Review:In The Soul of a New Machine, Kidder accompanies a team of young
engineers tasked with building a new computer for Data General. The
project is led by a curt manager with a methodology he calls mushroom
management (keep them in a damp, dark place, and feed them shit) that
would be impossible to instate in any sensible company these days. The
project is of highest significance for the company, and everything is
due yesterday, everyone working in a frantic pace to get the compute... Read more

Review:Steven Levy’s work Hackers, heroes of the Computer Revolution, has stood the test of time quite well. In his opus, he gives an in depth and detailed overview of the people and technology that would eventually create our modern wired and interconnected world. I was alive during most the quarter century that the book covers and was able to see and know many of these developments first hand.
The early history starts out with the Model Railroad club at MIT in the late 50’s through the early 60’s ... Read more