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Demian is Currently Reading

Demian Turner is currently reading:

Cocoa Programming Developer's Handbook, 2/e

by David Chisnall

bookshelves: currently-reading, cocoa, tech

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Feb 03, 2012 07:46am

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Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt

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Aug 31, 2011 03:51am

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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

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Jun 24, 2011 02:29am

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Demian Turner is now friends with Martin121
Feb 07, 2012 07:24am
Demian Turner marked as to-read: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by James C. Collins	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 05:21am
Demian Turner gave to: Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass	My rating:
An excellent and essential introduction to Cocoa for developers
Feb 04, 2012 05:10am · see review
Demian Turner gave to: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 05:06am
Demian Turner marked as to-read: Sams Teach Yourself iPhone Application Development in 24 Hours by John Ray	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 04:55am
Demian Turner marked as to-read: Advanced Mac OS X Programming by Mark Dalrymple	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 04:54am
Demian Turner marked as to-read: The Business of Iphone and Ipad App Development: Making and Marketing Apps That Succeed by Dave Wooldridge (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 04:54am
Demian Turner marked as to-read: Cocoa Design Patterns by Erik M. Buck	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 04:54am
Demian Turner gave to: The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation by Jay Elliot read in September, 2011	My rating:
Feb 03, 2012 07:52am
Demian Turner gave to: iCon: Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second ACT in the History of Business by Jeffrey S. Young read in February, 2010	My rating:
A riveting read, I literally could not put the book down. Recommended for anyone interested in business, boardroom psychology, aesthetics, zen and leadership. Also a great overview of the tech industry from the mid-70s until now.
Feb 03, 2012 07:51am · see review

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“We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.”
― Henry Miller

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“Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.”
― Henry Miller

211 people liked it

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself”
― Henry Miller

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“No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes.”
― Henry Miller

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“I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company”
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

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