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I'll be the voice of dissent regarding The Soul of a New Machine and also More Than My Share of It All. Yes, Soul won the Pulitzer prize, but it was published
by timdellinger 8y ago
I'll be the voice of dissent regarding The Soul of a New Machine and also More Than My Share of It All.
Yes, Soul won the Pulitzer prize, but it was published in 1981, and I found it very dated, and hard to slog through at times. I know it'll never happen, but I'd love to see a re-write, or a heavily edited edition that's more approachable for a modern reader.
I also found More Than My Share to be a little disappointing. There were some fun things in there, but overall the there was too much of an emphasis on the tedious details of his life, not enough detail about the technical and managerial challenges / accomplishments, and then (unfortunately disjointedly) a few project management guidelines and some technology forecasting were tacked on at the very end. I can't help but think that he had more anecdotes and technical adventure stories in him which would have made for a much more compelling, enlightening, and readable book.
- minhaz23 8y agoWhy not recommend some alternatives?
- timdellinger 8y agoI'm putting those in separate threads to be upvoted if people like them so that they might rise to the top on their own merits. I'm adding them as I peruse my bookshelf.
- minhaz23 8y agoAny update on that?