Temperatures are finally dropping, and the holidays are coming up fast. As usual, we won’t meet in November or December, so this poll is to pick the book with which we’ll kick off 2020(!). Take a look at the selections …
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October: What the Dormouse Said
The polls are closed and we have a winner – for our October 2019 meetup we’ll be discussing John Markoff’s What the Dormouse Said – How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry.
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Vote: Our Oct. ’19 Book
Autumn is on the way, school is starting back up, and it’s time to vote on the book for our October meetup. Digital Minimalism is back on the slate, plus a couple of new entries to choose from. Look over …
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With a little more than a month before our Aug. 27 meeting to discuss Martin Fowler’s Refactoring, 2nd ed., you still have plenty of time to grab your own copy of this essential masterpiece. If you’re worried that this …
Continue readingAugust ’19: Refactoring, 2nd ed.
The polls are closed and we have a winner – for our August 2019 meetup we’ll be discussing the recently updated second edition of the industry classic, Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, by Martin Fowler!
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Vote: Our Aug. ’19 Book
Book selection time again! We’re selecting the book for our August meetup, so you’ll have an extra month of reading time over the summer. Our runner-up last time, Designed For Use, is back on the slate, plus a couple …
Continue readingExcerpt: Data and Goliath
From The Guardian, an adapted excerpt of Data and Goliath, the book we’ll be discussing at next month’s meetup:
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May ’19: Data and Goliath
The votes are in and we have a winner – for our May 2019 meetup we’ll be discussing Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, by Bruce Schneier.
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Vote: Our May ’19 Book
Time again to pick our next book, which we’ll discuss at the May meetup! Data and Goliath is back on the slate after finishing in second place last time, plus a couple of new entries that I hope you’ll find …
Continue readingVideo Preview: Becoming a Better Programmer
From Github’s 2015 CodeConf, author Pete Goodliffe gives a presentation on some of the ideas that are part of our March book, Becoming a Better Programmer. Give it a watch, then grab a copy & join us on 3/26 …
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