Understanding Alan Turing and his seminal 1936 paper “On Computable Numbers” as a self-taught software engineer. — I’m a self-taught software developer. What was a childhood hobby turned into my professional career. But, I never went to school for it. My bachelor degree is the incredibly useful (not.) Communications degree. I can communicate all the things! I avoided math courses as best I could throughout high school…

Three books on computing, hardware, and information everyone should read — It’s good to know a bit of history. The past influences us in the present and helps inform our future. Computers being a big part of the modern world, it’s healthy to have some background understanding of how we got all these fancy toys, and a bit how they work…

Three odd quick-reads that will leave you scratching your head. — Sometimes it’s nice to have a short book to read which can be finished in an afternoon. In this article I share three short and rather different books. What do these books have in common? Well, they’re all short, and they leave you scratching your head a bit, wondering “Huh…?”…

Three different recommendations to broaden your perspective — Summer is here! Whether you’re spending your summer holidays at home in a Staycation, or off in your isolated cabin deep in the mountains, here are three books you might consider bringing along to keep you entertained during your downtime. …