Books to the ceiling,/ Books to the sky,/ My pile of books is a mile high./ How I love them! How I need them!/ I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.
- Arnold Lobel
Sunday was my 30th birthday. So, I went out and got me some birthday presents:
I picked up Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
by Eric Evans. Blaine had lent me his copy, and has been telling me for the longest time that I needed to pick this one up. So I did. I got about 25% of the way thru the first time before giving it back to Blaine, so I am looking forward to finishing it.
I also picked up Refactoring to Patterns (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series)
The non-tech book I am currently reading is The Way of Zen
MikeH | 04-Dec-06 at 10:20 am | Permalink
Happy belated birthday!
I’d recommend “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” which isn’t about motorcycles or, really, even Zen philosophy. I think about 75% of it is spot on while the remaining 25% I disagree with. It did permanently change how I look at the world, though.
Matt | 04-Dec-06 at 10:24 am | Permalink
Heh. Thats what I am currently listening to from Audible. It is definitely a good book.
Jeremy Weiskotten | 06-Dec-06 at 8:34 am | Permalink
I own both Domain Driven Design and Refactoring to Patterns (although I think I lent out Refactoring to Patterns) and they’re excellent! I also recommend Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz if you haven’t had the chance to check it out.