Xavier Noria's Reading

Title: The Tipping Point Author: Malcolm Gladwell Progress: 13% (39/280) Start: June 2008

Title: Els pilars de la terra Author: Ken Follet Progress: 21% (294/1371) Start: March 2008 Comment: Catalan translation of The Pillars of the Earth, linked above

Title: Hacking: The Art of Explotation (2nd Edition) Author: Jon Erickson Progress: Finished Start: May 2008

Title: El manuscrito Voynich Author: Gerry Kennedy & Rob Churchill Progress: Finished Start: March 2008 Comment: Spanish translation of The Voynich Manuscript, linked above. I wrote summary (in Spanish)

Title: The Ruby Programming Language Author: David Flanagan & Yukihiro Matsumoto Progress: Finished Start: March 2008 Comment: Prize for my 2nd in the Rails Hackfest of January 2008

Title: L'anell de la via zen Author: Taisen Deshimaru Progress: Finished Start: February 2008

Title: Running into the Sky Author: Chris Wolf Progress: Finished Start: January 2008

Title: Programming Erlang Author: Joe Armstrong Progress: Halted Start: January 2008 Comment: I got the idea of the language, but the book itself didn't hook me enough to finish it.

Title: La carretera Author: Cormac McCarthy Progress: Finished Start: January 2008 Comment: Spanish translation of The Road.

Title: The Rails Way Author: Obie Fernandez Progress: Finished Start: December 2007 Comment: This book is outstanding, Rails has now two must-reads.

Title: The Ruby Way (2nd Edition) Author: Hal Fulton Progress: Finished Start: December 2007

Title: Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects Author: Ola Bini Progress: Finished Start: November 2007 Comment: I skipped a lot of material

Title: Los más bellos cuentos zen Author: Henri Brunel Progress: Finished Start: November 2007

Title: High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers Author: Steve Souders Progress: Finished Start: Novembre 2007

Title: Rails 2: New features for your applications Author: Ryan Daigle Progress: Finished Start: October 2007

Title: Lectures on the Hyperreals: An Introduction to Nonstandard Analysis Author: Robert Goldblatt Progress: Paused Start: October 2007

Title: RESTful Web Services Author: Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby Progress: Finished Start: September 2007

Title: Programming in Haskell Author: Graham Hutton Progress: Finished Start: August 2007

Title: En el desierto no hay atascos: Un tuareg en la ciudad Author: Moussa Ag Assarid Progress: Finished Start: August 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of Y a pas d'embouteillages dans le désert ! : Chroniques d'un Touareg en France

Title: Yet Another Haskell Tutorial Author: Hal Daumé III Progress: Halted Start: August 2007

Title: Perl Hacks Author: chromatic, Damian Conway, Curtis "Ovid" Poe Progress: Finished Start: August 2007

Title: Seis piezas fáciles Author: Richard P. Feynman Progress: Finished Start: August 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of Six Easy Pieces

Title: Reinventing the Wheel: A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition Author: Steve Kemper Progress: Finished Start: July 2007 Comment: The first time I rode a Segway I knew I would buy one as soon as I could afford it (I did). I was really intrigued about the story behind such an extraordinarie invention, it promised genius and transpiration. This book explains it, thank you guys for documenting and sharing this.

Title: The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT Author: Pepper White Progress: Finished Start: June 2007

Title: Hablando de física a la salida del cine Author: Antoni Amengual Colom Progress: Finished Start: May 2007 Comment: AFAIK there's no English translation of this book

Title: Partir Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun Progress: Finished Start: April 2007 Comment: Catalan translation of Partir

Title: Children and the Martial Arts: An Aikido Point of View Author: Gaku Homma Progress: Finished Start: April 2007

Title: Rubyisms in Rails Author: Jacob Harris Progress: Finished Start: April 2007

Title: Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age Author: Paul Graham Progress: Finished Start: April 2007 Comment: My friend jao lent me this thought-provoking book, thank you dude!

Title: Proofs from THE BOOK (Second Edition) Author: Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler Progress: Paused Start: March 2007

Title: Una breve historia de casi todo Author: Bill Bryson Progress: Finished Start: February 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of A Short History of Nearly Everything

Title: Caminar para mantenerse en forma Author: Nina Barough Progress: Finished Start: February 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of Walking for Fitness. I've started to walk regularly and this book has been a good guide to better understand this sport

Title: Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine Author: Randall Hyde Progress: Finished Start: January 2007

Title: Mi visión del mundo Author: Albert Einstein Progress: Finished Start: September 2006 Comment: Spanish translation of The World As I See It, a present from my friend Jesús Cerquides

Title: Rails Plugins: Extending Rails Beyond the Core Author: James Adam Progress: Finished Start: January 2007

Title: Ruby Cookbook Author: Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richarson Progress: Finished Start: November 2006

Title: Cartas a una joven matemática Author: Ian Stewart Progress: Finished Start: December 2006 Comment: Spanish translation of Letters to a Young Mathematician, linked above

Title: RJS Templates for Rails Author: Cody Fauser Progress: Finished Start: September 2006

Title: Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Author: John Derbyshire Progress: Finished Start: September 2006

Title: Ship it!: A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects Author: Jared Richardson, William Gwaltney Jr. Progress: Finished Start: September 2006

Title: Practices of an Agile Developer Author: Venkat Subramanian, Andy Junt Progress: Finished Start: August 2006

Title: From Java to Ruby: Things Every Manager Should Know Author: Bruce Tate Progress: Finished Start: August 2006

Title: Gödel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse Author: Torkel Franzén Progress: Finished Start: August 2006 Comment: I wrote a summary

Title: Rails Recipes Author: Chad Fowler Progress: Finished Start: July 2006

Title: watir.rb Author: Paul Rogers, Bret Pettichord Progress: Finished Start: July 2006 Comment: That's Ruby source code

Title: Snow Crash Author: Neal Stephenson Progress: Finished Start: June 2006 Comment: Roger Casaponsa lent me this book, I had a great time thank you dude!

Title: Historias de cronopios y de famas Author: Julio Cortázar Progress: Finished Start: April 2006

Title: Head Rush Ajax Author: Brett McLaughlin Progress: Finished Start: April 2006

Title: Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers Author: David A. Black Progress: Finished Start: April 2006

Title: El mestre us convida a un concert: Concerts per a joves Author: Leonard Bernstein Progress: Finished Start: April 2006 Comment: Catalan translation of Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts

Title: Zen in the Martial Arts Author: Byjoe Hyams Progress: Finished Start: March 2006

Title: The Honors Class: Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers Author: Ben Yandell Progress: Finished Start: March 2006

Title: Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application Author: 37signals Progress: Finished Start: March 2006

Title: Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML Author: Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman Progress: Finished Start: February 2006

Title: SQLite Author: Chris Newman Progress: Finished Start: February 2006

Title: Programming Languages Pragmatics (Second Edition) Author: Michael L. Scott Progress: Paused Start: January 2006

Title: The Art of Project Management Author: Scott Berkun Progress: Paused Start: November 2005

Title: Erykah Badu: The First Lady of Neo-Soul Author: Joel McIver Progress: Finished Start: December 2005

Title: Agile Development with Rails Author: Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson Progress: Finished Start: December 2005

Title: Diario de un bebé Author: Daniel N. Stern Progress: Finished Start: December 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of Diary of a Baby

Title: El legado espiritual del templo Shaolin Author: Andy James Progress: Finished Start: November 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of The Spiritual Legacy of Shaolin Temple, linked above

Title: The Mac Xcode 2 Book Author: Michael Cohen, Dennis Cohen Progress: Paused Start: November 2005

Title: Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity Author: Soko Morinaga Progress: Finished Start: November 2005

Title: Database In Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners Author: C.J. Date Progress: Halted Start: November 2005 Comment: I was looking for something more formal

Title: Extending and Embedding Perl Author: Tim Jenness, Simon Cozens Progress: Finished Start: November 2005

Title: Criptonomicón: 1. El código enigma Author: Neal Stephenson Progress: Halted Start: October 2005 Comment: First book (of three) of the Spanish translation of Cryptonomicon. It hasn't hooked me.

