Robby on Rails: Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2thoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:6c5c74f8-bfa1-4700-a339-e5c5d9eba2b92006-08-29T20:16:00-04:002006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2<p>Earlier this month, I posted the <a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/08/02/knowing-me-knowing-you">first in the series</a> of <strong>Knowing Me, Knowing You</strong>. In this second post, I would like to take you inside the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetargon/tags/office/"><span class="caps">PLANET ARGON</span> office</a>. More specifically… I would like to list all the books that I found on peoples desks. These aren’t books that are sitting on the bookshelves… but books that are sitting within arms reach of the employees at <a href="http://www.planetargon.com"><span class="caps">PLANET ARGON</span></a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.uktv.co.uk/images/standardItem/M/i'm_alan_partridge190.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Here goes with some links to our favorite Independent bookstore, <a href="http://www.powells.com">Powells</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0764526413-3">About Face 2.0</a>, by Alan Cooper</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0262072483-0">Activity-Centered Design</a>, by Geri Gay</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596004109-0">Another Roadside Attraction</a>, by Tom Robbins</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596004109-0"><span class="caps">DNS</span> & Bind Cookbook</a>, by Cricket Liu</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-0321419499-1">Mastering the Requirements Process</a>, Suzanne Robertson</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596007795-1">Mind Hacks</a>, by Tom Stafford</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-1299155081-0">New Utopians a Study of System Design</a>, by Robert Boguslaw</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0977616657">Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion</a>, by Mike Mason</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/64-097451408x-0">Practices of an Agile Developer</a>, by Venkat Subramaniam and Andy Hunt</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0974514055-0">Programming Ruby</a>, by Dave Thomas</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0977616606-0">Rails Recipes</a> , by Chad Fowler</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596006683-0">RT Essentials</a>, by Jesse Vincent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/0262122715">Thoughtful Interaction Design</a>, by Jonas Lowgren</li>
</ul>
<p>Care to take a guess at who is reading what?</p>
<h3>Your Turn</h3>
<p>Take a look around <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/90579543@N00/pool/tags/desk/">your workspace</a>... which books are within arms reach. Right now. :-)</p><p>Earlier this month, I posted the <a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/08/02/knowing-me-knowing-you">first in the series</a> of <strong>Knowing Me, Knowing You</strong>. In this second post, I would like to take you inside the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetargon/tags/office/"><span class="caps">PLANET ARGON</span> office</a>. More specifically… I would like to list all the books that I found on peoples desks. These aren’t books that are sitting on the bookshelves… but books that are sitting within arms reach of the employees at <a href="http://www.planetargon.com"><span class="caps">PLANET ARGON</span></a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.uktv.co.uk/images/standardItem/M/i'm_alan_partridge190.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Here goes with some links to our favorite Independent bookstore, <a href="http://www.powells.com">Powells</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0764526413-3">About Face 2.0</a>, by Alan Cooper</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0262072483-0">Activity-Centered Design</a>, by Geri Gay</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596004109-0">Another Roadside Attraction</a>, by Tom Robbins</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596004109-0"><span class="caps">DNS</span> & Bind Cookbook</a>, by Cricket Liu</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-0321419499-1">Mastering the Requirements Process</a>, Suzanne Robertson</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596007795-1">Mind Hacks</a>, by Tom Stafford</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-1299155081-0">New Utopians a Study of System Design</a>, by Robert Boguslaw</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0977616657">Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion</a>, by Mike Mason</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/64-097451408x-0">Practices of an Agile Developer</a>, by Venkat Subramaniam and Andy Hunt</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0974514055-0">Programming Ruby</a>, by Dave Thomas</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/4-0977616606-0">Rails Recipes</a> , by Chad Fowler</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-0596006683-0">RT Essentials</a>, by Jesse Vincent</li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/0262122715">Thoughtful Interaction Design</a>, by Jonas Lowgren</li>
