Not gonna write a detailed post about it, just go here to download it and try it yourself. Also check out this great article on nettuts to learn more about it.

And here is a list of some shortcuts that you can use within the editor.

Have fun!

They are awesome enough to let you read it for free here.

The perfect instructions on how to build an awesome webapp that people will want to use, and pay for.

The philosophy of this book is simple but powerful, and it all revolves around this: Less is more.

Less provides:

• Better webapp
• Happier Customers
• Easier maintenance and support
• More productivity
• Bigger profits

37signals have used this thinking on all their webbapps, and they are the perfect example of this philosophy in action.

Can’t recommend this book enough.

Ever wanted to know what it is that makes comics so amazing? How they work? Or maybe you just want to get better att communicating ideas and stories? Not only in comics but in any medium?

Then read this book.

It’s brilliant and Scott did a great job with it. The book is a comic itself, and he uses it in a way which makes it very engaging and easy to understand.

Many of the principles he talks about can be applied in other areas as well. So it’s not just a book for people who work with comics, but for anyone doing art work.

Why did I read it?

Apart from liking comics and wanting to understand what goes on in the background, I read it because I wanted to improve how I think and work with art.

Mission accomplished?

Yes. Recommend it for anyone doing creative crafts. It really improves how you think about communicating your ideas.

Favorite parts:

The chapter about closure. How when we observe parts of something, we percieve the whole. In comics that happens between panels, we see two different pictures and automatically percieves what happened between them, and everyone percieves it differently. Using another medium, movies for example, closure happens when you shift the camera away from the subjects/scene and let’s the viewer get closure through the sounds or shadows.

Really interesting book.

Read it here for free!

A short guide to html5. It covers only the most useful stuff and skips the fluff. It has great explanations and examples, which makes it very easy to get an overview of HTML5 and how to use it.

If someone wants to read/learn about HTML5, this is the book I would recommend to them.

I just love it because it is so short and cuts to the chase.

Why did I read it?

After reading Hardboiled Web Design, which had a great section about HTML5, I wanted to check out some other books to see what other authors are saying and what they use it for.

Mission accomplished?

Yes. It gives great explanations and examples HTML5, as well as how to deal with compatibility issues.

Favorite part:

The whole book was good. Probably because it was so short and no fluff, just straight up great stuff all the way through.

This book has two main topics:

1. The “hardboiled” way of thinking, how we should think as web designers, and how we should approach our work.
2. New technologies like HTML5, CSS3, various useful scripts and tools, and how he uses this stuff to create awesome websites.

An example of a hardboiled way of thinking is work from the top down, instead of the down up. That websites should not look the same in every browser, but instead be crafted specifically for the browsers capabilities.

“Some people say that websites must look the same in every browser. To hell
with that. This attitude makes many of us think that we can’t make use of new
and emerging technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 today, and we have to wait
for some day in the future when all browsers support the same technologies
the same way at the same time! It ain’t gonna happen. It’s best that we, and the
people we work for, learn to live with that reality and move on.”

He then goes on to show a lot of the new HTML5 and CSS3 stuff with great examples and tips, and how to use various tools like Modernizr to design specifically for each browsers capabilities.

Great stuff, and there is a lot more of these kind of mindsets and technologies that you can implement in your work immediately.

Why did I read it?

I want to learn more about HTML5, CSS3, and how people like Andy Clarke use it in their work.

Mission accomplished?

Yes. It was very good. Highly recommend it for anyone wanting to implement HTML5 and CSS3 in their work. It also made me implement stuff like Modernizr in my work, which is really great.

Favorite part

There was a lot of good stuff in this book. But if I have to pick something, it’s gonna be the part about the mindset of designing from the top down rather than from the down up.

This book basically covers the transition from the old and inefficient uses of tables and inline styling, to a more standard and better way to create websites.

The main points is all about designing for a web standard, using semantic html structure, replacing inline styling with well thought out CSS in a separate stylesheet, as well as designing with accessibility in mind. .

It’s mainly for beginners (and for the few people still stuck in the world of tables and inline styling), and I would advice against any experienced designers/developers to read it unless you want to recap some basics (or read about the html/css history, which there was A LOT of, and felt like 2/3 of the book).

Otherwise, save some time by searching for more comprehensive articles and screecasts about these subjects online.

So, Why did I read it?

Having basically only read online articles about these subjects, I just wanted to see if there was anything I had missed or could improve upon.

Mission accomplished?

Well, I guess? I did actually get a few things out of the book, but it wasn’t really worth the time it took to sit down and read it.

Favorite parts:

The few parts where there was actually code and examples to look at.

This book covers basically everything you need to know about using and working with wordpress. It’s mostly geared towards beginners, but is still incredible useful for anyone already familiar with wordpress.

Why did I read it?

I simply wanted to expand my knowledge and understand everything there is to understand about wordpress.

Mission accomplished?

Yes. It was a very good book and did indeed explain most of the things you need to know about wordpress. The book combined with their website www.digwp.com has been very useful for me. Even though I had used wordpress for a long time before readin this book, I still got a lot out of it.

Favorite parts:

It’s filled with code snippets and tips. So apart from using the book to understand how wordpress works, you can use it as a reference for all kinds of useful stuff you can just copy/paste.