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- *Built to Last* - Collins and Porras - *The Ruby Programming Language* - Flanagan and Matz - *_Whys Poignant Guide to Ruby* - _Why the Lucky Stiff
by nhebb 16y ago
- *Built to Last* - Collins and Porras
- *The Ruby Programming Language* - Flanagan and Matz
- *_Whys Poignant Guide to Ruby* - _Why the Lucky Stiff
- rick_2047 16y agoRuby first "clicked" after I read _Why's Poignant guide to ruby. As zany as it is, some how it clears all the things you need to kick start in ruby
- nhebb 16y agoI bounce back and forth between the Matz book and _Why's. The Matz book is comprehensive, but _Why's makes sense.
- alinajaf 16y agoIts strange. Everyone seems to rave about poignant guide but I just couldn't get into it. For me Ruby for Rails by David A Black was an absolute revelation, really made things click for me.
- idoh 16y agoRegarding Built to Last make sure to check out how visionary the companies profiled later turned to be.
- nhebb 16y agoOh I know! The book has been sitting on my shelf for years and I finally cracked it. I looked at the company list (compiled almost 20 years ago) and thought, huh? But I think there is still some good lessons to be learned - especially when contrast with Positioning. Knowing that Sony's first product was a rice cooker, and HP fumbled for ideas (a bowling gutter ball detector?!?) is oddly comforting.
- larsberg 16y agoOr read the book by the same author that covers that exact question, _How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In_