Dreaming in Code
Download or Read eBook Dreaming in Code PDF written by Scott Rosenberg and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Scott Rosenberg |
Publisher | : Crown Currency |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2008-02-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781400082476 |
ISBN-13 | : 1400082471 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dreaming in Code by : Scott Rosenberg
Book excerpt: Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it’s so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers—led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor—designing a novel personal information manager meant to challenge market leader Microsoft Outlook. Their story takes us through a maze of abrupt dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they wrestle not only with the abstraction of code, but with the unpredictability of human behavior— especially their own.