Everyday Users Books | Summaries & Audio

Faster

by Ankit Fadia • 2013

100 tips for faster devices, smarter email, and a phone that actually saves you time.

4.05

211

💻 Digital Productivity 📱 Tech How-To 🔧 Life Hacks

Faster 88%

100 tips for faster devices, smarter email, and a phone that actually saves you time.

by Ankit Fadia 2013

4.05

211 ratings

💻 Digital Productivity 📱 Tech How-To 🔧 Life Hacks

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web

by Peter Morville • 1998

Why most large websites feel like a maze, and the craft of making them findable.

3.93

4k+

🧱 Information Architecture 🌐 Web Design 💻 User Experience Design

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web Summary

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 87%

Why most large websites feel like a maze, and the craft of making them findable.

by Peter Morville 1998

3.93

4k+ ratings

🧱 Information Architecture 🌐 Web Design 💻 User Experience Design

Information Is Beautiful

by David McCandless • 2001

Concept is the secret: why a simple, clever data drawing can reveal more than a supercomputer.

4.12

4k+

📊 Data Visualization 🎨 Data Art 👁️ Visual Literacy

Information Is Beautiful 87%

Concept is the secret: why a simple, clever data drawing can reveal more than a supercomputer.

by David McCandless 2001

4.12

4k+ ratings

📊 Data Visualization 🎨 Data Art 👁️ Visual Literacy

101 UX Principles

by Will Grant • 2018

A UX field manual: 101 rules to turn a frustrating interface into one users love.

4.10

158

🖥️ User Experience Design 🎛️ Interface Design 🌐 Web Usability

101 UX Principles 87%

A UX field manual: 101 rules to turn a frustrating interface into one users love.

by Will Grant 2018

4.10

158 ratings

🖥️ User Experience Design 🎛️ Interface Design 🌐 Web Usability

Born Digital

by John Palfrey • 2008

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

3.62

1k+

🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity

Born Digital 87%

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

by John Palfrey 2008

3.62

1k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity

Life Skills

by Chicago Tribune • 2012

Fix a leak, fold a fitted sheet, handle a fender-bender: the life guide you never got.

2.79

134

🧭 Adulting Guide 🔧 Home Maintenance 🍽️ Social Etiquette

Life Skills 87%

Fix a leak, fold a fitted sheet, handle a fender-bender: the life guide you never got.

by Chicago Tribune 2012

2.79

134 ratings

🧭 Adulting Guide 🔧 Home Maintenance 🍽️ Social Etiquette

Content Design

by Sarah Richards • 2017

Stop writing, start designing: a research-first way to make content that users actually need.

4.31

734

🗂️ Content Strategy ✍️ Ux Writing 🔍 User Research

Content Design 87%

Stop writing, start designing: a research-first way to make content that users actually need.

by Sarah Richards 2017

4.31

734 ratings

🗂️ Content Strategy ✍️ Ux Writing 🔍 User Research

A Project Guide to UX Design

by Russ Unger • 2009

The methods and documents that carry a UX project from first requirement to final design.

3.87

2k+

🖥️ User Experience Design 🎯 User Centered Design 🔍 User Research Methods

A Project Guide to UX Design 87%

The methods and documents that carry a UX project from first requirement to final design.

by Russ Unger 2009

3.87

2k+ ratings

🖥️ User Experience Design 🎯 User Centered Design 🔍 User Research Methods

Don't Make Me Think

by Steve Krug • 2000

Users scan, guess, never read. The compact guide to websites that work first try.

4.24

31k+

🖥️ Web Usability 📋 Usability Heuristics 🗂️ Information Architecture

Don't Make Me Think 87%

Users scan, guess, never read. The compact guide to websites that work first try.

by Steve Krug 2000

4.24

31k+ ratings

🖥️ Web Usability 📋 Usability Heuristics 🗂️ Information Architecture

The Elements of Content Strategy

by Erin Kissane • 2011

Great web content does not just happen. The discipline, workflow, and standards for planning it.

3.73

2k+

🧩 Content Strategy 📝 Web Writing 🧑‍💻 User-Centered Design

The Elements of Content Strategy Summary

The Elements of Content Strategy 87%

Great web content does not just happen. The discipline, workflow, and standards for planning it.

by Erin Kissane 2011

3.73

2k+ ratings

🧩 Content Strategy 📝 Web Writing 🧑‍💻 User-Centered Design

Context

by Cory Doctorow • 2011

3.66

372

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights

Context 87%

by Cory Doctorow 2011

3.66

372 ratings

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights

Lurking

by Joanne McNeil • 2020

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

3.75

889

🕰️ Internet History 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities

Lurking 86%

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

by Joanne McNeil 2020

3.75

889 ratings

🕰️ Internet History 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities

Google Hacks

by Rael Dornfest • 2003

Hidden syntax, tools, and 800 million Usenet messages: how to find anything with Google.

