The polls are closed, the votes have been counted, and we have a winner! For our first meetup in 2020 we’ll be discussing Cornelia Davis’ Cloud Native Patterns – Designing Change-tolerant Software. Cloud platforms promise the holy grail: near-zero downtime, infinite scalability, short feedback cycles, fault-tolerance, and cost control. But
Continue readingTemperatures 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 and rank your picks using the form at the bottom
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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. Most histories of the personal computer industry treat it as technology or business. But this heady, brilliantly
Continue readingAutumn 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 these selections and rank your preference using the form at
Continue readingWith 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 title is too expensive, too long, or too dense, just read
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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! For more than twenty years, experienced programmers worldwide have relied on Martin Fowler’s
Continue readingBook 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 of new entries to choose from. Look over these selections and
Continue readingFrom The Guardian, an adapted excerpt of Data and Goliath, the book we’ll be discussing at next month’s meetup: In this new world of computing, we’re no longer expected to manage our computing environment. We trust the feudal lords to treat us well and protect us from harm. It’s all
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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. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you’re unemployed, sick, or
Continue readingTime 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 as interesting-looking as I do. Look over these selections and
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