Hackers & Painters

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Hackers & Painters
Book cover
AuthorPaul Graham
PublisherO'Reilly Media
Publication date
2004
Pages271
ISBN0-596-00662-4
OCLC55499541
005.1092
LC ClassHD8039.D37
Websitewww.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age is a collection of essays from Paul Graham discussing hacking, programming languages, start-up companies, and many other technological issues.[1][2][3][4][5] "Hackers & Painters" is also the title of one of those essays. The image on its cover is 'The Tower of Babel' by Pieter Brugel.[6]

Table of contents[edit]

  1. Why Nerds Are Unpopular
  2. Hackers and Painters
  3. What You Can't Say
  4. Good Bad Attitude
  5. The Other Road Ahead
  6. How to Make Wealth
  7. Mind the Gap
  8. A Plan for Spam
  9. Taste for Makers
  10. Programming Languages Explained
  11. The Hundred-Year Language
  12. Beating the Averages
  13. Revenge of the Nerds
  14. The Dream Language
  15. Design and Research

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hackers & Painters - Paul Graham". paulgraham.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ^ Linster, Greg. "Book Review: Hackers & Painters". coffeetheory.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ^ Delio, Michelle. "Embracing the Art of Hacking". wired.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. ^ Bradley, Tony. "Book Review: Hackers and Painters". netsecurity.about.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Hackers & Painters". summary.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  6. ^ Haigh, Seb (22 November 2017). "#BookAWeek: Hackers & Painters". bookaweek. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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