Fundamentals of Game Design (3rd Edition) – by Ernest Adams – is a great book that covers a lot of what you need to know do design games. Note that game design is not about art or programming – it is mostly about what makes a game playable. The book covers the many areas of […]
LinkedIn in 30 minutes, by Angela Rose, is an excellent short introduction to LinkedIn. It has plenty of useful tips, even if you already has some experience with the network. For great profiles I’d recommend the LinkedIn Strategy course, but this covers some of the same material, just in much less detail.
I just read Twitter in 30 minutes – by Ian Lamont. It did take around 30 minutes – even while going to Twitter to check things out. I feel that the book will be almost nearly pointless if you already use Twitter (which I’d guess means you wouldn’t be the target of it). Nevertheless, I still […]
Agile Principles, Patterns and Practice in C#, by Robert C. Martin and Micah Martin, covers a number of agile practices in C#. The book is a little old by now (2006), but while it does feel dated at points, that doesn’t take away the overall quality. I particularly liked how much time was spent going […]
Networking For Nerds: Find, Access and Land Hidden Game-Changing Career Opportunities Everywhere, by Alaina G. Levine, covers the many ways in that you should always be networking to advance your career. Some of the advice is targeted towards academics, but most should apply to everyone. Some of the areas covered are how to network everywhere, […]
Essential C# 6.0, by Eric Lippert and Mark Michaelis – cover the C# language up to the 6.0 update of last year. Coverage and examples are pretty good. One thing I liked is that any extensions to the original language are clearly marked with a version number. If you get the book to update your […]
Hello, Startup: A Programmer’s Guide to Building Product, Technologies, and Teams – By Yevgeniy Brikman – is a great view into just how (and if!) you should create your startup or join one. The coverage goes to some weird but arguably good places along the way (for example, talking about clean code), but even when […]
I have just finished reading Adaptive Code via C#: Agile coding with design patterns and SOLID principles – by Gary McLean Hall. It covers ways and patterns to get more flexibility out of your code – so it can adapt better with time and requirement changes, have interchangeable components instead of awful dependencies, and so […]
The Pragmatic Programmer – by David Thomas is a bit of a classic (1999). I read it way back, when it was still somewhat new, and decided to re-read when I subscribed to SafariBooksOnline (my review of the service). It is still pretty good still after all those years. While I do use most of the […]
Chaos Planning, by Sean D’Souza, covers ways to plan while considering the chaos that usually affects the best laid plans. The Premium version also includes Pronto Learning: Insiders Tips To Speed Up Your Learning . Both are quite short and to the point – it took me about an hour to read them while taking notes. […]
