Comments on: What’s the purpose of buying technical design/development books? http://spottedwalrus.com/articles/86/whats-the-purpose-of-buying-technical-designdevelopment-books/ Lifehacking, business, development, design, and more... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Paul Stamatiou http://spottedwalrus.com/articles/86/whats-the-purpose-of-buying-technical-designdevelopment-books/#comment-9278 Paul Stamatiou Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:38:46 +0000 http://spottedwalrus.com/articles/86/whats-the-purpose-of-buying-technical-designdevelopment-books/#comment-9278 When it comes to trying to learn a new subject I prefer a physical book than say a PDF. I can lounge on my couch and start reading through it. I don't like reading PDFs on my comp unless I'm forced to - ex: PDFs for a class. I've always found O'Reilly books to be of top-notch quality and have started building up a little collection (~20) of tech books for learning/reference. When it comes to trying to learn a new subject I prefer a physical book than say a PDF. I can lounge on my couch and start reading through it. I don’t like reading PDFs on my comp unless I’m forced to - ex: PDFs for a class.

I’ve always found O’Reilly books to be of top-notch quality and have started building up a little collection (~20) of tech books for learning/reference.

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