A curated list of books, technical articles, related works, and news and tech magazine cover stories relevant to the history detailed in "Hardcore Software"
Dec 18, 2022·edited Dec 18, 2022Liked by Steven Sinofsky
Great list Steven. I think that Accidental Empires by Robert X. Cringely was a great primer on the Valley, even if many found it unflattering within the technology sector. Its gossipy nature was accessible to a neophyte like myself and foreshadowed people like Valleywag, Pando Daily and The Information. Mark Stephens still writes great posts at Cringely.com
I would add The Hacker's Dictionary by Eric Raymond - language can teach us a lot about where people are coming from.
I think Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is important for the way popular culture reflected back a picture of pre-social big tech in a way that was at odds with how people in the industry perceived it.
I still miss rigour of Byte magazine and was a bit surprised to see that Dr Dobbs Journal didn't make the cut.
Thank you for this. Especially that Amazon list!
Glad it was useful!
Great list Steven. I think that Accidental Empires by Robert X. Cringely was a great primer on the Valley, even if many found it unflattering within the technology sector. Its gossipy nature was accessible to a neophyte like myself and foreshadowed people like Valleywag, Pando Daily and The Information. Mark Stephens still writes great posts at Cringely.com
I would add The Hacker's Dictionary by Eric Raymond - language can teach us a lot about where people are coming from.
I think Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is important for the way popular culture reflected back a picture of pre-social big tech in a way that was at odds with how people in the industry perceived it.
I still miss rigour of Byte magazine and was a bit surprised to see that Dr Dobbs Journal didn't make the cut.
Good ones. Accidental Empires is great and on the list.
Hackers Dictionary is part of my first day of work collection described in section 2.
I love Microserfs (and Generation X).
I have the whole set of compiled Dr Dobbs and they are fantastic. I used to buy it at the mall book store B. Daltons during the CP/M era.
Will make some updates.
Yes.