Readlists
This looks like a really handy service from Readability: gather together a number of related articles from ‘round the web and then you can export them to a reading device of your choice. It’s like Huffduffer for text.
Tags: publishing
The Daily Torygraph
There’s two years(!) of doctored headlines here. Yes, it’s puerile but it’s also very funny (to my puerile sensibilities).
GATHER. A Graphic Novel by Anton Peck — Kickstarter
Anton is a fantastic artist. Therefore, this graphic novel will be fantastic. Therefore, you should back the hell out of it.
Maureen Johnson, THE ADVENTURE OF THE RANDOM HOUSE
There’s a chain of hotels, one of which is in Brighton, called “My Hotel.” I bet they have stories like this one.
The Truth About the East Wind
This is a terrific piece of writing from Robin Sloan, entertaining and cheeky. Plug in headphones, and start reading and scrolling.
The East Wind was about to get a call from an angry star.
ARC 2012: The future is on its way - New Scientist
A new publication from New Scientist dedicated to future thinking. The first issue has articles and stories from Bruce Sterling, Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and Alastair Reynolds.
It’s a bookmark. But it’s also a magazine.
It’s a blog. It’s a bookmark. It’s a magazine.
Markup / from a working library
A superb rallying cry from Mandy on the importance of markup literacy for professionals publishing on the web: writers, journalists, and most importantly, editors.
Jeremy Keith: One Web — Update 2011 - YouTube
My short talk from Aral’s Update conference in Brighton last September. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. If I only I had a handheld mic—then I could’ve done a microphone drop at the end.
The Icon Handbook | The Hickensian | Hicksdesign
Jon gives us a run-through on what to expect from his new book. I’ve had a sneak peek and it looks amazing—I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
inessential.com: The Readable Future
Brent Simmons writes about the desire of regular web users—not just the geeks—to have a comfortable reading experience. Publishers ignore this at their peril.
Babies and the Bathwater | Contents Magazine
Mandy’s inaugural article for Contents Magazine is a wonderful piece of thinking and writing.
Enjoy reading this.
Newsstand Is Promising, Yay! But Enough with Issue-Based Publishing (Global Moxie)
Josh nails it: publishers need to stop thinking in terms of issues:
Publishers and designers have to start thinking about content at a more atomic level, not in aggregated issues. That’s how we already understand news as consumers, and we have to start thinking that way as publishers, too. This is why Flipboard, Instapaper, and other aggregators are so interesting: they give you one container for the whole universe of content, unbound to any one publisher.
The New Value of Text | booktwo.org
A rallying cry from James: since when did we decide that text couldn’t stand by itself without extra layers of “interactive” shininess?
Is the app economy killing online publishers? — Mobile Technology News
An excellent article that examines the supposed benefits of publishing through someone else’s app store instead of the web.
The shape of our future book — Satellite — Craig Mod
Craig has written down his dConstruct talk, the one that completely polarised opinion. Personally, I loved it.
How Responsive Web Design becomes Responsive Web Publishing - AQ » Blog
Some interesting questions (and one or two answers) about how responsive design affects publishing on the web.
SVK - Products - BERG
This comic is the result of a collaboration between Warren Ellis and BERG. It must, therefore, be splendid. I’ve ordered mine.
Post-Artifact Books and Publishing — by Craig Mod
Take some time out to read this. Read all of this. Craig’s thoughts on the nature of publishing today:
Digital’s effect on how we produce, distribute and consume content.
Book of Speed
An online book about website performance by Stoyan Steganov, released into the public domain. Excellent!
Web Typography – The Book
Mark, Richard and Jon are writing a book together (on web typography, of course). It will undoubtedly be excellent.
“Six-Penny Anthems II” - A classic Bearskinrug Article.
Rejoice! For Kevin Cornell’s new book is available to you through the power of print on demand. I’ve ordered mine. And should you.
웹디자이너를 위한 HTML5 - a set on Flickr
A peek behind the scenes of the printing of the Korean version of HTML5 For Web Designers.
Customer Stories: A Book Apart | MailChimp
A wonderfully made video on the story of A Book Apart. Mandy should have her own show.
Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement — Easy Readers
Buy. This. Book.
I mean it.
Push Pop Press: Al Gore’s Our Choice
This looks like a beautiful way to present information, although it seems a real shame that the information is locked to just one class of device.
In Radiolab We Trust
A great way of supporting the best podcast on the planet: a limited set of prints by five designers, illustrators and artists. Grab yours quick before they’re all gone.
Cranking | 43 Folders
I got your work/life balance right here. Merlin means it, man.
I love him.
The Technium: What Books Will Become
Kevin Kelly asks “What is a book?” and provides some thought-provoking answers. There’s some inspiring crystal-ball gazing in here.
A List Apart: Articles: Orbital Content
A great piece about the changing nature of content ownership and distribution. And now I share it with you, validating its central premise.
New Titles in Lending Library! « The Open Library Blog
You can now borrow HTML5 For Web Designers through the Open Library. Nice one, George!
Story Matters
Magazine creators share their experiences of going digital.
A History of the Future in 100 Objects | Mssv
Adrian Hon’s Kickstarter project has already reached its goal. I can’t wait for the podcasting to start.
Publishing Experiences | booktwo.org
I wish I could’ve attended James’s talk at Tools of Change. It sounds like it was great.
Maria Fischer · Portfolio · Traumgedanken
What a brilliant idea! This book on dreams uses physical threads as hyperlinks. The result is a gorgeous object.
The Universal magazine - Google Books
A proto-wikipedia from January 1749.
The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com)
An excellent piece of writing on the fundamental question of the web: Why Wasn’t I Consulted?
No More Sharecropping!
A site dedicated to the principle of homesteading your data.
The 24 Ways Annual 2010 | Five Simple Steps
All of this year's 24Ways articles are available as an £8 book with all the proceeds going to UNICEF.
Walter Benjamin’s Aura: Open Bookmarks and the future eBook | booktwo.org
James Bridle propsed Open Bookmarks during a presentation at Tools of Change in Frankfurt today: "Open Bookmarks is not a thing, it’s a proposal, a flag in the ground. We need to agree on a way of sharing and storing annotations and bookmarks, reading attention data and everything around the book: that aura."
The Do Lectures | Craig Mod
A fantastic talk by Craig Mod on publishing, from this year's Do Lectures. I wish that the audio was available for huffduffing.
Should you build your own home? (Phil Gyford’s website)
Oh, what a lovely metaphor! What's your online home?
HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith available as an EPUB : Threepress Consulting blog
Liza and co. did a fantastic job converting my book. I doff my cap.
HTML5 Pour Les Web Designers – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
Zoot alors! Mon book is high in the iTunes Store Français. Quelle surprise!
Real Editors Ship (Ftrain.com)
Paul Ford sets the record straight on what editors do.
Bobbie Johnson dot org : The shipping news
A response to Tom's "Either you've shipped or you haven't."
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Jonathan Stark's book is available online, in HTML, for free.
jQuery Fundamentals
A free-as-in-beer book on jQuery from Rebecca Murphey, released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.
n+1
A beautiful site for long-form content, also available in dead tree format.
A Practical Guide to Designing with Data
Excellent news: Brian is writing a book.
Designing for the Web: A book by Mark Boulton
Mark's superb book is available in HTML for free. Read it now but be warned: it will only make you want to buy the real deal.
SXSW 2010: Fieldnotes | booktwo.org
James Bridle's lovely notebook for his first visit to South by Southwest.
Books in the Age of the iPad
A detailed look at traditional and digital publishing, considered from the content out.
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA) » Analog IMDB
A medium-zoom view of shifts in publishing.
Olia Lialina. A Vernacular web. Indigenous and Barbarians.
A wonderful trip down memory lane to the amateur web of the 90s.
News week, day 1 (Phil Gyford’s website)
The sad state of online newspapers (the design this time, not the business).
Happy Cog Studios: A Book Apart
Coming soon to a bookshelf near you.
Is modern web design too like print design? (Phil Gyford’s website)
Yes. Yes. YES! "We’ve shaken off the restrictions of the early days, opened up all kinds of technical possibilities, but web design seems less exciting and less experimental than it did fifteen years ago."
