thinks.txt

# books that helped form MY thinking about technology/programming/systems


## more so

Architecture of Symbolic Computers by Kogge
Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Kiczales, et al.
Bootstrapping by Thierry Bardini
Commodore 64 users guide
Computer Lib / Dream Machines by Ted Nelson
Creative Computer by Donald Michie
Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson
Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
Expert Systems: Principles and Practice by Giarantino and Riley
Finite and Infinite Games by Carse
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built by Stewart Brand
LISP 1.5 User Manual by John McCarthy, et al.
Lisp in Small Pieces by Christian Queinnec and Kathleen Callaway
MMURTL by Burgess
On Lisp by Paul Graham
Programmer's Guide to the 1802 by Tom Swan
Recursive Universe by Poundstone
Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
Thinking Forth by Brodie
Urban Structures for the Future by Justus Dahinden 

## less so

The Architecture Machine
Points of View
Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
Godel, Escher, Bach
Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation