Jeff Atwood

Jeff Atwood

Indoor enthusiast. Co-founder https://t.co/e62S5uByfO / https://t.co/Tuh5wHPHTI. Let’s be kind to each other. I am no longer on twitter. Find me @codinghorror@infosec.exchange

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20+ Book Recommendations by Jeff Atwood

  • The Carbon Almanac

    The Carbon Almanac

    The Carbon Almanac Network

    The Carbon Almanac is the data literacy awards book of the year: https://t.co/L8vMhTntUS

  • Great visual history of computing with art by @ignotofsky ! https://t.co/uYZmYzDHr7 https://t.co/l2EgnjMmoT

  • Humankind

    Rutger Bregman

    Sounds like the two books to read this year are Humankind: A Hopeful History https://t.co/lKTB23QtJZ and The Wizard and the Prophet https://t.co/D6Eznby5fy -- I've seen both recommended a bunch of places

  • Sounds like the two books to read this year are Humankind: A Hopeful History https://t.co/lKTB23QtJZ and The Wizard and the Prophet https://t.co/D6Eznby5fy -- I've seen both recommended a bunch of places

  • A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and as an executive at Uber to... more

    If you're looking for a great read on startups with lots of behind the scenes stories, look no further than @andrewchen's The Cold Start Problem https://t.co/vPXVkzk7JU

  • For kids and beginners of all ages, this picture book teaches you how to code in the Python programming language through an illustrated story.... more

    The book is now available! https://t.co/QKjCKNbSMg

  • How to Change

    Katy Milkman

    Award-winning Wharton Professor and Choiceology podcast host Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behavior change. In... more

    Just received a copy of How to Change from @katy_milkman -- big fan of science based approaches, looking forward to digging into this! https://t.co/hG8K0fdqdW https://t.co/mOdt0l0gy8

  • A Day in Code

    Shari Eskenas

    When it just feels like a C kind of day https://t.co/AD7Sv3RpdE

  • Elektra

    Frank Miller

    Meet Elektra Natchios. This intriguing young woman has played equally intriguing roles throughout her life: Gymnast. Martial artist. Ninja.... more

    I had forgotten how amazing this was ... and it still is https://t.co/CVTxhUGs4q

  • "Your mind is now the ultimate gaming engine. Ditch the remote. Ditch the controller. Explore worlds and stories through a revolutionary... more

    This book is *profoundly* weird... next level galaxy brain weird. I mean that as a compliment! 🥴

  • Learn how to fight to the death utilizing the 100 most lethal kicks, shutos and blows known to the world's greatest karate masters. More than 100... more

    @Seanbabydotcom YES I OWN THIS BOOK AND IT IS MAGNIFICENT

  • @Pg_Fonseca @DanMonteiroNit be sure to read the book! I enjoyed it! https://t.co/4qxPrUU8vv

  • "Your mind is now the ultimate gaming engine. Ditch the remote. Ditch the controller. Explore worlds and stories through a revolutionary... more

    Mind: blown 🤯 https://t.co/nnCBPUFP5w https://t.co/EoSeccYUvJ

  • This was a game so good it can't be overhyped https://t.co/Oq10zJD1T0 https://t.co/ZZjxfptjbj

  • The Little Price was the first book I remember reading as a kid that actually scared me. I wasn't ready for that level of insight into the human condition. https://t.co/mXxvIUESTB

  • Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou

    The Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books... more

    @jongalloway @Alan01001011 Bad Blood is craaaaazy and I recommend it!

  • More Effective Agile

    Steve McConnell

    In this comprehensive yet accessible overview for software leaders, the author presents an impactful, action-oriented prescription-... more

    I also highly recommend Steve’s new book https://t.co/YDfjK1bXtO

  • "New stories & strategies based on 'How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk"--Cover.

    there's a new book from the authors focusing on younger kids. If you're about to be a parent, trust me, you *need* this book. https://t.co/BQC2sRQBpD

  • "From the author of The Psychopath Test and Lost at Sea, an exploration of shame, one of our world's most overlooked forces.... more

    @DivineOps oh there's a whole book based on that article https://t.co/zaitFlJpAR it is good but already out of date sadly

  • The latest investigation from acclaimed nuclear engineer and author James Mahaffey unearths forgotten nuclear endeavors throughout... more

    My Dad recommended this book Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science and it is indeed great -- and kinda nuts! https://t.co/ZKd0SmZwWL

  • "From the author of The Psychopath Test and Lost at Sea, an exploration of shame, one of our world's most overlooked forces.... more

    This book (recommended to me by @cwodtke) is quite good but it feels like the state of the art in public social media stoning has advanced so fast that it is already out of date https://t.co/8Y8cimE2Yn

  • Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou

    The Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books... more

    Finally read Bad Blood, and it is difficult not to see David Boies as the linchpin figure in the Theranos story who made all the “trade” secrecy plausible and the bad stories go away for so long https://t.co/Bfl8hGTb8E