Insanely Great
Explore Insanely Great by Steven Levy: 11 Hacker News mentions from 10 participants in 2007-02-22–2026-11-01. Read original excerpts, compare opinions and save this book.
Share on XFrom the conversation
Latest 11 source recordsA mention is not an endorsement. Labels are automatically classified by the source. Follow the original discussion to verify the context.
This record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsThis record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsThis record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsThis record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsThis record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsThis record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsSteven Levy is a good writer. I read pretty much anything he puts out. His books "Crypto" and "Insanely Great" are good also, Crypto is the better one.
Read on Hacker NewsSteven Levy's book about the creation of the original Macintosh is also wonderful. http://www.amazon.com/Insanely-Great-Macintosh-Computer-Ever...
Read on Hacker News"Insanely great" is something that Steve Jobs used to say. It became a Mac ad campaign [1] and a book was written with that title [2]; I haven't read it. [1] http://robert.accettura.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20090... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Insanely-Great-Macintosh-Computer-Ever... and a book I think this phrase is a little piece of computing history. I, for one, would like to see it make a return. I think it implies a product with a powerful emotional connection to its users. Shooting for insanely great is something that everyone should do with their products.
Read on Hacker NewsThis record preserves its author, date and source link. Open HN to read the full context.
Read on Hacker NewsI actually don't read any of the above unless linked from another source - too much noise, not enough signal. I read Programming Reddit, News.YC, and occasionally Startupping and LambdaTheUltimate. I try to keep up with some blogs of startup-type people - Dharmesh Shah, Joe Kraus, Raganwald, Paul Buchheit, Mark Fletcher, and Marc Andreesen and Wil Schroter look interesting based on their recently-linked news.YC articles. Also, don't underestimate the importance of good old fashioned dead-tree books. I know it's fashionable to spend all day online now, but I still find I get lots more information out of published works than the Internet (the net is great for pointers to books, though). I read a lot of history, economics, corporate histories, some biographies, theoretical computer science, etc. Some selected titles off my reading history (m…
Read on Hacker News