The Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering is a classic book of essays about computing projects and software engineering. Thirty-five years from original publication, these essays still contain valuable information for those of us involved in software engineering and other computer projects.
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No matter what type of IT job you hold, it seems like sooner or later you need to know HTML. Patrick Griffith's book HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML & CSS makes it easy to learn and produce professional quality, standards based HTML and CSS.
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a professional organization with the goal of "Advancing Computing as a Science and a Profession". As befits the goal of advancing computing as a science, they have a heavy educational and academic focus. ACM membership is one of the most useful tools I've found for professional success and comes with a multitude of benefits which help my career.
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If you are technically minded, Top 100 Computer and Technical Careers is a great way for the technically minded to determine a career path. It contains surveys, forms and tasks to help you figure out what career or careers are good picks for you based on interest, required skills, and what type of preparation you are willing or able to do, followed by informational sections to help you begin your research into those fields. Unlike many career books, it contains a good balance between realism and following your dreams and desires.
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If you are like most people who enjoy computers and technology, you have gradually gathered a collection of computers and electronics that don't quite work well enough to be used for their original use, but may not be broken enough that you feel good about disposing of them. Also, at least for me, small broken items like keyboards, mice and small electronics don't seem worth a trip to the electronics disposal center in their own right so they build up gathering dust until something larger breaks. Randy Sarafan has come to our rescue with directions and ideas to recycle these items ourselves, turning e-waste into useful household items and personal accessories with 62 Projects To Make With A Dead Computer (and Other Discarded Electronics): The Eco-Friendly Guide for Today's Techno-Crafter.
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Zombies have captured the imagination of technical professionals. Steve Hockensmith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls is a fun zombie romp based on Jane Austin's Bennet family. While it may not qualify as literature like the original classic Pride and Prejudice, it's a fun read that provides a fuller picture of the Bennets as well as a fun zombie romp.
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As someone whose career involves adding to the technology that surrounds us (hopefully in a positive way), I am deeply interested in how technology changes our lives for better or worse. Android Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and Ben H. Winters explores these issues in a well-written historical urban fantasy novel of fantastic technology, robots, cyborgs, and aliens.
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