Reading list Re: Foundation books (Was: The Mythical Man-Month)

["Caroline Tabach" <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I think making a reading list is an excellent idea.
The only problem is that it could get v_e_r_y long.
I have often asked people on this list for book recommendations and
have been very pleased with recommendations.  So I have my own little
list of books people have recommended here (thought I have not yet
read them all yet) that I could contribute.

However, there are so many types of books that could be in such a
list. There are basic technical writing books, books to do with
layout, fonts, GUI design, Usability, Project planning and many many
other areas relevant to our work. So as I said, such a list could get
very long, very fast.

On 6/21/07, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> On 6/20/07, Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > My absolute favorite in recent years has been _Sketches of Thought_ by
> > Vinod Goel. ..
>
> Sounds good; I'll look for it. Thanks.
>
> I don't recall the author or exact title, but there's a book on graphical
> representations of data that's an absolute classic, in the required
> reading list.
>
> One illustration shows Napolean's march on Moscow, and retreat
> afterwards, with the line changing width as the army is whittled
> down, or changing dramatically where they got chopped to pieces
> by the Russian.
>
> There's a reading list associated with one of my other mailing
> lists. http://www.deaddrop.com/ReadingList.html
>
> Should we do one for techwr-l? Put it on the site?
>
> There are a few obvious choices. I'd say anyone involved in software
> development should read MMM, and every writer Strunk and White.
> Beyond those, what would go on it?
>
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