Title: Perl Best Practices Author: Damian Conway Progress: Finished Start: October 2005

Title: Damunt les espatlles dels gegants Author: Josep Pla i Carrera Progress: Finished Start: October 2005

Title: Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns (Second Edition) Author: Doug Lea Progress: Halted Start: September 2005 Comment: Too dense and conceptual for what I wanted.

Title: L'Ombra del Vent Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 Comment: Catalan translation of The Shadow of the Wind

Title: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity Author: David Allen Progress: Finished Start: August 2005

Title: Migraña Author: Oliver Sacks Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of Migraine

Title: Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How The Mac Was Made Author: Andy Hertzfeld Progress: Finished Start: August 2005

Title: El arte de permanecer sentado Editor: John Daido Loori Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of The Art of Just Sitting

Title: Advanced Perl Programming (Second Edition) Author: Simon Cozens Progress: Finished Start: August 2005

Title: Guia Galàctica per a Autoestopistes Author: Douglas Adams Progress: Finished Start: July 2005 Comment: Catalan translation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Title: The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web Author: Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag Progress: Finished Start: July 2005

Title: Programming Ruby (Second Edition) Author: Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt Progress: Finished Start: June 2005

Title: Visual Complex Analysis Author: Tristan Needham Progress: Paused Start: June 2005

Title: The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music Author: Don Campbell Progress: Paused Start: June 2005

Title: The Now Habit Author: Neil Fiore Progress: Finished Start: May 2005 Comment: I wrote a summary.

Title: Fermat's Enigma Author: Simon Singh Progress: Finished Start: May 2005

Title: Learn To Remember Author: Dominic O'Brien Progress: Finished Start: April 2005

Title: Higher-Order Perl Author: Mark Jason Dominus Progress: Finished Start: April 2005

Title: The Art of UNIX Programming Author: Eric S. Raymond Progress: Finished Start: March 2005

Title: Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain Author: Tom Stafford, Matt Webb Progress: Finished Start: February 2005

Title: El monje que vendió su Ferrari Author: Robin S. Sharma Progress: Finished Start: February 2005

Title: Apple Software Design Guidelines Author: Apple Computer, Inc. Progress: Finished Start: January 2005 Comment: The original document is no longer available

Title: Las cenizas de Ángela Author: Frank McCourt Progress: Halted Start: January 2005 Comment: I didn't like the style. Declarative sentences in present tense.

Title: Python Cookbook Editor: Alex Martelli, David Ascher Progress: Finished Start: December 2004

Title: Miles Davis y Kind of Blue: La creación de una obra maestra Author: Ashley Kahn Progress: Finished Start: December 2004

Title: On Intelligence Author: Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee Progress: Finished Start: October 2004

Title: The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations Author: Rob Cross, Andrew Parker Progress: Finished Start: October 2004

Title: La práctica de la concentración Author: Taisen Deshimaru Progress: Finished Start: September 2004

Title: A Semantic Web Primer Author: Grigoris Antoniou, Frank van Harmelen Progress: Finished Start: August 2004

Title: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Revised Edition) Author: Robert B. Cialdini Progress: Paused Start: August 2004

Title: Cocoa Programming For Mac OS X (Second Edition) Author: Aaron Hillegass Progress: Paused Start: August 2004

Title: Learning Python (Second Edition) Author: Mark Lutz, David Ascher Progress: Finished Start: June 2004