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Influences

I read a lot. I consume books, magazines, weblogs, websites, and more such brainfood at a terrific rate. This combined with the fact that my wife is not only beautiful but an extremely talented writer results in more bookcases than open wall space in our modest home. This selected reading list is intended to highlight some of the influences that have impacted my personal life and more specifically my approach to the web and web design. These are presented in no particular order or preference and will be updated on a regular basis.

  • Everything Reverberates : Thoughts on Design: Chronicle Art Dept
  • Computers As Theatre: Brenda Laurel
  • Film Form: Sergei Eisenstein
  • Art of Human-Computer Interface Design: Brenda Laurel (Editor)
  • Variations on a Theme Park : The New American City and the End of Public Space: Michael Sorkin (Editor)
  • A Natural History of the Senses: Diane Ackerman
  • Why We Buy : The Science of Shopping: Paco Underhill
  • Soak Wash Rinse Spin : Tolleson Design: Steven Tolleson
  • Frog: Form Follows Emotion (Cutting Edge): Fay Sweet
  • MetaDesign: Design from the Word: Fay Sweet
  • Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed: Jakob Nielsen
  • The Society of Mind: Marvin L. Minsky
  • On War: Karl Von Clausewitz
  • Web Content Management: A Collaborative Approach: Russell Nakano
  • The Art of Looking Sideways: Alan Fletcher
  • Web Redesign : Workflow That Works: Kelly Goto
  • Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground: Curt Cloninger
  • The Web Testing Handbook: Steven Splaine, Stefan P. Jaskiel, Alberto Savoia
  • Sagmeister : Made You Look: Peter Hall, Stefan Sagmeister
  • Type in Motion : Innovations in Digital Graphics: Matt Woolman, Jeffrey Bellantoni
  • E-BOOK: ADOBE READER : Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave
  • 90 Days to Launch: Internet Projects on Time and on Budget: Shayne Gilbert
  • Experience Design: Nathan Shedroff
  • The Art and Science of Web Design: Jeffrey Veen
  • Information Anxiety 2: David Sume, Loring Leifer, Richard Saul Wurman
  • Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites: Ashley Friedlein
  • Color Harmony Workbook: A Workbook and Guide to Creative Color Combinations
  • Collaborative Web Development: Strategies and Best Practices for Web Teams: Jessica R. Burdman
  • The Idea of Design: Victor Margolin (Editor), Richard Buchanan (Editor)
  • Don't Make Me Think: Common Sense Approach to Web Usability: Steve Krug, Roger Black
  • Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing (Writing Science): Thierry Bardini
  • War in the Age of Intelligent Machines: Manuel De Landa
  • The Soul of Creativity : Insights into the Creative Process: Tona Pearce Myers (Editor)
  • Burning Man: John Plunkett (Editor), Barbara Traub (Editor), Brad Wieners(Editor), Janelle Brown (Contributor)
  • e-Loyalty: How to Keep Customers Coming Back to Your Website: Ellen Reid Smith
  • The Handbook of Online Marketing Research : Knowing Your Customer Using the Net: Joshua Grossnickle, Oliver Raskin
  • The Art of Innovation : Lessons in Creativity from Ideo, America's Leading Design Firm: Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman, Tom Peters
  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen
  • Clicks and Mortar: David S. Pottruck, Terry Pearce
  • Customers.com: How to Create A Profitable Business Strategy for the Internet & Beyond: Patricia B. Seybold, Ronni Marshak (Contributor)
  • I Am Almost Always Hungry: Cahan Associates
  • Pause : 59 Minutes of Motion Graphics: Peter Hall, Andrea Codrington, Julie Hirschfeld (Compiler), Stefanie Barth (Compiler)
  • Minimal Graphics: The Powerful New Look of Graphic Design: Catharine Fishel
  • Motion Graphics : Graphic Design for Broadcast and Film: Steve Curran
  • Websights: The Future of Business and Design on the Internet: Katherine Nelson (Editor), Steven Henry Madoff, John Maeda
  • Polaroid Transfers : A Complete Visual Guide to Creating Image and Emulsion Transfers: Kathleen Thormod Carr
  • Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer
  • Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends, and Friends into Customers: Seth Godin, Don Peppers
  • The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business As Usual: Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, David Weinberger
  • The Experience Economy: B. Joseph Pine, James H. Gilmore, B. Joseph Pine II
  • Charles and Ray Eames: Pat Kirkham
  • The Age of Spiritual Machines : When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence: Ray Kurzweil
  • Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace: James Joseph O'Donnell
  • The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand: Laura Ries, Al Ries
  • George Nelson: Stanley Abercrombie, Ettore Sottsass
  • Color and Meaning: Art, Science, and Symbolism: John Gage
  • Color and Culture : Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction: John Gage
  • Usability Engineering: Jakob Nielsen
  • The Invisible Computer: Donald A. Norman
  • The Design of Everyday Things: Donald A. Norman
  • Designing Large-Scale Web Sites : A Visual Design Methodology: Darrell Sano
  • Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
  • About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design: Alan Cooper
  • The QuickTime VR Book : Creating Immersive Imaging on Your Desktop: Susan A. Kitchens
  • Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience: Jennifer Fleming, Richard Koman

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