A working library is an exploration of—and advocate for—On reading
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A web designed for reading
My thoughts on the new Readability.
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Ways of reading
Things I’ve learned about the act of reading.
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Three definitions of “reader”
How the name of a thing can guide you towards its use.
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Some thoughts on the anthology
A suggestion that reading distractedly sometimes has its merits.
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On advertising
Let’s pretend, for a moment, that the reading experience on the web is dependent upon an advertising economy.
On publishing
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Markup
Why editors need to know HTML; part two in a series of articles that expand upon my essay in Issue No. 1 of Contents.
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Represent
The first in a series of articles that expand upon my essay in Issue No. 1 of Contents.
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Change
On the occasion of the release of the fourth book from A Book Apart.
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On the news
How we read is breaking ranks with how the news is made.
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Three
On building a publishing house, and loving great content.
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The company of others
On the release of A Book Apart’s second title, CSS3 for Web Designers from the inimitable Dan Cederholm.
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On audience
More on the new publishing, and how A Book Apart is older than it seems.
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Announcing A Book Apart
A new publishing venture from the people who bring you A List Apart and An Event Apart.
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By any other name
A meditation on how the name of a text prefigures its form.
On design
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Good design is long lasting
On Dieter Rams, and how long is long enough.
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The form of the book
A call for book designers to migrate to the screen.
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By design
By design, a text makes a statement as to how it should be read—or if it should be read at all.
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Unreadable?
A response to Joe Clark’s article in Scroll Magazine on reading long on the web.
