Reading Material
The weather was pretty lousy on Sunday so I had to cancel plans to hike some of the trails in Brown County. Rapidly running out of reading material for this trip and anticipating some long flights later this week, I instead spent the afternoon browsing the local Barnes & Noble. Buying books south of the border is a great deal with the current exchange on the Canadian dollar. The price printed on the jacket is usually close to 50% higher on the Canadian dollar, which is nowhere close to the current rate. So I decided to stock up!
Joel recently linked to his Programmer’s Bookshelf and I noted a few books in there worth picking up (that I didn’t have already). By way of coincidence, the bookstore had a “Computer Classics” display showcasing a number of books from his list. So I snagged a few (20% off!) and now have enough to last me for the trip home.
I was especially excited to find Robin Williams‘ “The Non-Designer’s Design Book”. Anyone reading this site will immediately note my poor design talent and total lack of colour sense. I’ve already finished this book and it has really helped me identify why I prefer certain designs over others. I also understand why I prefer to format reports a certain way (I make a mean report, if I may say so myself) and my newfound knowledge can only help to improve on that.
So if you’re clueless about design like me and need a few pointers on the basics and a good treatment of fonts, I highly recommend this one. Maybe I’ll write up a review of the others once I finish them. That is, if I can find room in my bag to bring them all home!