I discovered this book thanks to Valerie Aurora, looking up her website after hearing her speak at SkyCon '07. It's taken me a while to get around to reading it but it was very worthwhile. I would recommend reading Val's review of it, which I linked above and will link …

I discovered `Three cups of tea <http://www.threecupsoftea.com>`__ when an article in OLPC news used it as a comparison against OLPC's goals and the lessons OLPC could/should have learnt from Greg Mortenson's work. This is the story of a man who is building schools in Pakistan …

I heartily recommend this book to anyone who wants to take control of their career, cares about their career, or is unhappy about where they currently are. Change and remarkable careers, like anything else, don't just happen to you, you have to work hard (and have fun!) to make them …

Ship It! is a very pleasant read, presenting a lot of simple but powerful ideas on how to make the software development process run more smoothly. With no unnecessary complexity in both the writing style and the concepts being described, it becomes easy to see how and why the ideas …

I'm interested into learning more about interface design at the moment (still collecting book recommendations!). This book was close-by so I started with it and it works very well as an introduction to the basic concepts (metaphors, affordances, etc) as well as giving real advice on how to design the …