Tech Book Face Off: Design Patterns in Ruby Vs. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

I've been in a good book-reading mood lately, so I'm writing up yet another Tech Book Face Off. This time I wanted to dig into some ...

How to Determine if Something is Good

I recently came across an old article entitled How Art Can Be Good by Paul Graham that I had tagged as something of interest, and I decided...

Tech Book Face Off: Envisioning Information Vs. Visual Explanations Vs. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

I came across glowing recommendations for Edward Tufte's books on a number of blogs, and I finally got around to reading them. They'...

How Would You Organize 180 Million Websites?

There are currently about 180 million active websites on the internet. Finding what you need is going to be a challenge. Finding the websit...

Sometimes Low-Tech is Better

I love high-tech gadgets as much as the next guy. I've got my Kindle DX. I've got my iPod Touch. I've got my Nissan Leaf. And I ...