</ul>
<p>Care to take a guess at who is reading what?</p>
<h3>Your Turn</h3>
<p>Take a look around <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/90579543@N00/pool/tags/desk/">your workspace</a>... which books are within arms reach. Right now. :-)</p>
Robert Treaturn:uuid:2a41c796-bdf2-4be3-b67f-d3d12716cc692006-08-30T15:47:23-04:002006-09-05T22:12:54-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Robert Treat<p>Hmm… looking around the only two books within reach are a book on XML Databases and a book on Java XML Programming. One sits under the monitor for my linux box, the other under the monitor of my windows box :-)</p>Dave Edwardsurn:uuid:c29edb85-2f0e-4c26-898d-783553ca8e762006-08-30T10:23:23-04:002006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Dave Edwards<ul>
<li>The Elements of Style</li>
<li>The Canadian Style</li>
</ul>
<p>A different kind of geeky. ;-)</p>
<p>Dave.<br />
<a href="http://www.pythian.com/blogs/about-log-buffer" rel="nofollow">Log Buffer</a></p>Nathanurn:uuid:a9dff0a3-39dc-491f-b3ec-1ec2476583ad2006-08-30T08:37:41-04:002006-09-05T22:12:50-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Nathan<p>Essential Actionscript 2.0
Linux in a Nutshell
Refactoring – Fowler
Mastering CSS</p>Jon Woodurn:uuid:3fefcbcf-e654-4a37-8b59-a165ebdab92c2006-08-30T07:05:04-04:002006-09-05T22:12:54-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Jon Wood<p>On the shelf just to the left of my head, you can find copies of:</p>
<ul>
<li>The Pragmatic Programmer – Kevin Hunt & Dave Thomas</li>
<li>Flash Application Design Solutions – Cheung & Bryant</li>
<li>CSS Pocket Reference – Eric A. Meyer</li>
<li>Defensive Design for the Web – 37 Signals</li>
</ul>David Riceurn:uuid:600de83e-32c1-4d8b-8174-7b2aaddb2e372006-08-30T05:53:50-04:002006-09-05T22:12:54-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by David Rice<p>Aha! Alan Partridge, possibly one of my more favourite comedians of the <em>awkward comedy</em> style :)</p>
<p>At this very minute I could grab</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Programming Ruby</strong> – Dave Thomas and Co.</li>
<li><strong>Rails Recipes</strong> – Chad Fowler</li>
<li><strong>Ruby for Rails</strong> – David Black</li>
<li><strong>Defensive Design for the Web</strong> – 37 Signals</li>
<li><strong>Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion</strong> – Mike Mason</li>
</ul>Jan Wikholmurn:uuid:d849d8d3-c054-48f1-a8d6-4eb0b7f44b0d2006-08-30T02:12:32-04:002006-09-05T22:12:52-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Jan Wikholm<ul>
<li><em>Enterprise integration with Ruby</em> from the Pragmatic Programmers</li>
<li><em>JavaScript</em> from IT Press</li>
<li><em>XML in a nutshell</em> from O’Reilly</li>
<li><em>Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 – Unleashed</em> from Sams</li>
</ul>Robby Russellurn:uuid:0a0bbd64-f85d-400c-8382-4a4210cf26742006-08-30T01:04:15-04:002006-09-05T22:12:51-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Robby Russell<p>Joe,</p>
<p>It’s Alan Partridge… who is a fictional character from a BBC show in the UK. Google him. :-)</p>Joe Rubyurn:uuid:89cad366-bd05-461b-a22e-1b50e14aa5302006-08-30T00:57:02-04:002006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Joe Ruby<p>Um, who is that a picture of? Kind of looks like Commander Data goes Leisure Suit Larry.</p>Stephen Waitsurn:uuid:f059dc40-e2f9-4d27-b82a-6f0c45129c432006-08-30T00:42:46-04:002006-09-05T22:12:52-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Stephen Waits<p>seriously?</p>Alex Ezellurn:uuid:48b5f4be-6113-4b80-ab3d-6291b2585e222006-08-29T22:32:23-04:002006-09-05T22:12:54-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Alex Ezell<p>Geez, I feel a little like a slacker since I’m supposed to be a web developer and there’s not one web dev book within reach at the moment:</p>
<p><em>Kafka On The Shore</em> by Haruki Murakami</p>
<p><em>Beasts of No Nation</em> by Uzodinma Iweala</p>
<p><em>The Plot Against America</em> by Philip Roth</p>
<p><em>The Town That Forgot How To Breathe</em> by Kenneth J. Harvey</p>Caleb Buxtonurn:uuid:ff6bf5fd-0734-43b5-ae47-ae590e851c522006-08-29T21:35:04-04:002006-09-05T22:12:54-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Caleb Buxton<p><em>Simulacra and Simulation</em> by Jean Baudrillard</p>
<p><em>Emotional Design & The Design of Everyday Things</em> Norman</p>
<p><em>thinking with type</em> Ellen Lupton</p>
<p><em>Japanese Graphics Now</em> Taschen</p>
<p><em>Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun</em> Wess Roberts</p>
<p><em>Of Grammatology</em> Derrida</p>
<p><em>Gonzo Marketing</em> Christopher Locke</p>
<p>And some Adbusters, Domus and Dilbert</p>Jeremy Voorhisurn:uuid:de53c3db-8dd2-4d42-9d50-66bb4c8b8f272006-08-29T20:54:14-04:002006-09-05T22:12:51-04:00Comment on Knowing Me, Knowing You, part 2 by Jeremy Voorhis<ul>
<li><em>Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion</em>, by Mike Mason</li>
<li><em>Essays In Radical Empiricism</em>, by William James</li>
<li><em>Conscientious Objections</em>, by Neil Postman</li>
<li><em>Getting Things Done</em>, by David Allen</li>
</ul>
<p>Not all reference material, I know, but <em>two</em> of them are for a current project.</p>