Although it’s not a book and not directly related to programming, I am going to review one of the best reading tools I’ve ever seen, Book Darts. If you read or deal with a lot of reference books, you need to look at these little wonders.
SVG Essentials J. David Eisenberg O’Reilly, 2002 A little over a year ago I bought and read SVG Essentials by J. David Eisenberg. At the time, I was moving from dabbling in SVG to beginning a contract which required the use of SVG. This book provides a good working overview of SVG. I have seen… Read More »
Slack Tom DeMarco Broadway Books, 2002 In Slack, Tom DeMarco takes a somewhat heretical position about how a business can succeed. He argues somewhat convincingly that companies need less efficiency and more slack in order to adapt to changes in their environment. DeMarco goes on to define slack as that period of time when you… Read More »
MySQL CookBook Paul DuBois O’Reilly, 2003 This book covers a large amount of material on using MySQL. If you are new to MySQL (or SQL), this book could be a tremendous help. There are only two bad things I can say about this book. One is that it is huge. If you don’t read books… Read More »
In the past year, I’ve had to move my Java programming skills from recognize the language at twenty paces to professional Java programmer. In the process, I’ve been reading a number of books on the language. This has been my approach to learning every language I’ve ever worked with. Almost all of the Java books… Read More »