7 days ago
Richard Rutter : Top Ten Typefaces Used by Book Design Winners - Splendid list on FontFeed. I loves me a bit of Scala..
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2 month ago
Richard Rutter : The Mighty Book of Boosh: a sneak preview - We didn’t just want to make something that was a record of Boosh humour and jokes, but to create something that anyone, even if they weren’t a fan of the Boosh, particularly creative people, could pick up and think, wow, this is full of goodie
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3 month ago
jonhicks : The Mighty Book of Boosh: a sneak preview - This looks like a must-have. I hope it has a gallery of creamy creamy Baileys art by ol' Greg
Richard Rutter : The Mighty Book of Boosh: a sneak preview - We didn’t just want to make something that was a record of Boosh humour and jokes, but to create something that anyone, even if they weren’t a fan of the Boosh, particularly creative people, could pick up and think, wow, this is full of goodie
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3 month ago
philgyford : Society of the Spectacle (La Société du spectacle) - Guy Debord's film in full on Google Video, with English subtitles.
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3 month ago
philgyford : YouVersion | A Revolutionary Online Bible Reader - All signed-up readers can contribute notes about passages from many different versions of the Bible. Quite complex but usable interface. (via TUAW)
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4 month ago
philgyford : Amazon.co.uk: An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't: Judy Jones, William Wilson: Books - I'm interested in attempts to summarise everything one needs to know and this sounds vaguely promising.
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4 month ago
Andy Baio : Librarian responds to complaint about "Uncle Bobby's Wedding" - incredibly thoughtful and well-reasoned defense of a mildly controversial children's book [via]
philgyford : Myliblog: Uncle Bobby's Wedding - Imagine if every complaint about anything received a reply this thoughtful. (via Kottke)
wearehugh : myliblog: Uncle Bobby's Wedding - librarians can say "fuck you" better than anyone else
Eric Meyer : Uncle Bobby's Wedding - Now that is one fantastic response.
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4 month ago
philgyford : Cool Tool: Best home chemistry lab book - Sounds like fun! In theory. In reality I never used the chemistry set I had as a kid much, so maybe not.
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5 month ago
Richard Rutter : Penguin Design Award - Judging covers for “On the Road” .
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5 month ago
Linkorama : StealThisWiki - Steal This Wiki is a collaborative ground up rewrite based on Abbie Hoffman's seminal work, "Steal This Book". If you're feeling nostalgic, you can download the original book in PDF form.
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5 month ago
Richard Rutter : Detail in Typography - Jost Hochuli’s concise guide to micro-typography considers everything that can happen within a column of text. Want.
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joshua : Introduction to Information Retrieval
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6 month ago
joshua : Introduction to Digital Filters with Audio Applications
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8 month ago
plasticbag : Stefanie Posavec “On the Map” - Absolutely fascinating book of what appear to be map-like visualisations of literary themes, books, sentence lengths and the like. I'm trying desperately to find out where to get my hands on it. Any ideas?
philgyford : Stefanie Posavec “On the Map” (NOTCOT) - Amazing infographic-like diagrams all based on Kerouac's 'On the Road'. Obsessively beautiful. (via Orlando's Ffffound)
jonhicks : Stefanie Posavec “On the Map” - Stefanie's work is incredible - a must see!
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8 month ago
philgyford : Daf Yomi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "... a daily regimen undertaken to study the Babylonian Talmud one folio (a daf consists of both sides of the page) each day." Would take 7.5 years. (via Haddock)
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8 month ago
Richard Rutter : Utterly fantastic book of the alphabet - Supremely clever and beautiful. To be published Oct 08.
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Linkorama : Predictably / Irrational - When we make decisions we think we're in control, making rational choices. But are we? Entertaining and surprising, Ariely unmasks the subtle but powerful tricks that our minds play on us.
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philgyford : The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Rails for PHP Developers - Sounds ideal for when I eventually get round to Ruby on Rails. (via Haddock)
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10 month ago
wearehugh : Touch the Invisible Sky: Exploring the Cosmos in Braille
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12 month ago
nelson : Chef Charlie's book - Google's amazing chef has a book coming out
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13 month ago
nelson : My book to help America - Charming kids WWII book showing a different era of war
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13 month ago
philgyford : Johnaugust.com » The Hollywood Standard - Recommendation of a book about the technical aspects of writing a film script, how to lay it out, etc. With a few caveats.
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13 month ago
philgyford : Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert | Excerpt - "Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had presumed." "Happiness is not really what or where we thought it was." (via Haddock)
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13 month ago
philgyford : Amazon.co.uk: What Do I Do When I Want to Do Everything?: A Revolutionary Programme for Doing Everything That You Love: Books: Barbara Sher - The idea of self-help books makes me cringe, but this does sound intriguing... (via Oliver Burkeman in the Guardian)
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13 month ago
philgyford : Amazon.co.uk: One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success: Books: Marci Alboher - Also sounds cringeworthy (like most self-help books) but possibly ideal. (via Oliver Burkeman in the Guardian)
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