GoodRead

Thanks to everyone who came and made it such an enjoyable session.

The books discussed were

Dave Thomas : "On Bullshit!" - Harry G. Frankfurt http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691122946

Michael Feathers : Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby - why the lucky stiff http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

Willem van den Ende : Best software writing I - Joel Spolsky http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590595009

Rachel Davies : How We Know What Isn't So - Thomas Gilovich http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0029117062

Steve Freeman : "Practical Cryptography" - Ferguson and Schneier. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471223573

Other books recommended by the panel and audience

Soul of a New Machine

Doctor, Patient, Illness

Lean Thinking

The Art of Project Management

A Timeless Way of Building

IBM 360 Principles of Operation

Turtles, Termites and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Refactoring Legacy Code

Dream Machines

The Paradox of Choice

Inevitable Illusions

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Programming Pearls

The Practice of Programming

The Deadline

Head First Java / Patterns

Better Faster Lighter Java

The World According to Jeremy Clarkson

The Art of Computer Programming

Agile Estimating and Planning

Programming Ruby

Feel free to complete any bits I've missed.