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Learn, But Not Necessarily Through Books
- tjr 19y agoThere's much to be said for a well-written book. I have enjoyed reading through Paul Graham's "ANSI Common Lisp," for example, because reading through an entire well-written book, you can pick up on much more insight than you can simply browsing small chunks of information in weblogs. I can tap into the mind of Paul, so to speak, and see Lisp from his point of view, rather than just get little nuggets here and there. Similarly, Philip Greenspun's books on web applications... SICP... The Little Schemer series... alas, most books don't provide great insight into a better way of thinking -- but that's a failing of authors, not of books. The book format, used well, is outstanding. So is the blog format. And so are non-blog web pages. They all have their place, but each should be used differently, to make best use of the medium.