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Sean Brunnock

Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.
 -William of Ockham
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
 -Leonardo Da Vinci
Brevity is the soul of wit. 
 -William Shakespeare
Simplify, simplify, simplify.
 -Henry David Thoreau
Less is more.
 -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Keep it simple, stupid.  
 -United States Army
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always
so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
 -Bertrand Russell
Like badly taught six-year-olds, we are too quick to go straight to
opinion making without the intermediate steps of understanding and evaluation.
 -Susan Wise Bauer

I have read, and recommend, the following books-

History


History of Technology

  • Gunpowder by Jack Kelly
  • Longitude by Dava Sobel and William Andrewes
  • The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
  • The Prize by Daniel Yergin
  • Star Warriors by William Broad


History of Computers

  • The Difference Engine by Doron Swade
  • Before the Computer by James Cortada
  • Computer by Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray
  • Microcosm by George Gilder
  • Go To by Steve Lohr
  • The Information Technology Revolution by Tom Forester
  • Hackers by Steven Levy


Philosophy


Science


Psychology and Sociology

Business and Economics


Computer Businesses


Computer Security


Computer Critiques


Education Critiques