I’m currently reading Why Smart People do Dumb Things.  The premise is pretty much what it sounds like.  It investigates how some smart people ended up making some bad decisions and how it all could have been prevented.  Granted, it’s not totally obvious sometimes when you don’t have a good idea or not making the [...]

I’m reading Out Of Their Minds - The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha and Cathy Lazere.  I’m almost half way through but I just read an awesome quote that I wanted to share:
In the culture of computer science, an idea that works in one situation is called a [...]

It’s been a very relaxing weekend. I spent most of my time plopped on the couch reading Eric Sink on the Business of the Software. The book is really just a collection of blog posts on Eric Sink’s blog but I enjoy holding a book rather than a laptop when reading for long [...]