Paul Ivanov's Profile

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Paul's favorite books

Standing Up To the Madness by Amy Goodman

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

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Paul is Currently Reading

Paul Ivanov is currently reading:

"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"

by Ralph Nader

bookshelves: currently-reading, public_library, fiction

read in January, 2009

My rating:

Dec 19, 2009 07:14pm

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Paul Ivanov gave to: Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library by Robert M. Love read in October, 2011	My rating:
A wonderful way to dive into systems programming and start getting a handle on the standard things the kernel does for you. Though Linux is in the title, Robert Love does a good job of covering the commonalities and departures from other unix-like sy...more
Oct 13, 2011 06:24pm · see review
Paul Ivanov gave to: The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers by Tom Standage read in September, 2011	My rating:
well written, lots of anecdotes mixed with the historical developments surrounding the telegraph - from it's mechanical windmill-like building beginnings in France in late 18th century - through its golden age, and to it eventual undoing by newer tec...more
Oct 08, 2011 04:13pm · see review
Paul Ivanov gave to: The Seventeen Traditions by Ralph Nader read in October, 2011	My rating:
A quick glimpse into Ralph Nader's childhood - enjoyable, though short.
Oct 08, 2011 04:05pm · see review
Paul Ivanov marked as to-read: The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith	My rating:
Aug 05, 2011 04:49pm
Paul Ivanov marked as to-read: The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk	My rating:
Aug 05, 2011 04:47pm
Paul Ivanov gave to: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman read in February, 2011	My rating:
This book is a classic, and though I have a 3x5 card with little notes on both sides, I'll just quote the beginning of one paragraph which follows a description of EMACS, the authors editor of choice: "Creeping featurism is a disease, fatal if not t...more
Feb 02, 2011 12:43am · see review
Paul Ivanov gave to: Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives by Jeff Schmidt read in January, 2005	My rating:
Schmidt's basic thesis is that professional success rests more on the willingness to jump through the hoops rather than talent and ability. Grad school (and other forms of professional training) select for a particular type of herd mentality by makin...more
Jan 03, 2011 10:51am · see review
Paul Ivanov gave to: Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson read in July, 2005	My rating:
Excellent! One of the two books responsible for getting me to the grad program I'm in today, in that it sparked (reaffirmed?) a desire to try my hand at experimental science and learn more about neuroscience, instead of a "pure CS" track I previously...more
Nov 30, 2010 10:25am · see review
Paul Ivanov gave to: The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition by Frederick P. Brooks read in June, 2009	My rating:
Brooks' Mythical Man-Month is a classic work about managing people and projects (not just software engineering). 20th anniversary edition still relevant 14 years later. I finally read it, it's been on my "to read" list for years!
Nov 30, 2010 10:25am · see review
Paul Ivanov gave to: Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots by Kevin Danaher read in June, 2009	My rating:
Similar in spirit to Goodman and Goodman's Standing up to the Madness (see my detailed review of that book, to get a feel for it). Good, inspiring read.
Nov 30, 2010 10:24am · see review