Ask HN: Recommendations on books and docs on tech companies/people? (Repost)

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Post by bk146 » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 6:26 PM UTC

Came across this amazing thread from a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17204467

And wanted to ask again to hear people's latest recommendations! I've read a number of the recommendations and found them fascinating.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations on books and docs on tech companies/people? (Repost)

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 6:54 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Recommendations on books and docs on tech companies/people? (Repost)

#3

Post by pamoroso » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:07 PM UTC

In "Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint" PowerPoint creator Robert Gaskins tells how he designed and developed the most famous slide presentation application. The book is available at the author's site: https://www.robertgaskins.com/powerpoint-history/sweating-bu...

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations on books and docs on tech companies/people? (Repost)

#4

Post by bk146 » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:26 PM UTC

pamoroso wrote: post #3

In "Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint" PowerPoint creator Robert Gaskins tells how he designed and developed the most famous slide presentation application. The book is available at the author's site: https://www.robertgaskins.com/powerpoint-history/sweating-bu...

Wow. This is amazing, thank you so much for sharing. Disappointed that it's not strictly a PPT though!

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations on books and docs on tech companies/people? (Repost)

#5

Post by glokta » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 2:59 AM UTC

For an account of early Silicon Valley, "Accidental Empires" by Robert Cringely.

It's free on his website (https://www.cringely.com), but you need to search for it.