Do a persons books tell you something about him or her? I’d hope so. Looking at the stack of books that I have next to me on my desk, I realised it shows what I’m aiming for. I wish to be better at what I already do well, I want to build and expand so I’m fluent in related areas. I want to be comfortable that I’m good at my job, as it means a lot to me. So this is my list, my wishes, in no specific order other than what they currently are stacked up as on my desk:
- Card Sorting by Donna Spencer
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton (my review)
- Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski
- The Principles of Successful Freelancing by Miles Burke
- The Principles of Project Management by Meri Williams
- Learning jQuery by Jonothan Chaffer and Karl Swedberg
- and a Mac OS X Snow Leopard disk that’s waiting to get installed…
Titles link to books. Names link to Twitter.
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I’m on Twitter too — @meriwilliams — but it’s still a private account at the moment
Did you enjoy the book or is it waiting to be read?
I have a similar pile on my desk — always good to be stretching to be better, eh?
Oh shi** I was sure I had replied to this already… To answer your question, your book is still waiting to be read. I’m working my way through the pile, even though it keeps getting new books added to it
Hey Eystein – that’s a great reading list you have there. We have a few of those around the office, but will be filling out our library with your recommendations.