Re: Computer science textbooks
- From: David Tseng <davidct1209@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 14:59:47 -0700
Uh...no it's not strictly necessary (I'd bet Sina has a fair bit to say here).
All I can say is that you'd have a far easier time coding the more
theory you have under your belt. I just don't have the time to go
back to grad school (went as far as to apply/visit). With what I'm
working on, I definitely want to brush up on a few things and dive
into other topics of interest (computer vision, AI, Combinatorics ,
etc.).
Anyhow, looks like I'll be purchasing Art of Computer Programming by
Knuth and spending countless hours scanning volumes at the end of
which I'll have crappy diagram access /sarcasm.
On 5/21/11, Katherine Moss <Katherine.Moss@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But then is it a requirement to know the theoretical side of things just to
> learn to program in X Languages?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 5:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: Computer science textbooks
>
> Right, I'm definitely after the theoretical side of things more so than the
> canned set of teach yourself x language type of books.
>
> On 5/21/11, Katherine Moss <Katherine.Moss@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It also depends upon what you're doing though too. I have tons of
>> resources on the C# programming language, but most of the visuals are
>> just to demonstrate Visual Studio.
>>
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>> Tseng
>> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:34 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Computer science textbooks
>>
>> Yeah...I love the e-text route (amazing what 24x7 offers as they have
>> books from quite a few publishers like MIT Press, Rocks, Microsoft Press,
>> etc.).
>> Bookshare's one that also has some offerings.
>>
>> However, with all that said, the diagram issue is still what I'm
>> finding lacking without either going the human paid reader/translater
>> strategy or getting something from RFB&D.
>>
>> When you're talking about highly technical algorithms or processes,
>> the visual aid's are worth trying to understand rather than piecing
>> things together from the main textual narrative of the text. Also, if
>> you start getting into any sophisticated mathematical notation, you
>> lose all of that in translation.
>>
>> I guess I could run everything through infty reader, but hoped that
>> there would be some other creative ways people have tackled this issue.
>>
>> On 5/21/11, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Another one that I learned all my linux stuff from back in the 90's
>>> is still around. It is books written for computer programmers by
>>> computer programmers.
>>>
>>> http://www.wrox.com
>>>
>>> There is a lot of other places but that is the one off the top of my
>>> head.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
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>>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Florian
>>> Beijers
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:56 AM
>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: Computer science textbooks
>>>
>>> Well,
>>>
>>> THere is
>>> www.bookshare.org
>>> which has books on a variety of subjects. There's some computer
>>> science books but not many, sadly.
>>> Usually when I need a book i try to hunt it down somewhere on the web.
>>> I know i should be crediting the author and apreciating his work and
>>> all that but especially here in Holland it's a royal pain to get
>>> digitized English books or even dutch ones on that subject, apart
>>> from audio which in my opinion just isn't cutting it for this kind of
>>> material.
>>> There is IRC channels devoted to sharing these texts as well.
>>> If you want to go the more legal and conventional route, you could
>>> try obtaining a scanning package that does the job well for books.
>>> For example the iRead Now package by handyTech comes with a camera
>>> that scans a page and does OCr in aproximately five seconds. Now
>>> doing this for 700 pages is a bit outrageous still but you can do it in
>>> chunks.
>>>
>>> I guess thats the only ways I can think of so far.
>>>
>>> Florian
>>> On May 21, 2011, at 3:07 PM, David Tseng wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Curious to know what people do for obtaining accessible texts
>>>> especially *after* finishing a degree. Out of personal interest,
>>>> I'd like to get a few key books on my bookshelf as reference or just
>>>> to deepen my own knowledge of a specific area. Without access to a
>>>> school's lab/resources, I've kind of turned to sources like 24x7,
>>>> Safari, and other technical e-book sites, but have found them very
>>>> lacking wrt selection, and when they do have a book, varying levels
>>>> of access to diagrams. RFB&D's/Learning Alley's also quite lacking
>>>> and listening to CS books can be somewhat mind numbing.
>>>>
>>>> Short of calling up every university out there or employing my own
>>>> diagram to text human translater, what have people done here? I
>>>> know some of us are in industry, so am curious to know.
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