Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Not surprisingly, considering my track record with his work, I really enjoyed this collection of Neil Gaiman’s short fiction. Interestingly, the first (A Study in Emerald) and the last (The Monarch of the Glen) … Continue reading
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design Another excellent book. The ideas outlined here would be of benefit to any web application. Small or large, the idea of paring down features to only those “necessary for … Continue reading
Pro JavaScript Design Patterns An excellent book. There are plenty of takeaways from this intense examination of Object Oriented programming in JavaScript. I haven’t worked on a project large enough to really benefit from OO JavaScript in the overall (classes/inheritance, … Continue reading
Pro JavaScript Techniques (Pro) Reading this book I finally understand why I don’t really immediately grasp JQuery code. Resig’s doesn’t use verbs for his function names. Instead of something like getElementsByClass(), he uses something like class(). I like verbs in … Continue reading
Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines. Want a concise encapsulation of issues pertaining to usability and web design? Look no further than this (free) book from usability.gov. This is a thought provoking, easy-to-digest read that should be required reading for … Continue reading
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