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 17:35, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > So, I'm going on a train journey tomorrow and the next day. Three or > four hours each day, scenery I've seen a million times already > > Hoping for suggestions to keep me reading while on the way. > > Requirements. > > 1. MUST be on kindle (or iBooks or similar). > > 2. Hopefully I'll find 3 books > > - a techie one > > - a non-techie non-fiction one > > - fiction - preferably fairly light, easy reading (as a break from the > others above). > > I know you guys can give me better recommendations than Amazon can -) > > Many thanks, > > Alex. > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
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 amazing and half in dread of that it will be awful.) For Non fiction I recently read “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah of Daily show fame. I really enjoyed that. Funny and poignant stories of growing up in South africa. Really more a story about his mother than him. They are both on Kindle Regards, Martin Koob > On Feb 6, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > So, I'm going on a train journey tomorrow and the next day. Three or four > hours each day, scenery I've seen a million times already > > Hoping for suggestions to keep me reading while on the way. > > Requirements. > > 1. MUST be on kindle (or iBooks or similar). > > 2. Hopefully I'll find 3 books > > - a techie one > > - a non-techie non-fiction one > > - fiction - preferably fairly light, easy reading (as a break from the > others above). > > I know you guys can give me better recommendations than Amazon can -) > > Many thanks, > > Alex. > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
On 6 Feb 2020, at 17:34, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: Hoping for suggestions to keep me reading while on the way. ... - 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 down. (I'm an unabashed King fan but I favor his psyhological horror over the supernatural. You can't beat his writing style.) Misery - Stephen King Delores Claiborne - Stephen King The Doomsday Book - Connie Willis (The only book my husband ever read until 4 a.m.) Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson In case you haven't read it yet. The tech is a bit dated now but the story isn't. You gotta love a character named Hiro Protagonist. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn Twisty, and the dual narrators will throw you for a loop. I know lots more. You may prefer different genres. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
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 end of Monday so I bought the ebook as I got on the train to go home. I've been marking passages to go back to and to use in lectures. It's good, and it's a very 'more-ish' read. k On 6 Feb 2020, at 17:34, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: So, I'm going on a train journey tomorrow and the next day. Three or four hours each day, scenery I've seen a million times already Hoping for suggestions to keep me reading while on the way. Requirements. 1. MUST be on kindle (or iBooks or similar). 2. Hopefully I'll find 3 books - a techie one - a non-techie non-fiction one - fiction - preferably fairly light, easy reading (as a break from the others above). I know you guys can give me better recommendations than Amazon can -) Many thanks, Alex. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
OT: Completely OT: Reading list recommendations.
So, I'm going on a train journey tomorrow and the next day. Three or four hours each day, scenery I've seen a million times already Hoping for suggestions to keep me reading while on the way. Requirements. 1. MUST be on kindle (or iBooks or similar). 2. Hopefully I'll find 3 books - a techie one - a non-techie non-fiction one - fiction - preferably fairly light, easy reading (as a break from the others above). I know you guys can give me better recommendations than Amazon can -) Many thanks, Alex. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode