Not directly programming related, but if you're doing UI work, and tend to generate reports. (or if you have to deal with sales literature, or anything that deals with graphing)

The only other >20 yr old books I have on my shelf that might be worth reading are on indexing languages. They're written for library science folks, not comp sci, so the jargon and obsessive cross references takes a little getting used to:

(I also have some really old database books, but I don't know that I'd recommend them ... and older langauges (PC LOGO, FORTRAN, but they're only useful if you're working in the language)

Update: for those not familiar with Huff's book, although the title sounds like its intent is to be deceptive, and can be used that way, it also make a number of suggestions about how to convey information that won't be misinterpreted, and things to look for that might suggest that the data is suspect

In reply to Re: YAC (Yet Another Challenge): Oldest Useful Computer Text by jhourcle
in thread YAC (Yet Another Challenge): Oldest Useful Computer Text by hsmyers

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