A lot of technical books are not available in audiobook form—either they require too much visualization or need to show you literal code, or they just aren't mainstream enough to justify the resources to create the audio version.
But I know there are plenty of techy books, either historical or otherwise that are available... So any recommendations?
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Hopefully folks have more to add to the discussion because I'd love recommendations, but here are some that I've listened to of the historical nature...
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
The Soul of A New Machine
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
There are a lot more books about distinctively less technical topics in tech, but I feel like all of these have a lot of interesting technical merit, and all are good reads.
Ghost in the Wire is great - reads like a thriller, and gives lots of examples of social engineering. I wrote about it here: Social Engineering from Kevin Mitnick
The Phoenix Project
Permanent Record
Good suggestions! I haven't yet read Permanent Record.
Steve Jobs - Great read about of the founder of Apple. This was my first audio book and I binged it in about a week. Understanding Job's philosophy on "It Just Works" led me to wanting to be a better designer. Hes a complicated man and his legacy changed computers as we know them forever.
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture - This is a fantastic listen about the guys who created the game Doom. Even if you are not interested in game development, it is a great story. It will takes you through the early days of computers and hacker culture. I try to listen to this one once a year for pure entertainment and I always end up learning something new I missed.
iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way -
The other side of the Apple story from Steve Wozniak's perspective. It contains many details that Jobs book missed. A great listen if you want to hear both side of how Apple was created.
Lots of great books on this discussion.
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
The Soul of a New Machine
Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage
Currently reading:
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place
Really interested to see the responses!