June’s book, the winner of the just-completed poll, is… The Art of Invisibility, by Kevin Mitnick.
… Continue readingYour every step online is being tracked and stored, and your identity literally stolen. Big companies and big governments want to know and
Here are the choices for our next couple of meetups – the two books rated highest will be the ones we read for the June and October meetings. Rank your preferences at the bottom; voting closes on April 21!
… Continue readingThe March meeting of the Austin Computer Book Club is fast approaching. It’s just over a week until we meet again (on Tuesday, March 21), but there’s still time to grab an ebook copy of Best Software Writing I and …
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March’s book selection will be a practical/technical title: The Best Software Writing I, edited by Joel Spolsky.
… Continue reading“With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by
Here are the choices for our next technical book meetups – the book rated highest will be the one we read for the March, 2017 meeting (and second place will be read for the August meeting). Voting closes on January …
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The winter holidays are almost upon us, 2016 is winding down, and… it’s just over a month until the next Book Club meeting! We’ll be getting together in January to talk about the essays that put the concept of “open …
Hi, everyone. Here’s a quick almost-end-of-the-year update for you:
Last month’s meeting was great – We discussed Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited. It’s a classic, and deservedly so. Highly recommended by everyone in attendance.
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January’s selection is a cultural/historical title: The Cathedral & the Bazaar, by Eric S. Raymond.
… Continue reading“It may be foolish to consider Eric Raymond’s recent collection of essays, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, the most important computer programming thinking to
Less than a week until our next meetup! We’ll be talking Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited, and we have room for you. There’s still time to grab a copy & read it quick (it is a fast …
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We’re one month out from our next meeting. There’s still plenty of time to grab a copy and read this one with us!
Here’s what Kerry Butters wrote about the book on Sitepoint, in a post titled Designer Must Reads: …
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