I’m making the pilgrimage to the west cost for Wordcamp 2009 San Francisco. There’s a couple speakers that I’m excited about hearing. Foremost Tara Hunt from Citizen Agency. They’re a totally cool consulting firm in S.F and I think she’ll have a lot of interesting things to say. There are some panelists speaking that I’m curious but not optimistic about. I’m sure they’re all successful, and have been able to use Wordpress to leverage a readership – but I’m just not sure what I can learn from LOLCats in business terms. BUT I’m prepared to eat my words.
I will be holding down one of the spots at the Genius Bar for an hour. I plan to be humbled quickly – but hopefully I might learn a few things and pick up some new tricks.
Post Wordcamp I’ll be spending a few days in sunny Santa Cruz, hopefully get a chance to drown myself on a trainer surfboard and eat some good food.
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Book One: Work, 1986-2006 by Chip Kidd
Trek: David Carson, Recent Werk by David Carson
The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson by Lewis Blackwell
Hand Job: A Catalog of Type by Michael Perry
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara