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Orwell’s Diaries

July 30, 2008

Starting August 9th, the Orwell Prize will serialize George Orwell’s diary, publishing each entry 70 years to the day after it was originally written. The topics are likely to be wide ranging from day-to-day domestic observations of his chickens to the political thoughts that would inform his best known work. As the diaries span four [...]

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Where Should I Start?

January 9, 2008

As my themeword for 2008 is Explore (other people’s choices are interesting too), I am kicking off a new series: Where Should I Start. The premise is a simple one, ask or answer a question that starts with “If I wanted to [read/listen to/watch/learn about] something where should I start?”
There are so many [...]

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Flapart

October 20, 2005

Flapart provides alternate covers for your books – ideal for reading in public places, or leaving on your coffee table.

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The Taming of the Screw

September 20, 2005

Forbes has a great article entitled The Taming of the Screw which tells of a new redesign of the screw. “The humble screw has changed little in 2,000 years, until a stubborn engineer at Illinois Tool Works came up with a fascinating new twist.” – Very cool! Reminds me of a great book I read [...]

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The Grammar of Ornament

November 24, 2004

I received some excellent books for my birthday this year, including The Grammar of Ornament, a stunning mixture of design knowledge, history and inspiration. The book, first printed in the middle of the 19th century, discusses a wide swath of ornamental styles and design from a wide array of sources and eras, including ancient Byzantinium, [...]

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My Development Bookshelf

November 14, 2004

I have added a new section to the Web Development category titled Bookshelf, which is to hold reviews of the various books that I use in my day-to-day Web development and design projects. Hopefully my thoughts on the books will prove useful to others as they look for the right book(s) for a specific project, [...]

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‘PR’-otaku

April 18, 2003

Some days you run across a resource that is utterly amazing. And while I found this one a good deal after I read William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition, I think I will reread the book alongside Joe Clark’s site: Logging and annotating William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition’.

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The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History

April 16, 2003

Philip Bobbitt

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Pattern Recognition

March 22, 2003

William Gibson

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Ender’s Game

March 21, 2003

Orson Scott Card

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