Re:Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)
by guiambros on Monday January 15, 2024 @09:46PM
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CompUSA and Borders have a special place in my heart. I'm from a 3rd world country, so visiting them was a sacred ritual anytime I had the privilege to visit the US. I always brought an extra bag mostly for books, and sometimes a Sound Blaster, some extra memory or a US Robotics card, or a fancy Handspring Visor and some Dreamcast games :)
Re:Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)
by jonathanlydall on Monday January 15, 2024 @11:34PM
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Back when Creative Labs was a company deserving of consumer support, nowadays I actively avoid them completely.
I don't know who it was, it might have been one of the guys my dad worked with, be they said "You won't be able to write a game with a book like that, but you might be able to write a phone directory." Didn't phase me.
I remember someone asking me later on if I was going to write a game. I just looked at them blankly and said: "I'm going to write a phone directory".
I just learned today that "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" was co-written by Jessee Liberty, one of my all-time favorite technical book writers. "Programming C#, 2nd Edition" was a great book.
I loved tech stores too. I still have all of the Apple pamphlets that CompUSA had sitting next to the display units.