It''s nice having a collection of high-quality writing related to software and the business in one place instead of trawling the Web for it.
— Meryl K. Evans, meryl.net & Slashdot Contributor
...an entertaining read with a number of enlightening insights into what I do for a living...
— Thomas Duff, Duffbert''s Random Musings
The whole book is fantastic though, and you should absolutely pick it up...in dead tree form.
— Garrett Rooney, Software Engineer and Author
This is a book worth checking out, even if you''re not a software developer.
— David Bindel, Tea Total
Frustrated by the lack of well-written essays on software engineering, Joel Spolsky (of www.joelonsoftware.com fame) has put together a collection of his favorite writings on the topic.
With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, The best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky is an entertaining read and a guide to the technical writing literati.
The Best Software Writing I contains writings from:
- Ken Arnold
- Leon Bambrick
- Michael Bean
- Rory Blyth
- Adam Bosworth
- danah boyd
- Raymond Chen
- Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi
- Cory Doctorow
- ea_spouse
- Bruce Eckel
- Paul Ford
- Paul Graham
- John Gruber
- Gregor Hohpe
- Ron Jeffries
- Eric Johnson
- Eric Lippert
- Michael Lopp
- Larry Osterman
- Mary Poppendieck
- Rick Schaut
- Aaron Swartz
- Clay Shirky
- Eric Sink
- why the lucky stiff
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