Comments on: book rec, sort of http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/ Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brit Butler http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12758 Brit Butler Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:59:26 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12758 Thanks so much for this. Nothing like good reading. I know you're wrapped up in property law and most of this list will be irrelevant or already familiar but all the same these seem to be some texts that address open source in a valuable way. the success of open source by steven weber code by lawrence lessig the hacker ethic by pekka himanen the cathedral and the bazaar by eric raymond the future of ideas by lawrence lessig free culture by lawrence lessig the wealth of networks by yochai benkler coase's penguin by yochai benkler infotopia by cass sunstein wikinomics by don tapscott we think by charles leadbeater everything is miscellaneous by david weinberger the laws of cool by alan liu digital phoenix by bruce abramson global brain by howard bloom nonzero by robert wright the hacker manifesto by mackenzie wark the economics of information technology by hal varian the economics of network industries by oz shy information rules by carl shapiro I haven't read all of them yet myself but you've got to have something to live up to right? Thanks so much for this. Nothing like good reading. I know you’re wrapped up in property law and most of this list will be irrelevant or already familiar but all the same these seem to be some texts that address open source in a valuable way.
the success of open source by steven weber
code by lawrence lessig
the hacker ethic by pekka himanen
the cathedral and the bazaar by eric raymond
the future of ideas by lawrence lessig
free culture by lawrence lessig
the wealth of networks by yochai benkler
coase’s penguin by yochai benkler
infotopia by cass sunstein
wikinomics by don tapscott
we think by charles leadbeater
everything is miscellaneous by david weinberger
the laws of cool by alan liu
digital phoenix by bruce abramson
global brain by howard bloom
nonzero by robert wright
the hacker manifesto by mackenzie wark
the economics of information technology by hal varian
the economics of network industries by oz shy
information rules by carl shapiro
I haven’t read all of them yet myself but you’ve got to have something to live up to right?

]]> By: danw: README http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12710 danw: README Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:41:57 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12710 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] a comment on Luis’s latest blog entry, someone suggested having a “GNOME recommended reading [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] a comment on Luis’s latest blog entry, someone suggested having a “GNOME recommended reading [...]

]]> By: RecommendedReading - GNOME Live! http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12680 RecommendedReading - GNOME Live! Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:14:35 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12680 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] As suggested by a comment in Luis's blog... Here are some books that various GNOMErs think other GNOMErs should read. Please add books, add [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] As suggested by a comment in Luis’s blog… Here are some books that various GNOMErs think other GNOMErs should read. Please add books, add [...]

]]> By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12667 Luis Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:41:41 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12667 I agree that we could do a more polished job of implementing the desktop metaphor, but more complete? 'further'? Examples? More generally, I think GNOME needs to think about how to leapfrog Apple/Windows. I don't think a better implementation of the desktop metaphor does that, but maybe I'm overlooking things we could do within that metaphor that radically improve things. I agree that we could do a more polished job of implementing the desktop metaphor, but more complete? ‘further’? Examples?

More generally, I think GNOME needs to think about how to leapfrog Apple/Windows. I don’t think a better implementation of the desktop metaphor does that, but maybe I’m overlooking things we could do within that metaphor that radically improve things.

]]> By: Chris Lord http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12660 Chris Lord Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:29:46 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12660 How can we move beyond the desktop metaphor when we haven't even properly implemented that? I'd like to see the metaphor taken a lot further than it is in the current GNOME (and KDE and Windows and MacOS-X...) desktop How can we move beyond the desktop metaphor when we haven’t even properly implemented that? I’d like to see the metaphor taken a lot further than it is in the current GNOME (and KDE and Windows and MacOS-X…) desktop

]]> By: Erich http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12627 Erich Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:04:22 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12627 Perhaps executive summaries for us that have ADHD and have maximum 5 seconds of attention span? Perhaps executive summaries for us that have ADHD and have maximum 5 seconds of attention span?

]]> By: Benjamin Otte http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12624 Benjamin Otte Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:58:08 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12624 I don't read books about user interfaces. I don't read mails or blog posts about it either. I don't even really listen to people talking about them. However, I'm very interested in looking at working examples. All talk, no action. I don’t read books about user interfaces. I don’t read mails or blog posts about it either. I don’t even really listen to people talking about them.
However, I’m very interested in looking at working examples.

All talk, no action.

]]> By: Frej Soya http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12600 Frej Soya Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:03:18 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-12600 Maybe a GNOME recommended reading list? For those of us who didn't attend GUADEC ;). Maybe a GNOME recommended reading list? For those of us who didn’t attend GUADEC ;).

]]> By: Monologue - Voices of the Mono Project http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-14143 Monologue - Voices of the Mono Project Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/29/book-rec-sort-of/#comment-14143 <!--%kramer-pre%--> In a comment on Luis’s latest blog entry, someone suggested having a “GNOME recommended reading list”. This seemed like a good idea, so I started one. <!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati In a comment on Luis’s latest blog entry, someone suggested having a “GNOME recommended reading list”. This seemed like a good idea, so I started one.

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