What I am reading

Brad Cunningham — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:54:00 GMT

Here is the current line up:

Born on A Blue Day : Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant -I am only a 1/4 of the way into to this book but I am fascinated by it. I actually find myself comparing some of the author's autistic traits to my own behaviors and trying to figure out why I think the way I do. It is a very interesting exploration in the way the mind works and how people think and react. Very Highly recommended.

Designing Interactions - This is a monster of a read. 700 plus pages. It has been a long but interesting read. I am just about finished with it and I have really enjoyed the read. It can be read in chunks which is nice due to it's size. Short interviews with influential designers. This gives a nice way to see what a designer thinks about when creating a new product or interaction. It has given me good ideas to consider when building user interfaces.

Universal Principles of Design - Short sweet and to the point. I really like this book as a reference guide. Some of the principles are obvious but others aren't quite so easy to see. The book takes a design principle and devotes 2 pages to it. A short summary of the principle, a reason why you would use the principle, and a real world example of where to apply it. Then on the other page a visual representation of the principle and an explanation of why the visual represents the principle. This is a highly recommend reference book. Anyone designing user interfaces or user interactions should read this IMO.

Software Creativity 2.0 - This has a been a slow read for me. I haven't read much of it so I don't have much to say on it yet. I have liked what I read but it obviously wasn't as engaging as the other books because it is the last one of the set I pickup to read. Once I catch up on it more I will update my review.

I had this idea for a book review "corner" the other day so this is my first stab at it. I will be adding a new post every once in a while when I have a new set of books to read. Tell me what you think.

Book Reviews

What I am reading