JsMag - the magazine for JavaScript developers
There is a magazine for JavaScript. I did not know that.
Cadence & Slang is a book about interaction design. — Kickstarter
If you want to see this book published (and you should), why not pledge a little something to the cause?
Rise of the Tablog → Put Things Off
I think that reports of the death of the blog have been greatly exaggerated but I agree with just about everything written here.
Bookkake — Dirty Books
Best. Appropriate domain name. Ever.
jQuery Enlightenment | by Cody Lindley | 1st Edition | based on jQuery 1.3.2
A $15 PDF book on jQuery from Cody Lindley.
A.P. Cracks Down on Unpaid Use of Articles on Web - NYTimes.com
Foreheadslappingly stupid behaviour from the Associated Press.
Make them Care! - a book by Joshua Porter
Josh is writing another book. Part copywriting manifesto, part psychology handbook, part design manual.
Derek Powazek - Now is a Great Time to Be a Media Maker
Derek weighs in with his view on the current state of publishing. I agree with his conclusion: "There has never been a better time to be making media. There are more tools to help than ever. There are more media consumers and media producers than ever. The world is more literate and media savvy than it’s ever been."
BBC NEWS | Technology | Bruce Sterling - Prophet and loss
I know this sound uncharitable but there's a good chance that the reason why Bruce Sterling's books aren't selling is because he's just not a very good writer. And I say that as a big sci-fi fan. I mean, really... have you read Distraction? I tried ...and failed.
theunbook.com
An approach to releasing community-driven books that is more like software than traditional book publishing. Think versions instead of editions.
Noisy Decent Graphics: All the ephemera that's fit to print *
I had a good browse through "Things Our Friends Have Written On The Internet 2008" at PaperCamp. It's lovely.
End of a snarky era: Gawker shuts down Valleywag | The Social - CNET News
Excellent news: Valleywag is being shut down. If enough people shout "fuck off" together, miracles like this can happen. The web is a better place without Owen Thomas and his bilious spume.
Designing for the Social Web: the Book - Bokardo
Joshua has just finished writing his book. Mazel tov! It's bound to be a good one.
SimonSingh.net
Simon Singh's newest book is released today. Huzzah! It's called Trick or Treatment? and it's all about "alternative" medicine. Somewhere, Ben Goldacre is smiling.
We Tell Stories
Aleks pointed me to this sort-of ARG involving authors in London. Could be good fun.
Pixish: We bring visual artists and publishers together
The latest website from Derek Powazek allows artists and businesses to hook up. Nicely done.
Creating Proprietary Content is Like 'Writing in Sand' | Compiler from Wired.com
Tantek talks about the importance of open media for the longevity of data.
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars
A brilliant summation by David Byrne of the possible business models available to musicians today.
Official Google Blog: Encouraging people to contribute knowledge
Google have a service called Knol on the way. It looks like it's going up against Wikipedia.
The Future of Reading (A Play in Six Acts) [dive into mark]
A superb skewering of Kindle and just about any other attempt to make book distribution digital that involves ludicrously restrictive terms of service (or worse, DRM).
Derek Powazek – The Real Story of JPG Magazine
I just started subscribing to JPG magazine. Now I'm going to cancel my subscription. This is really sad.
HTML Mastery - Semantics, Standards and Styling by Paul Haine
Paul's book will be out in a few weeks. Looks like it'll be a good one.
Five Simple Steps: Designing for the Web
Mark Boulton is self-publishing a PDF book on design. Let the eager anticipation begin.
Coming Soon: Mobile Web Design, The Book (authored by Cameron Moll)
Cameron is writing a book. You know it's going to be good.
CcPublisher 2 - CcWiki
This is a tool for embedding licensing information in files (like MP3s). I'm going to try this out and see how it goes.
Odeo: Create
You can now create podcasts on Odeo. This is going to be huge.
Designing With Web Standards, 2nd Edition
The book that changed how websites are designed is back in a smart new second edition.
Etiquette and the Singularity - Reboot 7
Slides from Ben Hammersley's talk at Reboot 7 in Copenhagen. I can't wait for the MP3.