books4code by code4lib 2006 August 17
Ed Summers and others have started books4code. It has a web presence, at least for now on Google Groups at http://groups.google.com/group/books4code.
In proposing books4code on the code4lib e-mail list, Ed Summers wrote in an e-mail on the code4lib list:
So a bunch of us in #code4lib are thinking of starting up a book club
to read tech books together, learn from each other in the process,
and hopefully use a bit of peer pressure to propel ourselves into
actually finishing a book
The first book that is going to be read at a rate (for the most part) of one chapter a week is Practical Common Lisp, available for free on the web or in dead-tree form.
I plan on trying to follow along, although I think my October may end up being too busy to keep up. If it works out, maybe LUG/IP can do something immilar with a Linux-related book.