There are many computing books I’ve read before, but there are two I thought would be interesting to share.
The first is “Mind at Play: The Psychology of Video Games” and the second is “The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity”.
Mind at Play: The Psychology of Video Games
I read the first book in my teens from the school library (TKSTS) when I was crazy writing games in the mid 80s. It didn’t teach me how to write games as far as programming languages were concern, but it explored what made people tick. What makes games compelling? Why do people play games? Back in those days, it was a gem, for it gave insights into how I could design the games I was writing to make it interesting and fun. Challenging and not insurmountable, rewarding and not trivial. How to get others hooked onto my game?
Now as a monk, I think back about that book and ponder about how there are much parallel between what the author discovered and shared in the book and what the Buddha taught 2500++ years ago. Understanding how people get hooked . . . → Read More: Two Computing Books I've read before
