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* CurrentlyReading

Ian Bogost, How to do things with videogames

* ToRead

Tatiana Bazzichelli, Networking
Expanding spatial narratives
Joseph Weizenbaum, Computer power and human reason
Marc Augé, Non-places
Geert Lovink, Stuck on the Platform
Lee McGuigan, Selling the american people
Malcom Harris, Palo Alto
Brian Wyvill, Fundamentals of computer graphics

* Read

Michael Hartl, Learn enough command line to be dangerous

The book is the first in a series of tutorials (so called by the author) that aim at crossing the line towards building the individual 'technical sophistication' (a misc of "computer tricks" and "an attitude of getting the machine to do your bidding"). The skill is described as something that cannot be taught directly, it is actively built by the reader of this and other "learn enough tutorials" by doing exercises and adding new tools to their own kit. Speaking of exercises I enjoyed the dispositions of the ones present in the book, I found them a stimulating and acute to the point of thinking of my own, which is surely the intended goal. Another nice characteristic is that the author added many interesting external notes that paint a nice historical overview of days I struggle to imagine myself.

Paul Graham, Hackers and painters
Nicolas Maigret, Maria Roszkowska, The pirate book
Byung-Chul Han, Undinge: Umbrüche der Lebenswelt
Kenneth Goldsmith, Uncreative writing
Gavin Mueller, Breaking things at work
Lev Manovich, The language of new media
Lev Manovich, Software takes command
Joan Fontucuberta, La furia de las imàgenes
Steve Krug, Don't make me think
John Berger, Ways of Seeing
Ian Cheng, Emissary's guide to worlding

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 *Michael Hartl, ''Learn enough command line to be dangerous''
-::The book is the first in a series of ''tutorials'' (so called by the author) that aim at crossing the line towards building the individual 'technical sophistication' (a misc of 'computer tricks' and 'and attitude of getting the machine to do your bidding'). The skill is described as something that cannot be taught directly, it is actively built by the reader of this and other "learn enough tutorials" by doing exercises and adding new tools to their own kit. Speaking of exercises I enjoyed the dispositions of the ones present in the book, I found them a stimulating and acute to the point of thinking of my own, which is surely the intended goal. Another nice characteristic is that the author added many interesting external notes that paint a nice historical overview of days I struggle to imagine myself.
+::The book is the first in a series of ''tutorials'' (so called by the author) that aim at crossing the line towards building the individual 'technical sophistication' (a misc of "computer tricks" and "an attitude of getting the machine to do your bidding"). The skill is described as something that cannot be taught directly, it is actively built by the reader of this and other "learn enough tutorials" by doing exercises and adding new tools to their own kit. Speaking of exercises I enjoyed the dispositions of the ones present in the book, I found them a stimulating and acute to the point of thinking of my own, which is surely the intended goal. Another nice characteristic is that the author added many interesting external notes that paint a nice historical overview of days I struggle to imagine myself.
 *Paul Graham, ''Hackers and painters''
 *Nicolas Maigret, Maria Roszkowska, ''The pirate book''