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One Man's Lifetime Reading Log

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2 points·by rdmullins1978·12 mesi fa·0 comments

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rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
I miss listening to Click and Clack every weekend but the Best Of podcast sort of fills that void. It was an amazing show.
rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
Such a great series, and so well-done. I grew up in the heart of Appalachia and am forever grateful to the authors and editors for capturing/preserving so much content and knowledge that would otherwise be lost over generations.
rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
And/or the 3-part PBS series Triumph of the Nerds, which was based on it and has tons of great interviews with the personal computer pantheon - not just Jobs and Gates and Allen, etc., but MITS people, Intel, the behind-the-scenes people who made the IBM PC, so on. Good stuff even today (the documentary is from ~1995 ish, I think). It's on YT.
rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
Nice selection. Also along computer history lines, I'd recommend Bob Cringely's Accidental Empires.
rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
For the last several years, I've kicked off my annual book list by re-reading Ben Franklin's _Autobiography_. I just love the conversational tone and how wide-ranging it is, and there's a surprising amount of still-practical day-to-day advice in there.

Honorable mention to _How to Win Friends and Influence People_ (I agree with other comments that earlier editions are better) and _Getting Things Done_.

Thanks for starting this thread! Lots of good recommendations here.
rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
For a relatively high level look at CS history and core concepts, the YouTube Crash Course series is very well done and watchable. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNlUrzyH5r6...
rdmullins1978
·2 anni fa·discuss
Absolutely love this series! Secret Life of Components (YouTube series) is also great.
rdmullins1978
·3 anni fa·discuss
Surprisingly affordable reproduction of the Digi-Comp I, a 3-bit mechanical digital computer