Web Design Books
With todays launch of Sexy Web Design by Elliot Jay Stocks, it got me thinking about web design books in general and how often I make use of them. On my shelf I have several books about web design ranging from a Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours to Actionable Web Analytics, and I read them quite a bit when I first got them as I had bought them for a purpose at the time and although some were better than others, I always had a good read.
After the initial reason that they were bought, I’ve tended to file them away and rarely pick them up afterwards and instead just headed straight for Google to find the answers to any questions when a lot of the time the answers are in the books about two feet away. However, I always seem to feel better knowing I have a book about the subject for some reason, even if I rarely pick it up. I will continue to buy books as I find it really hard to read long articles and papers from a screen and much prefer paper where I can scribble on it and highlight certain areas a lot easier than on the computer. Whoever proposed the “paperless office” was clearly having a laugh!
Are you a big buyer of books and web design books in particular? I can’t see the day when I would stop buying them to be honest, and even thought of a reader such as the Kindle doesn’t appeal to me as I much prefer holding the paper in my hands.
I’ve purchased a copy of Elliot’s book as I’m a big fan of his work and look forward to it arriving in the post, and I’m sure I’ll be back on here in the future to review it before filing it away again!
2 Responses to Web Design Books
Rick Curran says:
March 18, 2009 at 2:35 pm
These are a few books I blogged about before that I think are must-reads:
Graeme says:
March 19, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Some good books in that list, thanks for sharing that list. Like I said, I think I’ll always prefer reading books to reading long text on a computer screen.
