PowerPoint Remix

Edward R. Tufte’s “The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint” Presented in the Form of a PowerPoint Presentation Overview PowerPoint is standard.…..

web publishing is also typography (The Elements of Typographic Style)

As I noted previously, rillian sent me a copy of The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst. It’s an…

book connections: death and life, future of ideas, elements of typography

Last week, I began reading The Death and Life of Great American Cities. It’s a powerful tirade against the vision…

0wnz0red

Salon.com: “0wnz0red” by Cory Doctorow. “Programmers who hack their own bodies don’t need exercise and never get sick: A new…

My Books

Introducing Aaron Swartz: Books, a section of my website with books I’ve read and their reviews. I’ve been looking for…

EarthWeb by Marc Stiegler

Marc Stiegler’s Earthweb (price check, Amazon) is an answer to his last final exam question in the form of a…

Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card

Ender’s Shadow (price check, Amazon) (the author wanted it to be called Urchin) was a wonderful book to read. I’d…

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

“They say we can’t visualize total nothing. Hell, sit at any committee meeting!” - Kent Lansing in The FountainheadI spent…

Aaron Swartz (me@aaronsw.com)