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Review: The Cult of The Amateur

By zacharyc | Published: November 6, 2009

I started reading The Cult of the Amateur at the suggestion of a close friend. The main context of this book is that we as members of internet are somehow degrading the quality of external creative works like Music, News, and Movies. The author puts forth some interesting points, but mostly I disagree with his [...]

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Books: Smart & Gets Things Done

By zacharyc | Published: October 1, 2008

This is a very interesting book by Joel Spolsky, titled Smart & Gets Things Done. It has a lot of good information about how to hire the right people for a technical company. Really this book is a collection of references and combination of thoughts. It refers to Peopleware, a book which I have started [...]

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Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks

By zacharyc | Published: July 25, 2008

This book is definitely my favorite read on the subject of complex network analysis. Having had several projects that involve the study of complex networks, the topic was not new to me. I have read parts of Linked, by Albert Lazlo Barabasi, and Six Degrees, by Duncan Watts. Both are interesting books, but Linked takes [...]

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