Re: Books and a balance (was: What's up with C++ (books)?)

How many people on this list are on a "social reading" site such as
Shelfari or Goodreads? I'm on goodreads as bcarlso. Look me up and
share your favorite books.

On Friday, May 27, 2011, Gregg Irwin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>       CP> IMO there is a place for books even in the world of "Just Use It".
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> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
> stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury
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> The choir hears you. My guess is that people on this list have more
> books than the average developer (assuming McConnell's one book per
> year metric). And it's not just developers and programming books. It's
> also not reading for reading's sake, but reading things that are worth
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> More than once I've had people express surprise that I've read a book
> they mention in conversation. I once had someone say to me "Wow, you
> must read a lot" when I recommended a *few* books about software
> development.
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> I haven't read Prag Thinking or Seven Languages, but yes on the
> others. I love books related to the thinking side of development.
> Dewdney, Gardner, Pickover, Harvey, Brodie, Bentley. Ah, fun.
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> --Gregg
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