I finished Simon Singh’s The Code Book, an accessible history of cryptography. It was so compelling that it’s the only non-fiction book I’ve managed to read from cover to cover in the past two years.
I found "The Non-Designer's Design Book" is the best primer for beginners. I use its four "CRAP" principles—Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity—to fix common visual errors in slide decks and improve information grouping.
This 2021 reading retrospective organizes fifty-two books by impact, recommending titles that most changed the author's thinking about wealth, habits, mortality, storytelling, and fantasy.
I explored AmazType, a typographic book search engine for Amazon. It visualizes search results by arranging book cover images into the literal characters of the search term, allowing for an interactive and aesthetically unique browsing experience.
The 2022 reading list highlights books that changed the author's thinking on meaning, data, time, habits, leadership, and history, alongside a broad mix of fiction and fantasy.
I share my reviews of seven books I read during a busy blogging break, including the final Harry Potter, Frank Miller’s graphic novels, and John Resig’s Pro JavaScript Techniques, all while balancing a demanding work schedule.