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TheAlchemist

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TheAlchemist rated Tribe of Hackers: 3 stars

Marcus J. Carey, Jennifer Jin: Tribe of Hackers (Paperback, 2019, Wiley)

Tribe of Hackers by Marcus J. Carey, Jennifer Jin

Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781119643371) was previously published asTribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity …

TheAlchemist rated Kitten clone: 3 stars

Douglas Coupland: Kitten clone (2014, Random House Canada, Visual Editions)

Kitten clone by Douglas Coupland (Writers in residence -- number 3)

TheAlchemist rated Getting Things Done: 5 stars

David Allen: Getting Things Done (2015, Penguin Books)

Getting Things Done by David Allen

Revised Edition

TheAlchemist rated The Tao of Wu: 4 stars

The Tao of Wu by RZA

The Tao of Wu is the second philosophical book written by Wu-Tang Clan member and producer, RZA. It is a …

TheAlchemist rated Are Your Lights On? : How to Figure Out What the Problem Really is: 4 stars

Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg: Are Your Lights On? : How to Figure Out What the Problem Really is (1990)

Are Your Lights On? : How to Figure Out What the Problem Really is by Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg

TheAlchemist rated Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (P.S.): 4 stars

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow (Paperback, 2008, Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (P.S.) by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

TheAlchemist rated The Architecture of Open Source Applications: 4 stars

Amy Brown, Greg Wilson: The Architecture of Open Source Applications (2012)

The Architecture of Open Source Applications by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson

TheAlchemist rated The Architecture of Open Source Applications: 5 stars

The Architecture of Open Source Applications by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson

TheAlchemist rated Doolittle: 4 stars

Ben Sisario: Doolittle (2006, Continuum)

Doolittle by Ben Sisario

TheAlchemist rated Head First Design Patterns: 5 stars

Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates: Head First Design Patterns (Paperback, 2004, O'Reilly)

Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, and 1 other (Head First)

What will you learn from this book?

You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel, so you look …

TheAlchemist rated Three-Body Problem Series: 5 stars

Ken Liu, Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen: Three-Body Problem Series (2017, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Three-Body Problem Series by Ken Liu, Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen

TheAlchemist finished reading Three-Body Problem Series by Ken Liu

Looking forward to the various upcoming adaptations.

TheAlchemist rated The Tyranny of Metrics: 4 stars

Jerry Z. Muller: The Tyranny of Metrics (Paperback, 2019, Princeton University Press)

The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Z. Muller

TheAlchemist rated The Deficit Myth: 5 stars

Stephanie Kelton: The Deficit Myth (Hardcover, 2020, PublicAffairs)

The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton

The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory - the freshest and most important idea about …

TheAlchemist reviewed Possiplex by Theodor H. Nelson

Theodor H. Nelson: Possiplex (2011, Theodor H. Nelson)

Interesting autobiography

5 stars

I have not read Computer Lib (yet). Now I want to - though used copies start at the > $100 range.