Comments on: Bored? Try reading these computing classics http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/17/four-tech-classics/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: drinian http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/17/four-tech-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-22403 drinian Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:24:32 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=749#comment-22403 Yes, I also have a print copy of <em>FSFS</em> hanging around. The Xanadu article is well worth reading, as it influenced a lot of the eventual technology that we did end up with. There's also a remarkable documentary called "<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7190175107515525470" rel="nofollow">Hyperland</a>," made a few years before the Web was invented. It stars good friends Douglas Adams and Tom "Doctor Who" Baker. It covers not only Xanadu, but a lot of other work that was being done at the time on so-called "hypermedia." I would also recommend <em>Code</em> by Larry Lessig, which made me realize what is possible in the world of computing. Also, it's not free, but <em>The Mythical Man-Month</em> is something that should be better known than it is among the current generation. Yes, I also have a print copy of FSFS hanging around. The Xanadu article is well worth reading, as it influenced a lot of the eventual technology that we did end up with. There’s also a remarkable documentary called “Hyperland,” made a few years before the Web was invented. It stars good friends Douglas Adams and Tom “Doctor Who” Baker. It covers not only Xanadu, but a lot of other work that was being done at the time on so-called “hypermedia.”

I would also recommend Code by Larry Lessig, which made me realize what is possible in the world of computing. Also, it’s not free, but The Mythical Man-Month is something that should be better known than it is among the current generation.

]]> By: Kelly Martin http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/17/four-tech-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-22386 Kelly Martin Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:51:41 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=749#comment-22386 I got a copy of Free Software, Free Society as part of my FSF new member package. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but maybe sometime soon. (If you haven't, you should consider <a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/sf1?referrer=6021" rel="nofollow">joining the FSF</a>.) I got a copy of Free Software, Free Society as part of my FSF new member package. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but maybe sometime soon. (If you haven’t, you should consider joining the FSF.)

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