A book for the technical typographer
There seems to be a divide between the worlds on traditional and digital typography. If you're interested in the former, you'll read Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style. There are a couple of approaches to computer typography. You...
Tags: books · encoding · fonts · o'reilly · yannis haralambous
Posted by Daniel Stout on October 8, 2007 10:36 PM · Permalink
I ♥ Houellebecq
Tonight I started reading Michel Houellebecq's third novel Platform, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Houellebecq is by far my favorite writer of the past few years. His perceptions on society, discourse, alienation and sex are compelling, dense and deeply...
Tags: books · michel houellebecq · novels · platform · the elementary particles · whatever
Posted by Daniel Stout on July 16, 2007 10:35 PM · Permalink
An O’Reilly book on SUSE Linux? Indeed!
There are a variety of books out there for SUSE Linux, but it's only just now that legendary tech publisher O'Reilly has chimed in with a title of its own. SUSE Linux: A Complete Guide to Novell's Community Distribution...
Tags: books · chris brown · linux · o'reilly · suse · suse linux
Posted by Daniel Stout on July 25, 2006 6:56 AM · Permalink
The Future of Books
Interesting, longer article in the New York Times yesterday on the future of the printed word and how vast digital repositories will change things forever. The article, entitled Scan This Book!, was written by Kevin Kelly of Wired magazine. Books...
Tags: books · copyright · future of books · kevin kelly · libraries · long tail · nytimes
Posted by Daniel Stout on May 15, 2006 6:12 AM · Permalink
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