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false <![CDATA[The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169755331m/41787.jpg 41787 1 <div id = "quote"> <blockquote cite="http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/15/1640233&from=rss"> <p> It's nice having a collection of high-quality writing related to software and the business in one place instead of trawling the Web for it. </p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">— Meryl K. Evans, meryl.net & Slashdot Contributor</p></div> <div id = "quote"> <blockquote cite="http://hostit1.connectria.com/twduff/home.nsf/plinks/TDUF-6FFLYU"> <p> ...an entertaining read with a number of enlightening insights into what I do for a living... </p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">— Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings</p></div> <div id = "quote"> <blockquote cite="http://asdf.blogs.com/asdf/2005/06/the_best_of_sof.html"> <p> The whole book is fantastic though, and you should absolutely pick it up...in dead tree form.</p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">— Garrett Rooney, Software Engineer and Author</p></div> <div id = "quote"> <blockquote cite="http://teatotal.blogspot.com/2005/07/its-own-worst-enemy.html"> <p> This is a book worth checking out, even if you're not a software developer.</p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">— David Bindel, Tea Total</p></div> <p>Frustrated by the lack of well-written essays on software engineering, Joel Spolsky (of www.joelonsoftware.com fame) has put together a collection of his favorite writings on the topic.</p> <p>With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, <i>The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky</i> is an entertaining read and a guide to the technical writing literati.</p> <p><i>The Best Software Writing I</i> contains writings from:</p> <ul> <li>Ken Arnold</li> <li>Leon Bambrick</li> <li>Michael Bean</li> <li>Rory Blyth</li> <li>Adam Bosworth</li> <li>danah boyd</li> <li>Raymond Chen</li> <li>Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi</li> <li>Cory Doctorow</li> <li>ea_spouse</li> <li>Bruce Eckel</li> <li>Paul Ford</li> <li>Paul Graham</li> <li>John Gruber</li> <li>Gregor Hohpe</li> <li>Ron Jeffries</li> <li>Eric Johnson</li> <li>Eric Lippert</li> <li>Michael Lopp</li> <li>Larry Osterman</li> <li>Mary Poppendieck</li> <li>Rick Schaut</li> <li>Aaron Swartz</li> <li>Clay Shirky</li> <li>Eric Sink</li> <li>why the lucky stiff</li> </ul> 41303 20 6 2005 The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky total:82|5:21|4:27|3:30|2:4|1:0| 82 311 161 11 3 0 false false Tue Jun 10 04:58:19 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 05:05:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:08:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:10:24 -0700 2009
It's interesting -- this book easily could have been a web site, but I'm not sure I would have read it or even found it. But this still works fairly well as a print product. In fact, I wish it would become an annual thing. There's so much stuff onlin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 23 06:49:24 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 06:50:06 -0700 2009
This is a really great collection. It can be read even if you are not in the IT industry as it is not a technical book, but rather a book with really great writings that help to illuminate the ideas.

I would recommend this book to everyon...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:30:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:31:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:04:42 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:46:51 -0800 2008 3 0 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 09 14:34:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 10:52:35 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 03 18:01:11 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 22:31:59 -0800 2007 Joel on Software, which is mostly a compilation of articles Joel Spolsky wrote for his blog. I thought the paper copy offered something beyond what I would get from just browsing through Spolsky's archives on the net. Sadly, I do not really have the same feeling about Best Software Writing...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:27:36 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:17:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 06:35:12 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 07:14:04 -0700 2008 The Mythical Man Month, Peopleware, or Code Complete, but most of the essays are reasonably interesting and well-written. But probably only if you're passionate about building software.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 23:51:18 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 10:27:57 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 24 20:34:43 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:32:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 04:45:17 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 04:45:17 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 02:16:16 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 02:16:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 22:26:30 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 22:26:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 22:56:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 22:56:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 16:43:08 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 16:43:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 08:34:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:34:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 12:45:09 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:45:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 12:34:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:34:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 06:49:29 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 06:49:29 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=41787