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Reading & Life · 2026
Product Management Books for Software Developers
Learning to build the right thing, not merely build things right
Reading & Life · 2025
Skiing, Snow, and Software
What Avalanche Safety Can Teach Us About Engineering Decisions
Reading & Life · 2023
Software Engineering Books for Continuing Education
Ten books for sharpening your craft, judgment, and understanding of software systems
Reading & Life · 2023
Business and Leadership Books for Software Developers
Fourteen books about business fundamentals, management, motivation, focus, and professional growth
Reading & Life · 2019
Code Talk: Broken Computers, Booting new computers, Digital photo storage, Tin foil hats
I'm a guest on Code Talk, and we discussed topics ranging from broken computers and how to set up a new (or old) machine, digital backups, and the we get a little paranoid about who's listening.
Reading & Life · 2017
Code Talk: Source Control as Conversation
What does your commit history look like? Does it tell a story? Do you look back and wonder what a commit did? We talk about this in a great podcast.
Reading & Life · 2017
Trinity Test Site
The historic location in New Mexico where they detonated the first atomic bomb
Reading & Life · 2017
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
The Pueblos are an impressive display of engineering in the Southwest from 850 to 1250 AD.
Reading & Life · 2016
Science Fiction Books for Summer Reading
Eleven inventive, thoughtful novels that still belong in a beach bag
Reading & Life · 2016
Single-Topic History Books I Recommend
Thirteen books that explain the world through salt, coal, cod, color, food, and other focused subjects
Reading & Life · 2016
Popular Science Books I Recommend
Sixteen approachable books about science, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and discovery