I'd love to pick his brain some day. What did you think of his books, if you've read some of them? His new book is about VR and I'm already looking forward to his angle on it.
Jaron's books? Not my cup of tea. He is smart, and sees the grand sweep of things, while also knowing the pinouts on a 68000 processor chip by memory. I enjoy his broad vision, but not his tendency to get into the little details. It's a bit too much, when someone gives me a big beautiful sausage full of flavor, and then immediately drags me down into the factory to see it made. Let just enjoy this for a bit, alright? :-) Cliff Stoll is kinda the opposite. He is so manic, that all he has is details, and he delivers them in a fascinating way. (I need to go back and read that book again, now that it is 30 years later...)