Recommendations
I spend a fair amount of my free time reading up on web-related technologies and listening to music. If I ever come across a particularly well-written book or an album I really like, I’ll endeavour to upload details of it here so you can check it out for yourself.
Just to let you know, all of the links below are Amazon.co.uk Associate links. That means if you end up buying one of the books or albums listed I should get a small referral fee. Enjoy!
Essential Reading
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Beginning Javascript with DOM Scripting and AJAX
Christian Heilmann -
Bulletproof Web Design
Dan Cederholm -
Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Josef Muller-Brockmann -
Making and Breaking the Grid
Timothy Samara -
Managing Humans
Michael Lopp -
Microformats
John Allsop -
Simply Javascript
Kevin Yank & Cameron Adams -
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst -
The Zen of CSS Design
Dave Shea -
Transcending CSS
Andy Clarke -
Web Standards Creativity
Cameron Adams et al. -
Web Standards Solutions
Dan Cederholm
Top Albums
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Alien Ant Farm
ANThology -
Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare -
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not -
Armor For Sleep
What To Do When You Are Dead -
Athlete
Tourist -
Athlete
Vehicles And Animals -
Band Of Gypsys
Band Of Gypsys -
Biffy Clyro
Blackened Sky -
Biffy Clyro
Infinity Land -
Biffy Clyro
Puzzle -
Biffy Clyro
The Vertigo Of Bliss -
Bloc Party
A Weekend In The City -
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm -
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago -
Brand New
Deja Entendu -
Brand New
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me -
Brand New
Your Favorite Weapon -
Cloud Cult
The Meaning Of 8 -
Cloud Cult
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) -
Coldplay
Parachutes -
Coldplay
A Rush Of Blood To The Head -
Coldplay
X & Y -
Cute Is What We Aim For
The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch -
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans -
Death Cab For Cutie
Transatlanticism -
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs -
Elbow
Leaders of the Free World -
Elbow
Asleep In The Back -
Elbow
Cast Of Thousands -
Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid -
Fall Out Boy
From Under The Cork Tree -
Fall Out Boy
Infinity On High -
Fall Out Boy
Take This To Your Grave -
Halifax
A Writer’s Reference -
Hell Is For Heroes
The Neon Handshake -
Imogen Heap
Speak For Yourself -
Incubus
Morning View -
Incubus
Light Grenades -
Jimi Hendrix
Voodoo Child -
Jimmy Eat World
Bleed American -
Jimmy Eat World
Futures -
José González
Veneer -
Justin Timberlake
Justified -
Kasabian
Kasabian -
Manchester Orchestra
I’m Like A Virgin Losing A Child -
Muse
Origin of Symmetry -
Muse
Absolution -
Muse
Black Holes And Revelations -
Muse
Showbiz -
OK Go
Oh No -
Panic At The Disco
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out -
Pinback
Autumn Of The Seraphs -
Pinback
Summer In Abaddon -
Razorlight
Up All Night -
Red Hot Chili Peppers
By The Way -
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stadium Arcadium -
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication -
Run Kid Run
This Is Who We Are -
Scott Matthews
Passing Stranger -
Taking Back Sunday
Louder Now -
Taking Back Sunday
Tell All Your Friends -
Taking Back Sunday
Where You Want To Be -
The Police
Greatest Hits -
The Postal Service
Give Up -
The Weakerthans
Reunion Tour -
The Weakerthans
Left And Leaving -
The Weakerthans
Fallow -
The Weakerthans
Reconstruction Site -
This Providence
This Providence -
Turin Brakes
Dark On Fire -
Turin Brakes
JackInABox -
Turin Brakes
Ether Song -
Turin Brakes
The Optimist LP -
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War Stories
Thomas Wright
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Sam Rayner