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Thanks for this as a fellow Goodreads power user. Would look forward to a chrome plugin if in your plans that helps sort my book lists.


1979 memo from Jef Raskin - early Apple employee, kicked off the project that would eventually become the Macintosh.

Raskin Remembers "Computers by the Millions" - https://web.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/sites/mac/primary/docs/cbm...


> A lot of feedback has come in on the "Computers by the Millions" draft, with all readers apparently enjoying it, with the exception of Steve Jobs.

:)


IIRC Jobs shut down Apple's history exhibits, archives, and library and sent the collections to Stanford.


Mindset and leadership (explore other titles by Gerald M. Weinberg as well)

- An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

- Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach

So that you have a good answer to "when will it be ready"

- Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art

- Agile Estimating and Planning

People management

- The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

- High Output Management

Besides Mythical Man Month already mentioned in other comments.




Open source project to quantify and track humanity's advancements.


Related link https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/ covers Hypersonics, Beginner's Guide to Kites, Kid's Page explaining how airplanes and jet engines work, Beginner's Guide to Model Rockets, Beginner's Guide to Propulsion, Aerodynamics of Baseball, Aerodynamics of Soccer. It has some repetition with respect to the main link.



Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) had notable contributions in ideas such as Leap of faith, Existential despair, Existential philosophy, Angst, Authenticity etc. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard


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