On and off, I've tended to read quite a bit. So, I thought I'd put up some reviews of books as I read them. In time, I may go back and add reviews of some of the books I read in the past. Not massively exciting, but I suppose it may be of interest to someone, somewhere (perhaps).
The Best of Verity Stob - Verity Stob
I missed Verity Stob's column the first time round, but got a copy after I'd heard rather good things about it. And... it's pretty good. It's literate and technically literate and generally pretty funny. It's also quite a good insight into professional software development of the late 80s through the 90s, from the jokes. Personally, I thought the weakest points were the computer-based poems styled after famous poems. Most of the other columns are rather good takes on the computer news and topics of the time (including fads in software development).
Permalink. Posted 21:28, Sun, 05 Nov 2006.
There is also a complete index of the books.
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