I just finished Programming Ruby from the pragmatic bunch. It must be one of the first times that i read a computing book and was sad that it was finished.
Usually i plod through a few chapters, give up and start experimenting. Programming ruby was getting better and better, especially the end had a high concentration of cool – a good read.
For pleasure i’m reading Exit Ghost, the latest one of Philip Roth. He’s one of my favourite non-SF authors – very dense stories, full of the essence of real life. This one is proving excellent once again.
In the tram i read Selling for Dummies. Yes, i know. But someday it might come in handy.
I’m about to seriously start on Small treaty (essay ?) on manipulation for the use of honest people (in french). Good title. It’s a quite academic book, actually, with lots of references to psychology and cognitive science.
It always pays to know when you’re being manipulated. I might report on the more juicy chapters on this blog sometime, if it’s interesting enough.
When i’m not reading at least three books at the same time, you know there’s something wrong with me.
