A working library is an exploration of—and advocate for—All books by new riders
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Clout
Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones clearly and (perhaps not surprisingly) persuasively explains how to create content that not only informs, but influences. She discusses what makes for influential content, as well as how to go about the potentially daunting process of producing it and evaluating its success. Even as someone fairly well-versed in the art of rhetoric, I learned a few things. And the general approach—considering and measuring your content’s impact—is one we should all have at the ready.
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Designing with Web Standards
Ethan Marcotte, Jeffrey Zeldman
The king of web standards returns for a third edition, this time with the addition of the talented Ethan Marcotte. Required reading.
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Content Strategy for the Web
Kristina Halvorson
The book on the new(ish) field of content strategy, or, how we’re going to save the web. Required reading for anyone interested in how words can reach their potential now that they are freed from the page.
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Handcrafted CSS
Dan Cederholm, Ethan Marcotte
An excellent, practical overview that demonstrates how to use CSS3 properties today, as well as other methods of “handcrafted” design. The approach blurs the line between design and development in myriad and lovely ways.
