Books
Audible
I’ve been enjoying my trial membership to Audible.com. I don’t think I’ll keep it up, since the monthly fee is a little more than I wish to carry — but it’s neat to have nicely bookmarkable books on my iPod for the commute. Interestingly, I find myself evaluating books based on length in [...]
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide. Hunter was a true American original, warts and all. His writing was all over the place, but it was also entertaining and insightful.
Expert C# Business Objects
Expert C# Business Objects is the best technical book I’ve read in quite a while. A lot of technical books these days seem like they were rushed to press, or are not very well thoughtout…or are simply reference books. The reference books are very useful in their own way, but rarely help you [...]
Books on CD
I’m experimenting with books on CD, now that I have a longer commute. With Asher’s “help” I picked out Clive Cussler’s Deep Six at the library and am about halfway through it.
It’s crap! But, it’s kinda fun, too. Pretty much everybody you meet in the each of the first three chapters dies [...]
Designing for community
Designing for Community looks like a good book. Don’t know when I’ll have time to read it, but I might sneak it in.
Joel on software
I just finished reading Joel Spolsky’s new book, UI Design for Programmers.
I had read pieces of it on his website, but decided to pick up the print copy as well. It’s an excellent read. Joel writes in an entertaining style, with good use of real-world analogies to computer problems and loads of [...]
Reading Update
Well, my reading venture is going slow, but steady. I finally finished Lord Foul’s Bane today. I read it when I was in 8th-9th grade and remember enjoying it much more than I did this time around — but it was still a worthwhile read. Donaldson spent too much time in the [...]