Category Archives: Books

Summer reading list

I just ordered several books from Amazon for work-related reading over the summer. All of these are highly recommended so hopefully they won’t be too boring. Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design – Jenifer Tidwell Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations – Clay Shirky Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design

Under the Wire

This past weekend I finished reading Under the Wire, a book by William Ash that details his travels from an American drifter to a Spitfire pilot in the British Royal Air Force to an eventual prisoner of war in WWII occupied Europe. Ash was one of the remarkable POWs that spent their entire time in

Blackwood Farm

Tonight I finished reading Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice. It is another book in The Vampire Chronicles and marks my return to her work after a very long hiatius. After her horrible book Violin, I effectively swore off her works for over a decade. I was reluctant to return but at the same time I