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I've been writing stuff here since 2000, and there's so much I've made a couple of actual books out of it—yes, made out of paper and ink!—which you can buy, take on the bus, hold in your hand, read in the bus, and throw at your boss.

Joel on Software contains 45 articles (362 pages) of the best articles from this website, from the early rants about hit-and-run management to the 2004 classic "How Microsoft Lost the API War," with everything in between. (See the table of contents.) Buy it at Amazon.com or at a bookstore near you today!

“... the heft of this actual, physical book is very pleasant. I plan to display it prominently in my cube but for now I am carrying it with me like a schoolboy. ” — C. Patton

User Interface Design for Programmers is a concise and logical introduction to UI design for geeks. It's based on the online book but it's longer, with about 50% all-new material that isn't available online. Buy it at Amazon.com or at a bookstore near you today!

“My family kept asking me how I could possibly be laughing so much at a book on programming.” — Eli Courtwright

My new book is here! Apress has just published a new collection of 36 essays from Joel on Software, aptly named More Joel on Software. Get yours today! Available from Amazon.com or wherever fine cheese is sold.

About the Author: I’m your host, Joel Spolsky, a software developer in New York City. Since 2000, I've been writing about software development, management, business, and the Internet on this site. For my day job, I run Fog Creek Software, makers of FogBugz—the smart bug tracking software with the stupid name, and Fog Creek Copilot—the easiest way to provide remote tech support over the Internet, with nothing to install or configure.

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