02 4 / 2013
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know By Kevlin Henney
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know is a collection of short, two page essays, each by an experienced, sometimes famous programmer. The book is a collection of tips and tricks for writing code. The essay summaries below are some of my favorites.
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01 3 / 2013
Become a Programmer, Motherfucker
If you don’t know how to code, then you can learn even if you think you can’t. Thousands of people have learned programming from these fine books: I’m also working on a whole series of programming education books at learncodethehardway.org. These are works in progress, and feedback is welcome.
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26 9 / 2012
A Tablet Still Is Not a Book ... Not Yet | UX Magazine
Although I read on my kindle, I still can’t give up on buying/trading books. It’s just not the same on my tablet… not to mention that I stare at a computer all day and would rather look at physical pages..
We have intense emotional reactions to books as physical objects. We turn books over in libraries and stores; we smell them and suddenly it’s Proust with a cookie (being anosmic, I cannot address this directly); we schlep boxes and boxes of books each time we move; we browse them on shelves; any single one may instantly remind you of a particular time or relationship. And this physicality, along with the haptic nature of page-turning, has real effects on the cognitive act of reading.
12 9 / 2012
“For The Light in Winter festival, Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus was commissioned to create a work of art that, quite literally, stopped traffic. 10,000 discarded books, donated by public libraries and collected by the Salvation Army, were lit up and then arranged to look like a massive river overtaking the city.”
09 3 / 2012
The Library table by KRUMNIKL ENVIRONMENT
(via PLASTOLUX “keep it modern” » Library table by KRUMNIKL ENVIRONMENT)
25 1 / 2011
"I like books. I like the idea of holding them and turning pages. It creates a physical experience, a personal time. The artist book is about being a book. It is about turning pages, going back and forth and controlling time and space. It is like a wall, a gallery, a frame or a video. It is a possibility to do art. Of course, most of the books are used for reading text and my text is not a traditional text because these are not words which are meant to be information."
22 12 / 2010
"We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them."
(Source: sadanduseless.com)
