Books

Articles

Outside of work and play (ie, building stuff on the side), much of my learning comes from books and articles! Below are some readings that have shaped how I think about design, product development, human-computer interaction and building more generally:

Inside the Box
Inside the BoxDavid Epstein
The Dream Machine
The Dream MachineM. Mitchell Waldrop
About Face
About FaceAlan Cooper et al
Laws of UX
Laws of UXJon Yablonski
Becoming Steve Jobs
Becoming Steve JobsBrent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli
Build
BuildTony Fadell
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming ProductsNir Eyal
The Lean Startup
The Lean StartupEric Ries
Million Dollar Weekend
Million Dollar WeekendNoah Kagan
The Elements of Style [Illustrated]
The Elements of Style [Illustrated]William Strunk Jr. , E.B. White , Maira Kalman (Illustrator)

Beyond the Machine

Frank Chimero – On creative agency in the age of generative AI.

The Guts of a New Machine

Rob Walker – The story behind the original iPod and what made its design matter.

Interview with Susan Kare

Stanford University, 2000 – The designer behind the original Macintosh icons.

Tokyo 1964: The Emblem, the Posters, the Pictograms and the Film That Changed the Olympics Forever

Typeroom – The design program that defined the visual language of the modern Olympics.

How to Rewild Your Creative Practice

Willa Köerner – On reconnecting with curiosity and instinct in creative work.

Interface

DOC – How interfaces function as translation layers between human intent and technology.

Developing Taste

Emil Kowalski – On taste as a trained instinct, not personal preference.

Limit the number of details

Geoff Teehan – On using fewer details so the ones that remain carry more weight.