So I want to take this opportunity to offer some liberating words to those of you who claim you don’t have the attention span or the time or the interest to finish a book: Fuck finishing. Start and see where…
Category Archives Bookshelf
Where it Takes You
9/21/2007 – 9:53 am
A Long Way Gone
7/11/2007 – 10:00 am
Growing up in the safe confines of the middle-class womb here in the U.S., it is easy to lose sight of the larger world around me. While I count myself a student of history and a constant consumer of information,…
Design and Web Books
2/14/2006 – 10:03 am
While I don’t have much time to actively participate in the Designers in House List, to which I subscribe, I enjoy reading many of the threads. One recent thread from a while back, titled “Your favourite web design book” served as…
Color Index
11/23/2004 – 1:44 pm
One of the greatest things about sharing a love of design with Sarah, is the fact that we share various books, sites and creative inspiration on a daily basis. She was kind enough to get me Color Index for my birthday,…
Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
11/23/2004 – 1:44 pm
Leatrice Eiseman has put together a beautiful guide to color usage that is useful to designers and non-designers alike. While it discusses color theory and the connotations of specific colors, I find its strength lies in the color combinations and…
Dynamic HTML
11/14/2004 – 2:06 pm
A great companion to the HTML Stylesheet Sourcebook, Dynamic HTML from O’Reilly fills in a lot of the gaps, especially in the areas of the DOM and JavaScript. This book is ideal for developers who are already comfortable with HTML…
HTML Stylesheet Sourcebook
11/14/2004 – 1:48 pm
This is one of the oldest books on my development bookshelf that is still useful. I picked up the HTML Stylesheet Sourcebook in 1997 with the intent of learning the new fangled concept of Cascading Style Sheets and DHTML. While…
My Development Bookshelf
11/14/2004 – 1:40 pm
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…