Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George B. Dyson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is for someone who is interested in the the history of computing, and in particular the early days around WWII … Continue reading
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The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book, but then I like Michio Kaku in general so I was not … Continue reading
Save as PDFOpen Sources by Chris DiBona My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is for people who like to go back and revisit the early days of Open Source. When this was written, Google didn’t even appear, Yahoo was the … Continue reading
Save as PDFZero Day by Mark Russinovich My rating: 4 of 5 stars Mark Russinovich is the developer of the Sysinternals suite, and moved to Microsoft when his company was purchased by the Redmond Behemoth. And this matters because this is a … Continue reading
Save as PDFMaking Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand project management on a practical level. The author, Scott Berkun, was a project manager … Continue reading
Save as PDFThe Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Peter Heather My rating: 5 of 5 stars Certain questions are perennial, and one of those is why the Roman Empire fell. Peter Heather provides … Continue reading
Save as PDFBeyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World by Bruce Schneier My rating: 5 of 5 stars Bruce wrote this book in 2003 as a response to 9/11 and how it lead to changes in security practices in … Continue reading
Save as PDFThe Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is a very good review of the history on encryption and explains the basic principles involved. … Continue reading
Save as PDFThe Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal by M. Mitchell Waldrop My rating: 5 of 5 stars Having just read Katie Hafner’s Where Wizard’s Stay Up Late I was ready to tackle this book, which … Continue reading
Save as PDFWhere Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet by Katie Hafner My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a classic book that sat on my shelf for a while and I just decided to pick it up … Continue reading
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