Comments on: Free books to Code Reads contributors

By: orcmid

orcmid — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:45:47 +0000

Well, my copy of The Mythical Man-Month (anniversary edition) is 292pp plus notes, references, and an index. You might be better off talking about selected ones of the 19 chapters. Or go to one of Chapters 16, 17, or 18 for discussion. But an open-ended week on the book in general, I dunno …

And of course, I’ve already got Joel’s book.

By: Scott Rosenberg

Scott Rosenberg — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:04:38 +0000

Thanks for that feedback. I can certainly see where a week for a whole book is…optimistic, or unrealistic. On the other hand doing something once a month feels way too infrequent considering how much stuff there is to talk about! What I’m going to do is try to mix up books with shorter articles, and also, as I get my act together, publish a schedule a little farther in advance. And of course just figure that some discussions are going to be more lively than others…

By: Dave Potts

Dave Potts — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:09:30 +0000

A week turn-around is a little short for me. I’d love to be involved with an online reading group, but a book a month is more like the rate I could manage to keep up with. Plus a week isn’t a whole lot of time for discussion.

By: Pyrian

Pyrian — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:22:12 +0000

I tried to read “The Mythical Man-Month”, but I didn’t have enough time this week. Short does have certain virtues.

By: Scott Rosenberg

Scott Rosenberg — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:50:33 +0000

That’s cool. I’m going to try to keep these posts well-organized and accessible so you could add your thoughts any time. Reading first is always nice :-)

Yes, Joel’s “Reading List” is useful, but it’s a little more heavily into the details of hands-on programming and management than I’m likely to go, and as far as I can recall, it’s a list of books, and a discussion about what books should be on the list, but not actual discussions of the books themselves…

By: Michael Hessling

Michael Hessling — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:23:42 +0000

The Mythical Man-Month didn’t ring your bell

It’s not that–it’s that I haven’t read it. Your review did ring my bell, and book is on my list.

I suppose you already know about Joel’s “Reading List.”