I’m currently reading Making It Big in Software by Sam Lightstone. So far I’ve only read the beginning of the book, but it’s quite well written
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The witty life of James Thurber
I remember reading my first James Thurber book and I remember being mesmerized with his humorous work, not because they were funny (which they were). There were a lot of funny works out there, but what really strike his works apart is the fact that he was witty. His writings actually speak of intelligence and [...]
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Reading: Apprenticeship Patterns
Upon recommendation from Adam Goucher, who kindly came to our CSC309 class to give some advice to CS students, I finished Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye. I really enjoyed this book! It had lots of advices that really resonate well with me, such as Find a Mentor, Rub Elbows, and Breakable Toys. [...]
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PhoneBook: too cute for words
PhoneBook is an iPhone app that integrates the experience of reading books with the interactive playful activities of iPhone games. I think it’s a really neat idea since I’ve always been a sucker for anything that combines technology and books my two secret sins. Add in the mix the third factor of early child education [...]
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Celebrating bad fiction
Have you ever seen those movies that are so bad that it’s actually good? The same rules actually applies to fictitional literature as well. Some really bad ones can be good. In fact there’s even a contest for bad fiction. This is definitely a contest I should enter! Some of these are really good, for [...]
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