Archive for the ‘literature’ Category

Building The Bookcase

Last month I happened upon a website that had a book section which reminded me of when I first launched my site. However during University my casual reading had to take a backseat and in one of my questionable decisions I decided to remove my booklist in favour of other services such as Readernaut.

For a few days after I visited the aforementioned site I could think about nothing else than bringing my bookshelf back to life and I have decided that it’s time to relaunch the bookshelf with all of the books I have found useful in learning web design and design in general.

Why have I brought it back?

It’s all well and good utilising other services such as Readernaut and Shelfari but I like to be able to have more control. Another reason I decided to bring it back is due to the amount of traffic that it used to generate, and the fact that I have now been able to get back into my reading since leaving Uni.

The bookshelfs appearance

Due to the sheer number of books that are on the page I’ve decided to incorporate a navigational filter that will only display books tagged under the category that you have clicked on the navigation. The sections in the navigation are; design, development, layout, motivational and typography.

Any questions?

If you need to ask any questions about the literature listed on my bookshelf then feel free to send me an email and I’ll be more than happy to get back to you. All I ask in return is that if you do decide to purchase the book, after asking for an opinion or whatever, you do so by clicking on the image of the book as they have all been linked up to my Amazon affiliate.

Go and have a look, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Glasgow UX Book Club

The other day I was browsing through random twitter profiles, for people located in and around the Glasgow area, when I happened to land on a person tweeting about a Glasgow UX book club.

UX is an area that I’ve have been reading up on a lot over the past few years. Therefore, when I found out this information I jumped at the chance to register for the next event through their wiki.

If you think this is something that you would be interested in and you are located in or around the Glasgow area, then please feel free to use the Amazon affiliate link, from the UX book club and purchase yourself a copy of this months book, The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman and take part in the discussion.