| Description |
xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Why nerds are unpopular: their minds are not on the game -- 2. Hackers and painters:hackers are makers, like painters or architects or writers -- 3. What you can't say:how to think heretical thoughts and what to do with them -- 4. Good bad attitude:like Americans, hackers win by breaking rules -- 5. The other road ahead:web-based software offers the biggest opportunity since the arrival of the microcomputer -- 6. How to make wealth:the best way to get rich is to crerate wealth. And startups are the best way to do that -- 7. Mind the gap:could "unequal income distribution" be less of a problem than we think? -- 8. A plan for spam:tiill recently most experts thought spam filtering wouldn't work. This proposal changed their minds -- 9. Taste for makers:how do you make great things? -- 10. Programming languages explained:what a programming language is and why they are a hot topic now -- 11. The hundred-year language:how will we program in a hundred years? Why not start now? -- 12. Beating the averages:for web-based applications you can use whatever language you want. So can your competitors -- 13. Revenge of the nerds:in technology, "industry best practice" is a recipe for losing -- 14. The dream language:a good programming lauguage is one that lets hackers have their way with it -- 15. Design and research:research has to be original. Design has to be good |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Computer programmers.
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| ISBN |
0596006624 : |
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