Helpful books
This is a little collection of books that I've found helpful over the past few years, ranging from design to development to business to fiction.
Ruby/Rails
* The Well-Grounded Rubyist: David A. Black: Books”) – Great second programming book. * Agile Web Development with Rails: Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson: Books”) * Metaprogramming Ruby: Paolo Perrotta: Books”) * Learn to Program (9781934356364): Chris Pine: Books”) – Great first programming book. * Design Patterns in Ruby: Russ Olsen: Books”)
Drupal
* Using Drupal: Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Nathan Haug, Jeff Eaton, James Walker, Jeff Robbins: Books”) – Great first Drupal book. * Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization: Benjamin Finklea: Books”) – Great general SEO book with heavy Drupal focus. * Pro Drupal Development: John K. VanDyk: Books”)
General Front End Development / Design / Usability
* CSS: the Missing Manual: David Sawyer McFarland: Books”) * Jquery Cookbook (9780596159771): Cody Lindley: Books”) * Don't Make Me Think!: Steve Krug: Books”) * Web Design for ROI: Lance Loveday, Sandra Niehaus: Books”) * The Design of Everyday Things: Donald A. Norman: Books”)
General Back End Development / Databases
* Learning SQL: Alan Beaulieu: Books”) * Beginning Database Design: Clare Churcher: Books”)
iPhone / Cocoa
* Cocoa Programming for OS X Programming for Mac® OS X (3rd Edition) (9780321503619): Aaron Pablo Hillegass: Books”) * iPhone SDK Development (9781934356258): Bill Dudney, Christopher Adamson: Books”)
General Business / Startup Culture
* Founders At Work (9781430210788): Jessica Livingston: Books”) * Tribes: Seth Godin: Books”) * Linchpin: Seth Godin: Books”) * Blink: Malcolm Gladwell: Books”)