I need a break. I know this because my Reading List is getting unfeasibly long, which means I haven’t had ‘spare’ time to read. If you’re a web designer or developer and you’re up for some self-directed professional development reading, the following list should prove fruitful. Title: HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real WorldAuthor: Alexis [...]
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elisabeth holdsworth
I’ve been able to launch another new client site, this one for Australian writer Elisabeth Holdsworth. Elisabeth is an essayist and reviewer who has just published her first novel, Those Who Come After. The book is based on and extrapolated from Elisabeth’s own experiences, which she previously covered in an essay that won the inaugural [...]
just my type
Just My Type is, as the cover points out, a book about fonts. More than that, it is a very well-researched and engagingly written account of the still evolving history of type, typography, typefaces and fonts. That it is classified as both Reference and Humour gives you some idea of its approach. It is always [...]
shots
My summer festival of reading continues with Shots by Don Walker, keyboard player formerly with Cold Chisel and more lately with Tex, Don & Charlie. Like Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy, this is part memoir and part autobiography and there is a considerable overlap in the chronology between the two works. Both authors are [...]