3.68

301

🔍 Internet Research 🔎 Search Techniques 💻 Hacker Culture

Google Hacks 86%

Hidden syntax, tools, and 800 million Usenet messages: how to find anything with Google.

by Rael Dornfest 2003

3.68

301 ratings

🔍 Internet Research 🔎 Search Techniques 💻 Hacker Culture

The Elements of User Experience

by Jesse James Garrett • 2002

User experience has five layers. Most teams start at the top and wonder why it cracks.

4.01

4k+

🎨 User Experience Design 👤 User-Centered Design 🔄 Design Process

The Elements of User Experience 86%

User experience has five layers. Most teams start at the top and wonder why it cracks.

by Jesse James Garrett 2002

4.01

4k+ ratings

🎨 User Experience Design 👤 User-Centered Design 🔄 Design Process

Everything Is Miscellaneous

by David Weinberger • 2007

Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.

3.74

2k+

📐 Information Architecture 🏷️ Folksonomies 🗂️ Classification Systems

Everything Is Miscellaneous 86%

Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.

by David Weinberger 2007

3.74

2k+ ratings

📐 Information Architecture 🏷️ Folksonomies 🗂️ Classification Systems

OneNote

by Ace McCloud • 2015

Master OneNote's tabs, tags, and sync and never lose another idea to a sticky note again.

2.38

🖥️ Digital Note-Taking 📘 Software Tutorials 📋 Note Organization

OneNote 86%

Master OneNote's tabs, tags, and sync and never lose another idea to a sticky note again.

by Ace McCloud 2015

2.38

8 ratings

🖥️ Digital Note-Taking 📘 Software Tutorials 📋 Note Organization

Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

3.70

2k+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir

Without Their Permission 86%

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

by Alexis Ohanian 2013

3.70

2k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir

Content Strategy for the Web

by Kristina Halvorson • 2012

Everyone demands new web content. Nobody plans for its upkeep. The system that changes that.

4.00

3k+

🧱 Content Strategy ✍️ Web Writing ♻️ Content Lifecycle

Content Strategy for the Web 86%

Everyone demands new web content. Nobody plans for its upkeep. The system that changes that.

by Kristina Halvorson 2012

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧱 Content Strategy ✍️ Web Writing ♻️ Content Lifecycle

X Saves the World

by Jeff Gordinier • 2008

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

3.45

636

👤 Gen X 🎸 Alternative Culture 🌱 Micro-Movements

X Saves the World 86%

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

by Jeff Gordinier 2008

3.45

636 ratings

👤 Gen X 🎸 Alternative Culture 🌱 Micro-Movements

Estéticas liminales

by Valentina Tanni • 2023

What if vaporwave, creepypasta wikis, and liminal spaces are the real heart of contemporary art?

4.32

428

🎨 Digital Aesthetics 🌐 Online Subcultures 📜 Digital Folklore

Estéticas liminales 86%

What if vaporwave, creepypasta wikis, and liminal spaces are the real heart of contemporary art?

by Valentina Tanni 2023

4.32

428 ratings

🎨 Digital Aesthetics 🌐 Online Subcultures 📜 Digital Folklore

Here Comes Everybody

by Clay Shirky • 2008

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

3.78

7k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action

Here Comes Everybody 86%

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

by Clay Shirky 2008

3.78

7k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action

Rocket Surgery Made Easy

by Steve Krug • 2009

Usability testing sounds expensive and complex. A three-person, one-morning method proves it isn't.

4.14

4k+

🧪 Usability Testing 🎨 User Experience Design 👀 User Observation

Rocket Surgery Made Easy 86%

Usability testing sounds expensive and complex. A three-person, one-morning method proves it isn't.

by Steve Krug 2009

4.14

4k+ ratings

🧪 Usability Testing 🎨 User Experience Design 👀 User Observation

Evernote for your Life

by Tyler Collins • 2012

Tags, not folders. Search, not filing. Turn one app into your documents, tasks, and contacts hub.

3.40

580

📱 Productivity Software 🧠 Personal Knowledge Management 🗂️ Digital Organization

Evernote for your Life 86%

Tags, not folders. Search, not filing. Turn one app into your documents, tasks, and contacts hub.

by Tyler Collins 2012

3.40

580 ratings

📱 Productivity Software 🧠 Personal Knowledge Management 🗂️ Digital Organization

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

by Robert Fulghum • 1986

Life's most elusive wisdom is hidden in the rules you mastered by age five.

