Tyler Ham’s Blog

I’ve been coming across a whole bunch of topics I’d like to learn about and books I’d like to read. Below are some lists of books - books I’d like to read, and a few I’ve read recently. There’s a chance I’ll manage to update this page from time to time.

Books I’d Like to Read

• JavaScript: The Good Parts (Douglas Crockford)
• ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Object Oriented Programming Techniques (William Sanders, Chandima Cumaranatunge)
• Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Colin Moock)
• ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers (Joey Lott, Darron Schall, Keith Peters)
• Java Servlet Programming, 2nd Edition (Jason Hunter)
• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (3rd Edition) (Grady Booch, Robert A. Maksimchuk, Michael W. Engel, Bobbi J. Young, Jim Conallen, Kelli A. Houston)
• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John M. Vlissides)
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, Dan Roberts)
• A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design (Lee Copeland)
• Model Checking (Edmund M. Clark, Jr., Orna Grumberg, and Doron A. Peled)
• QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Richard P. Feynman)
• What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character (Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton)
• Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach (2nd Edition) (Dean Leffingwell and Don Widrig)
• Beginning Java EE 5: From Novice to Professional (Kevin Mukhar, Chris Zelenak, James L. Weaver, Jim Crume))
• Data Access Patterns: Database Interactions in Object-Oriented Applications (Clifton Nock)
• The Elements of UML 2.0 Style (Scott W. Ambler)
• UML 2.0 in a Nutshell (Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman)
• Emotion and Meaning in Music (Leonard B. Meyer)
• Everything is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
• Extermely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonatha Safran Foer)
• Psychological Foundations of Musical Behavior (Rudolf E Radocy, J. David Boyle)
• Teach Yourself Photography (Lee Frost)
• The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)

Books I’m About to Read

• Visualizing Data (Ben Fry)

Some Books I’ve Recently Read

• 2008
  • Java Generics and Collections (Maurice Naftalin and Philip Wadler)
  • Concepts of Programming Languages (7th Edition) (Robert W. Sebesta)
  • Elements of Data Compression (Adam Drozdek)
  • Ant: The Definitive Guide (Steve Holzner)
  • Apache Cookbook (Ken Coar, Rich Bowen)
  • JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (David Flanagan)
  • CSS Cookbook, 2nd Edition (Christopher Schmitt)
  • Firefox Hacks (Nigel McFarlane)
  • Visual Explanations (Edward R. Tufte)
  • Envisioning Information (Edward R. Tufte)
  • JavaServer Pages (Hans Bersten)
• 2007
  • Carsmart: Save Hundreds on Car Repairs and Avoid Rip-Offs (Ron Coleman)
  • The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition (Edward R. Tufte)
  • The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition (Frederick P. Brooks)
  • Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams (Alistair Cockburn)
  • Perfectly Reasonable Deviations (Ricahrd P. Feynman)
  • Professional Apache Tomcat 5 (Vivek Chopra, Amit Bakore, Jon Eaves, Ben Galbraith, Sing Li, Chanoch Wiggers)
  • The Universe in a Nutshell (Stephen Hawking)
  • Who Moved My Cheese? (Spencer Johnson)
  • Agile Database Techniques (Scott W. Ambler)
  • Scripting VMWare (Al Muller)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out (William R. Stanek)
  • The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite (Rich Bowen)
  • Billions and Billions (Carl Sagan)
  • Practical Subversion, Second Edition (Daniel Berlin and Garrett Roony)
  • Full Disclosure (William Safire)
• 2006
  • Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
  • Handbook of Music Psychology (Edited by Donald A. Hodges)
  • Catilina's Riddle: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Steven Saylor)
  • The Design of Everyday Things (Donald A. Norman)