Hi Everyone, My name’s Evan Niedojadlo. You can find me all around the internet here. As of right now, not an enormous amount will change regarding how we select books for each meeting. If you have any ideas on how you might want this to change, please reach out and
Continue readingOctober ’20: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning
The votes are in, and it was a close one, but Andy Hunt’s Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware won out (narrowly beating Stuart Russell’s Human Compatibility). Ready to learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brain’s architecture? Software development happens in your
Continue readingVote: Our October ’20 Book
Time again to pick our next title. As usual we’ll take June and July off; we’ll be back on Tuesday, August 25. Whether or we try to get together in person at that point, we will definitely have online video-call access. Take a look at the selections below and rank
Continue readingAugust ’20: The Design of Everyday Things
Our book for August, as selected by our voting members: Don Norman’s classic, The Design of Everyday Things (Revised and Expanded Edition). Design doesn’t have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics. Even the smartest among us can
Continue readingVote: Our August ’20 Book
Time again to pick our next title. As usual we’ll take June and July off; we’ll be back on Tuesday, August 25. Whether or we try to get together in person at that point, we will definitely have online video-call access. Take a look at the selections below and rank
Continue readingMay ’20: Coders at Work
The poll is closed and we have a selection for our May book: Coders at Work – Reflections on the Craft of Programming, by Peter Seibel! This one’s on the longer side (632 pages), but since the chapters are all separate interviews, it will be easy to skip around without
Continue readingVote: Our May ’20 Book
Time once again to select our next Computer Book Club book, this time for our meetup in May. Whether we’ll meet in person for that meeting, we will definitely have online video-call access, too. So take a look at the selections below and rank your picks using the form at
Continue readingMarch meetup moved online
Due to, you know, Everything That’s Going On, we won’t be meeting in person at the ActiveProspect office next week to discuss Mike Monteiro’s Ruined by Design. Instead, we’re going to try meeting via video chat. There will probably be a few kinks to work out, but maybe this will
Continue readingMarch ’20: Ruined by Design
The votes have been counted and we have a pick for our next book! In March, we’ll be discussing Ruined by Design – How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It, by Mike Monteiro The world is working exactly as designed. And it’s not working
Continue readingVote: Our March ’20 Book
Welcome to 2020! Ready to keep your “read more” resolution going strong? For out next poll, we’re picking the book for our March meetup. Take a look at the selections and rank your picks using the form at the bottom of the post! Voting will close at midnight on Friday,
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