Right this second, there are five books sitting on my desk. I’m not talking about the invisible books stacked up next to my monitor, I’m talking about the books I want you to see the second you walk in my office. They change over time, but right now they are: The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary… more
I’ve had a copy of Edward Tufte’s Visual Display of Quantative Information sitting on my desk for years. It’s one of those rare books you pick up every nine months and just wander about… pure visual eye candy. Tufte’s content strikes such a classic note with me, I remain convinced that’s he’s dead because it’s… more
Floid writes: “CRTs will be truly obsolete in 5 years. Hallelujah.” I’ve got recent strong evidence to back this up. I recently replaced my clunky 17″ Apple CRT monitor with a 17″ flat panel screen. This was my first experience with real time usage of a flat panel monitor and the experience has been exquisite.… more
