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Now Available – Frontend Architecture for Design Systems: A Modern Blueprint for Scalable and Sustainable Websites
Micah Godbolt’s new book “Frontend Architecture for Design Systems: A Modern Blueprint for Scalable and Sustainable Websites” has been published. Imagine what a large-scale web project would look like if frontend development were not treated as an add-on, but as an equal partner with backend development and content strategy. This practical book takes experienced webContinue reading “Now Available – Frontend Architecture for Design Systems: A Modern Blueprint for Scalable and Sustainable Websites”
I Love to See Others in Our Community Developing New and Creative Products
A few months ago I wrote about Corey Davis’s awesome “Word Connect” app available for iOS and Android. Today, I found out that he has published an iBook entitled “Flight – A Multi-Touch Book”. Flight! tells the amazing story of how humans learned to fly. Through the use of pictures, drawings, interactive photos, and video,Continue reading “I Love to See Others in Our Community Developing New and Creative Products”
Free Online Book: Learning JavaScript Design Patterns
Addy Osmani has released an open-source book on JavaScript Design Patterns. Learning JavaScript Design Patterns is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 unported license. It is available for purchase via O’Reilly Media but will remain available for both free online and as a physical (or eBook) purchase for readers wishing to support the project. View the bookContinue reading “Free Online Book: Learning JavaScript Design Patterns”
Book: IBM Domino Designer 9.0 Social Edition
My friend Atushi Sato shared with me information about a new book on IBM Domino Designer 9.0 Social Edition. The book is available in Japanese only. Learn more about the book on the Shuwa System Co. site. Purchase on Amazon (Japan) >
Free Book: Pro Git
Pro Git is the definitive guide for all things Git. The book is free and available in many languages. More >
A Book on IBM Connections: What’s Possible?
One of the major challenges with getting people in organizations to adopt new collaboration tools – or social business technologies – is helping them to understand what their work would look like if they were to shift to the new way of doing things. Often vendors talk about their products through the lens of featuresContinue reading “A Book on IBM Connections: What’s Possible?”
Required reading: Typography in ten minutes
This is a bold claim, but i stand behind it: if you learn and follow these five typography rules, you will be a better typographer than 95% of professional writers and 70% of professional designers. (The rest of this book will raise you to the 99th percentile in both categories.) All it takes is ten minutes—five minutes toContinue reading “Required reading: Typography in ten minutes”
Podcast: Building a career out of LEGO bricks with Warren Elsmore
Warren Elsmore wrote a book! It’s called Brick City and Warren describes it as “a celebration of the worlds’ architecture, recreated solely using the celebrated toy of the century, LEGO bricks.” In our podcast with him, we discussed: Is this an instruction book or an idea book? Who is the target audience? What was theContinue reading “Podcast: Building a career out of LEGO bricks with Warren Elsmore”
Podcast: Opting In – Ed Brill talks about his new book
Today we spoke with Ed Brill (http://edbrill.com), Director of Social Business and Collaboration Solutions at IBM, about his new book. It’s called Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager, and it’s available both on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Opting-In-Lessons-Business-Fortune/dp/0133258939) and directly from IBM Press (http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/store/opting-in-lessons-in-social-business-from-a-fortune-9780133258936). We discussed: Why did you write this book?Continue reading “Podcast: Opting In – Ed Brill talks about his new book”