Ask HN: Books/Media about the creation of a product I'm really fond of book and medias about the creation of a product here are some of my favorites one: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJYsA1jXf60 (docu series on the creation of the xbox, by microsoft) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdyb-RWNKo (precursor of the modern smartphone, still not watched this one but look interesting) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw ( the springboard smartphone history) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLEW1c-69c (Half life documentary, various video game documentaries are available on the noclip channel and they go with a a good amount of depth) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihkRwArnc1k (AN incredible series on japan electronic industry, not a single product per se but lot of seminal products are introduced) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O00Jz8R04 (Iphone history) - Master of doom (classic book on ID software, the last entries of abrash black art book on Quake creation are a lot of fun too) - https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/video-games/making-crash/ great article series on the creation of the crash bandicoot and its tech challenge - The Future was here – The Commodore Amiga (book on the Amiga computer creation, with lot of technical yet manageable details) All in all ressources that include a good mix of technical details and compelling narrative would be great. |