4.00

25k+

📦 Everyday Wisdom 🤝 Common Decency 🌟 Childlike Wonder

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Summary

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 86%

Life's most elusive wisdom is hidden in the rules you mastered by age five.

by Robert Fulghum 1986

4.00

25k+ ratings

📦 Everyday Wisdom 🤝 Common Decency 🌟 Childlike Wonder

How We Got to Now

by Steven Johnson • 2014

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

4.12

16k+

🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects

How We Got to Now 86%

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

by Steven Johnson 2014

4.12

16k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons

The Anarchist In The Library 86%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons

A World Without "Whom"

by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

3.72

491

📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution

A World Without "Whom" 86%

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

by Emmy J. Favilla 2017

3.72

491 ratings

📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution

Working in Public

by Nadia Eghbal • 2020

Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.

3.92

951

💻 Open Source Software 💰 Creator Economy 👁️ Attention Economics

Working in Public 86%

Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.

by Nadia Eghbal 2020

3.92

951 ratings

💻 Open Source Software 💰 Creator Economy 👁️ Attention Economics

The User Experience Team of One

by Leah Buley • 2013

Win allies, test fast, and ship better products as the solo UX designer: the lightweight methods.

4.19

2k+

📱 User Experience Design 🧑‍💻 Solo Designers 🔍 Guerrilla Research

The User Experience Team of One 86%

Win allies, test fast, and ship better products as the solo UX designer: the lightweight methods.

by Leah Buley 2013

4.19

2k+ ratings

📱 User Experience Design 🧑‍💻 Solo Designers 🔍 Guerrilla Research

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

3.57

6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism

You Are Not a Gadget 86%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism

Dataclysm

by Christian Rudder • 2014

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

3.73

12k+

📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology

Dataclysm 86%

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

by Christian Rudder 2014

3.73

12k+ ratings

📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology

Filterworld

by Kyle Chayka • 2024

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

3.62

5k+

🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy

Filterworld 86%

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

by Kyle Chayka 2024

3.62

5k+ ratings

🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy

The Inner History of Devices

by Sherry Turkle • 2008

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

3.83

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity

The Inner History of Devices 86%

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

by Sherry Turkle 2008

3.83

81 ratings

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity

What Would Apple Do?

by Dirk Beckmann • 2013

The design and business rules Apple uses to dominate industries, and how to steal them.

3.21

📱 Product Design 💻 Technology Business 🧑‍💻 User-Centered Design

What Would Apple Do? 86%

The design and business rules Apple uses to dominate industries, and how to steal them.

by Dirk Beckmann 2013

3.21

43 ratings

📱 Product Design 💻 Technology Business 🧑‍💻 User-Centered Design

The Basics of User Experience Design

by Mads Soegaard • 2018

The one-question test for product success, and the seven factors that answer it.

3.65

193

🧠 Design Thinking ✅ Usability 🔍 User Research

The Basics of User Experience Design Summary

The Basics of User Experience Design 86%

The one-question test for product success, and the seven factors that answer it.

by Mads Soegaard 2018

3.65

193 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking ✅ Usability 🔍 User Research

Paper Prototyping

by Carolyn Snyder • 2003

Paper screens, a colleague at the controls: find the fatal flaws while fixing them is free.

3.78

207

🎨 User Experience Design 🧪 Usability Testing ✂️ Rapid Prototyping

Paper Prototyping 86%

Paper screens, a colleague at the controls: find the fatal flaws while fixing them is free.

by Carolyn Snyder 2003

3.78

207 ratings

🎨 User Experience Design 🧪 Usability Testing ✂️ Rapid Prototyping

Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook

by Michael Linenberger • 2005

The Outlook system that empties your inbox daily and keeps today's real priorities front and center.

4.03

679

📥 Email Productivity 📋 Task Management 🎯 Priority Systems

Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook Summary

Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook 86%

The Outlook system that empties your inbox daily and keeps today's real priorities front and center.

by Michael Linenberger 2005

4.03

679 ratings

📥 Email Productivity 📋 Task Management 🎯 Priority Systems

Evernote App Solution for Time Management

by Micheal Moran • 2014

One app, every scrap of your life: three structures that make any note findable in seconds.

1.00

🛠️ Productivity Tools 🧠 Personal Knowledge Management 💻 Digital Organization

Evernote App Solution for Time Management Summary

Evernote App Solution for Time Management 86%

One app, every scrap of your life: three structures that make any note findable in seconds.

by Micheal Moran 2014

1.00

1 ratings

🛠️ Productivity Tools 🧠 Personal Knowledge Management 💻 Digital Organization

Time Management for System Administrators

by Thomas A. Limoncelli • 2005

Your brain is not a ticketing system. Capture everything, script the rest, and leave at five.

