Ken Kocienda Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ken Kocienda

I'll be on the livestream in a little bit with @samsheffer. Last week, somebody asked for a list of books I recommend. Here are a dozen. The Soul of a New Machine, by Tracy Kidder Skunk Works, by Ben R. Rich & Leo Janos 1/ https://t.co/m9Hk7ApxQl

Ken Kocienda

“On Writing” by @StephenKing is a gem. I just finished listening to him read it to me again for the third or fourth time, and I’m so sorry there isn’t more. This book was an aid and inspiration to me as I got ready to write my own book, and I’m thankful for his advice.

Ken Kocienda

That doesn’t matter very much, but sometimes little things find their way into my work. For example, I made the keyboard click sound for the original iPhone by striking my pencil on my desk since I knew Ben Burtt hit a guy-wire to make the blaster sound for Star Wars.

Ken Kocienda

The Meaning of Everything, by Simon Winchester Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything, by Steven Levy Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet, by Katie Hafner 2/

Ken Kocienda

One of the best things about writing a book is seeing where it shows up in people’s lives—the shelves in a living room, the tables in a cafe next to a cup of coffee, the short stacks under a poster. To all the readers of Creative Selection, thank you. I hope you enjoyed my book. https://t.co/qeIMqTria0

Ken Kocienda

I'll be on the livestream in a little bit with @samsheffer. Last week, somebody asked for a list of books I recommend. Here are a dozen. The Soul of a New Machine, by Tracy Kidder Skunk Works, by Ben R. Rich & Leo Janos 1/ https://t.co/m9Hk7ApxQl

Ken Kocienda

As a kid in the 1970s, I read books about people like Thomas Edison and Henry Ford telling of how they tinkered with small machines like alarm clocks when they were kids. Their desire to know how things worked formed the basis of their future success. They were hardware hackers.

Ken Kocienda

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age, by Michael A. Hiltzik Longitude, by Dava Sobel The Mask of Command, by John Keegan Fermat’s Last Theorem, by Simon Singh 4/end

Ken Kocienda

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, by Anthony Bourdain The Violin Maker, by John Marchese 3/

Ken Kocienda

“a page from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks showing sketches and ideas for an iPhone, ink drawing and writing on parchment” #dalle https://t.co/Ni3r2Kx0zO https://t.co/cieDv0etq0