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What :book: should we read next? #6

Open bval opened 10 years ago

kamarcum commented 10 years ago

It's not specifically related to software, but I'd like to suggest The Drunkard's Walk.

epochblue commented 10 years ago

Are there any parameters outside of content? For example: does it need to be freely available in some format, or just easily gettable/not outrageously expensive/etc?

awebneck commented 10 years ago

Drunkard's Walk ++

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

I'm down for a little randomness.

arafatm commented 10 years ago

@epochblue no parameters.

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

noparents

arafatm commented 10 years ago

Looks like Drunkard's Walk it is. I look forward to it.

rick commented 10 years ago

If no other Christopher Alexander book, I'd like to do "The Timeless Way of Building", as it's a good introduction to why his work is good. I'd want to be here for it, though, and I'm scheduled to be on a plane during bookclub times on Feb. 27th.

If we do that book, we might could lead in with "Notes on the Synthesis of Form", which is short, but that book's not as interesting if you don't read more of his other work, and it might only be interesting after reading his other work to see where he started from. So maybe not.

Some other books that come to mind:

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

All those sound great. My vote is for Feathers' seminal work so we can bounce back to the more technical side of things for the next series.

arafatm commented 10 years ago

I'm down for any Alexander

Isn't 7 day weekend an updated maverick?

On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Rick Bradley notifications@github.com wrote:

If no other Christopher Alexander book, I'd like to do "The Timeless Way of Building", as it's a good introduction to why his work is good. I'd want to be here for it, though, and I'm scheduled to be on a plane during bookclub times on Feb. 27th.

If we do that book, we might could lead in with "Notes on the Synthesis of Form", which is short, but that book's not as interesting if you don't read more of his other work, and it might only be interesting after reading his other work to see where he started from. So maybe not.

Some other books that come to mind:

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vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

Heh. Love the below the fold toggle.

rick commented 10 years ago

There are no bugs in GitHub software. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

@rick really I'm just miffed there's not a hidden emoji below the fold. :crying_cat_face:

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

Just to make sure all sides and disciplines are represented, I'll toss Smashing Node.js into the ring.

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

Okay. We picked The Mikado Method for our next book. Sorry node lovers.

Overview http://pragprog.com/magazines/2010-06/the-mikado-method Book http://www.manning.com/ellnestam/

arafatm commented 10 years ago

Next book is a paper from the link in #13

Suggestions for a book after we're done with the paper? I'm down for some Christopher Alexander

rick commented 10 years ago

Probably sounds like I change my tune every time, but if we're going to do some Christopher Alexander, let's do "The Timeless Way of Building" -- on the off-chance that's the only book of his some of us ever read, let's get the most bang for the buck.

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Next book is a paper from the link in #13https://github.com/nashdl/bookclub/issues/13

Suggestions for a book after we're done with the paper? I'm down for some Christopher Alexander

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arafatm commented 10 years ago

:+1:

arafatm commented 10 years ago

@rick I don't see a kindle copy of "The Timeless Way of Building".

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

I never read the tech paper. Did we already discuss that?

arafatm commented 10 years ago

@vinbarnes It's this Thursday for the paper.

vinbarnes commented 10 years ago

It's this Thursday for the paper.

:+1:

rick commented 10 years ago

@arafatm no kindle version that I know of, most of his books don't have electronic versions (actually, I don't know of any that do but something might). He's big on the overall presentation and the books definitely benefit from being read in print.

I have a copy, @vinbarnes I think probably has a copy, and there's a copy here at the nashville github office space (no idea whose that is) that you could probably borrow for the book club -- it's just sitting on the shelves here.