Tag: books

How I regained concentration and focus (Gernot Starke 2022)

TheSmithy

From distraction to concentration in a few simple steps

https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/wie-ich-meine-konzentration-wiederfand/

Below my excerpt of this article:

July 29, 2022

For years, I enthusiastically produced content: books, articles, blog posts, and talks – averaging a book and a half plus five articles per year. Since about 2020, my productivity has plummeted – leaving me totally frustrated. There were no external causes, even the pandemic didn’t affect me, thanks to a nice home office and online work options — so no excuses. To find a way out of the misery, I put my own working habits to the test – and diagnosed a massive loss of concentration. ​ ​

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Programming from the ground up – free book

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I love programming. I enjoy the challenge to not only make a working program,but to do so with style. Programming is like poetry. It conveys a message, not only to the computer, but to those who modify and use your program. With a program, you build your own world with your own rules. You create your world according to your conception of both the problem and the solution. Masterful programmers create worlds with programs that are clear and succinct, much like a poem or essay.
Jonathan Bartlet

Source: ProgrammingGroundUp-1-0-booksize.pdf

8 great books about data visualisation | Tableau Software

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Do you want to learn more about data visualisation and why Tableau behaves the way it does? Do you want to be able to create more effective visualisations? Or are you interested in the history of data visualisation? These are all great topics and knowing more about the topic will improve your use of Tableau. Here is a list of books I have read and found extremely useful over the last few years. This is far from a definitive list; there are many many more.

Source: 8 great books about data visualisation | Tableau Software