Bookshelf
A special place for some of the books I have read and loved.
The Course of Love
11-30-2021
“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”
How to Think More Effectively: A Guide to Greater Productivity, Insight and Creativity
09-30-2021
“In the minds of geniuses, we find – once more – our own neglected thoughts.”
The Infinite Machine
08-28-2021
An excellent and fascinating history of Ethereum.
Mastering Ethereum
07-21-2021
Very accessible technical book on the blockchain, smart contracts, wallets and solidity.
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
06-01-2021
"There are three things that have meaning for life. They are the motivational factors for everything in your life - for anything that you do or any living thing does: the first is survival, the second is social order, and the third is entertainment."
Can't Hurt Me
05-10-2021
"By the time I graduated, (from high school), I knew that the confidence I'd managed to develop didn't come from a perfect family or God-given talent. It came from personal accountability which brought me self-respect, and self-respect will always light a way forward."
Niezwyciezony
05-10-2021
Excellent science fiction book by one of the best writers of the genera.
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
03-29-2021
"Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares. There is nothing obvious that you can do to make it better. All of those things were thought about by the code's author, and if you try to imagine improvements, you're led back to where you are, sitting in appreciation of the code someone left for you - code left by someone who cares deeply about the craft."
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The origins of the internet
03-15-2021
"The hope," Licklider wrote, 'is that in not too many years, human brains and computing machines will be coupled... tightly, and that the resulting partnership will think as no human brain has ever thought and processed in a way not approached by the information-handling machines we know today."
The Right Stuff and Wrong
02-14-2021
"...I realized that the one variable that I could control - and that was in my genes - was work ethic. Each professional step since I left the farm has been built on a simple approach - find areas I could add real value and make sure I am associating with smart, fun people of real integrity who do things the right way." (page 160)
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
02-09-2021
"Computers make our lives better."
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
01-24-2021
"Carmack was of the moment. His ruling force was focus. Time existed for him not in some promising future or sentimental past but in the present condition, the intricate web of problems and solution"
The Making of Prince of Persia
12-28-2020
"... I gave him the joystick to play with. He was impressed. When he left he said "I feel like I've had an adventure."