“Where Wizards Stay Up Late” is a fantastic book that has some good insight on L...

fossuser · on July 16, 2019

I read that one too and if you liked it you'll probably like the one mentioned in the article more: https://press.stripe.com/#the-dream-machine

The Dream Machine goes a lot more in depth and covers more of the story.

dbish · on July 16, 2019

Loved this book. If you like tech bio/history books, this one is a must read.

signa11 · on July 16, 2019

actually, i like "Michael A. Hiltzik’s Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age" (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887309895/) much better than the wizards book.

it is quite a long read, but is very good.

lordgrenville · on July 16, 2019

I've read both. They're about different topics. Wizards is about the development of the internet. I found it slightly more fun reading, but both books are highly worthwhile, if you're interested in the history of technology.

signa11 · on July 16, 2019

hmm, me too :o)

but from reading the 'dealers of lightning' it was kind of apparent, that parc had a huge influence on development of internetworking-protocols than is widely known f.e. we must surely remeber about the 'parc universal packet' aka PUP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_Universal_Packet) as a precursor to the much beloved tcp/ip protocol suite etc etc.

unfortunately, i didn't really enjoy the 'wizards' book as much as i would have really liked...i had the distinct impression that it was kind of 'jumping all over the place'