4.21

1k+

🖥️ It Operations 💼 Tech Careers 🛑 Interruption Management

Time Management for System Administrators Summary

Time Management for System Administrators 86%

Your brain is not a ticketing system. Capture everything, script the rest, and leave at five.

by Thomas A. Limoncelli 2005

4.21

1k+ ratings

🖥️ It Operations 💼 Tech Careers 🛑 Interruption Management

The People's Platform

by Astra Taylor • 2012

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

4.04

610

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy

The People's Platform 86%

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

by Astra Taylor 2012

4.04

610 ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy

Digimodernism

by Alan Kirby • 2009

The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.

3.49

🖥️ Digital Culture 📡 Media Theory 🔄 Postmodernism Critique

Digimodernism 86%

The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.

by Alan Kirby 2009

3.49

78 ratings

🖥️ Digital Culture 📡 Media Theory 🔄 Postmodernism Critique

Refactoring UI

by Adam Wathan • 2018

Why developers build ugly interfaces, and the constraint system that fixes them.

4.65

2k+

🎨 UI Design 🧩 Design Systems 📐 Visual Hierarchy

Refactoring UI 86%

Why developers build ugly interfaces, and the constraint system that fixes them.

by Adam Wathan 2018

4.65

2k+ ratings

🎨 UI Design 🧩 Design Systems 📐 Visual Hierarchy

The End of Absence

by Michael Harris • 2014

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

3.63

2k+

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy

The End of Absence 86%

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

by Michael Harris 2014

3.63

2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet

by Pamela Paul • 2021

A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.

3.39

3k+

🌐 Internet Culture 🧠 Attention Economy 📱 Digital Distraction

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 86%

A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.

by Pamela Paul 2021

3.39

3k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Culture 🧠 Attention Economy 📱 Digital Distraction

UX Research

by Brad Nunnally • 2016

What to ask, who to ask, and how to turn their answers into better products.

3.68

263

📐 Product Design 🔍 User Research 🧪 Usability Testing

UX Research 86%

What to ask, who to ask, and how to turn their answers into better products.

by Brad Nunnally 2016

3.68

263 ratings

📐 Product Design 🔍 User Research 🧪 Usability Testing

Evil Plans

by Hugh MacLeod • 2011

Turn your passion into a global career: think like an artist, build like a small brand.

3.92

2k+

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🌐 Internet Business 👤 Personal Branding

Evil Plans 86%

Turn your passion into a global career: think like an artist, build like a small brand.

by Hugh MacLeod 2011

3.92

2k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🌐 Internet Business 👤 Personal Branding

Being Digital

by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995

Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.

3.80

2k+

💻 Digital Transformation 📡 Media Convergence 🎛️ Interface Design

Being Digital 86%

Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.

by Nicholas Negroponte 1995

3.80

2k+ ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 📡 Media Convergence 🎛️ Interface Design

What On Earth Have I Done?

by Robert Fulghum • 1997

Life's biggest questions, answered by lemonade stands, neighbors, and a village in Crete.

4.09

1k+

🧘 Everyday Philosophy 🌼 Ordinary Joys 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

What On Earth Have I Done? 86%

Life's biggest questions, answered by lemonade stands, neighbors, and a village in Crete.

by Robert Fulghum 1997

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧘 Everyday Philosophy 🌼 Ordinary Joys 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Master Evernote

by S.J. Scott • 2014

How to turn Evernote into a life hub: capture everything, find anything, never lose a thought again.

3.65

752

🗂️ Digital Organization ⚙️ Productivity Systems 📝 Note-Taking

Master Evernote 86%

How to turn Evernote into a life hub: capture everything, find anything, never lose a thought again.

by S.J. Scott 2014

3.65

752 ratings

🗂️ Digital Organization ⚙️ Productivity Systems 📝 Note-Taking

Master Getting Things Done the David Allen Way with Evernote

by Dominic Wolff • 2013

Seven days to a working GTD setup in Evernote: the notebooks, tags, and review rhythm.

3.43

229

⚡ Personal Productivity ✅ Task Management 💻 Digital Organization

Master Getting Things Done the David Allen Way with Evernote Summary

Master Getting Things Done the David Allen Way with Evernote 86%

Seven days to a working GTD setup in Evernote: the notebooks, tags, and review rhythm.

by Dominic Wolff 2013

3.43

229 ratings

⚡ Personal Productivity ✅ Task Management 💻 Digital Organization

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