Book Review: In Search of Stupidity

In Search Of Stupidity: Over 20 Years Of High-Tech Marketing Disasters, by Merrill R. Chapman, 2nd edition
ISOS looks at the last 25 years of computing and provides an interesting look at what went wrong for some companies: how Wordstar lost the word processor market, the failure of the IBM PC Junior, what happened at Ashton-Tate [...]

First Montreal Web Development Book Club

Laïka hosted the first Montreal Web Development Book Club this past Monday. There wasn’t as much people as expected, probably because of the long weekend. It was still loads of fun and packed with great discussions. I presented In Search of Stupidity by Merrill Chapman. I’m going to post a review soon, but the book [...]

Latest Amazon Order

People who know me thinks Amazon.ca survives because of the “few” orders I make from them. Here what’s in my last, in case you’re wondering what I’ll be reading in the next few weeks:

The Art Of The Start [Hardcover]
By: Guy Kawasaki (Author)

Code Generation in Action [Paperback]
By: Jack Herrington (Author)

Non-Designer’s Design Book, The [Paperback]
By: Robin Williams [...]

Book Review: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov

Nebula and Hugo award winner in 1972 and 1973. Humanity finds an unlimited source of energy, but it will destroy the sun. The book is divided in three parts, each presenting a different viewpoint: a young scientist trying to convince of the danger, the aliens responsible for the energy source and a scientist on the [...]