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Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture

by Ryan A. Bush (Goodreads Author)

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Who Is the Liar

by Laura Lee Bahr (Goodreads Author)

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Mastering Terraform: A practical guide to building and deploying infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP

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Cloud Native Transformation: Practical Patterns for Innovation by Pini Reznik

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People under pressure don’t reflect: to run fast, you look straight ahead — not side to side. It’s difficult to generate new ideas when focused on delivery. Innovation requires free time for thinking. The typical Agile environment creates ...more

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren

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Darrin’s Quotes

“I think I'd probably tell you that it's easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.”
― William Gibson, Idoru

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“Next to music, beer was best.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

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“Time is money, but also money is money.”
― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition

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“Friday, August 04, 2006
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Silver nitrous girls pointed into occult winds of porn and destiny.”
― William Gibson

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“Damien is a friend.
Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.”
― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition

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A group for fans of Doctor Who related books/audios/comics/etc: Target Novelizations, Virgin New Adventures, Virgin Missing Adventures, BBC Eighth Do ...more