🔗 Why I read technical books

I suppose the original reason is that when I first got started with computing in the mid-1990s, Internet access was not yet common in the home. Books were the only resource available to me. Buying (or checking out) a book became my default method of picking up a new topic.

Even now that most information can be pieced together from free online resources, I still prefer reading technical books over other types of resources to learn new subjects. Here’s some reasons why.