Hackers & Painters
 Book cover | |
| Author | Paul Graham |
|---|---|
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Pages | 271 |
| ISBN | 0-596-00662-4 |
| OCLC | 55499541 |
| 005.1092 | |
| LC Class | HD8039.D37 |
| Website | www |
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age is a collection of essays from Paul Graham discussing hacking, programming languages, start-up companies, and many other technological issues.[1][2][3][4][5] "Hackers & Painters" is also the title of one of those essays. The image on its cover is 'The Tower of Babel' by Pieter Bruegel.[6]
Table of contents
- Why Nerds Are Unpopular
- Hackers and Painters
- What You Can't Say
- Good Bad Attitude
- The Other Road Ahead
- How to Make Wealth
- Mind the Gap
- A Plan for Spam
- Taste for Makers
- Programming Languages Explained
- The Hundred-Year Language
- Beating the Averages
- Revenge of the Nerds
- The Dream Language
- Design and Research
Publication data
- Graham, Paul (2004). Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN 9780596006624.
References
- ^ "Hackers & Painters - Paul Graham". paulgraham.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Linster, Greg. "Book Review: Hackers & Painters". coffeetheory.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Delio, Michelle. "Embracing the Art of Hacking". wired.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Bradley, Tony. "Book Review: Hackers and Painters". netsecurity.about.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Hackers & Painters". summary.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Haigh, Seb (22 November 2017). "#BookAWeek: Hackers & Painters". bookaweek. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
External links
- Paul Graham's essays online, including some of the essays in the book
- Slashdot Review: Hackers & Painters
- Dabblers and Blowhards: Essay by a hacker and painter.