Christopher Manning

Malcolm Gladwell

I quite enjoyed reading this book. I learned a lot from this book and it provides great anecdotes for the significance of first impressions.

I was particularly captivated by the relationship researcher (John Gottman) who could accurately predict the longevity of a couple’s relationship after less than a minute of observation.

Since reading it, I would just about listen to Malcolm Gladwell read the phone book. For a more interesting subject matter, watch his TED talk on the origin of chunky spaghetti sauce. Also, he has this great talk about the importance of genius.

Yasunori Mitsuda

Chrono Trigger was a legendary video game for the SNES. My mom bought me this game after asking the cashier what the best game was. Anyone who has played this game can attest to how moving the story and game play were. The impression that it left was punctuated by its unforgettable soundtrack.

This is a transcription of those songs to piano. These transcriptions are all spot on and the chord notation is quite welcomed.

Günter Beer

I found this book by accident and I am really glad I did. The web design examples in this book are really spectacular. Many of which can be considered more of a work of art than a website. The only part that disenchanted me a bit was the realization that so many of the sites were written entirely in flash. I still consider that to be a faux pas as far as the web is concerned.

Pete Goodliffe

I think I bought this book because of how much I liked the cover. Though, it turned out to be a very interesting read. This book really touches on a wide array of topics from abstract coding practices to managing software projects. The entire book has that g33k charm to it with quite a few clever graphics and insights. I particularly liked the dissection of the types of programmers out there.

Christopher G. Lasater

I wanted a paper bound collection of design patterns for my reference shelf. I find the GoF book to be too academic to be a good reference. This book provides relevant and easily digestible examples and diagrams of key design patterns.