Classics

Brooks, Frederick P. Jr. The Mythical Man-Month : Essays on Software Engineering. Addison-Wesley, 1995. 20th anniversary edition with extra chapters.

Hofstadter, D.R. Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Vintage Books, 1989.

Landauer, Thomas. The Trouble With Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity. MIT Press, 1996.

Levy, Stephen. Hackers. Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Delta Books, 1994

• "The definitive tome on Object Orientation...the finest piece of writing and thinking about this vast subject...Bertrand has a lot to say of great importance and says it well in this significantly revised book." Richard Weiner, JOOP Editor
• The book comes with a CD that has indexed hyperlinks to the complete text. It's expensive, so click on the link and save big bucks. The author describes his new baby. Other reviews.

Classic articles

Kirsner, Scott. The Legend of Bob Metcalfe. Wired 6.11.163, Nov 1998.

Father of Ethernet, founder of 3Com, in-demand author, pundit, and conference host, Bob Metcalfe is overcommitted and then some. But never too busy to make sure the good guys - himself included - win.