Of all Steve Jobs’s talents, it was his eye for design which intrigues us the most. If you agree, maybe skip the Walter Isaacson tome and pick up a copy of Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. Ken Kocienda, a software engineer who worked at Apple during the final years of the Steve Jobs era, details what he saw about Jobs’s approach and how the small team created such iconic design. Kocienda spent fifteen years tinkering with UI concepts at Apple, and this book details the challenges that come with such a task at a company that values aesthetics and good design so highly. Any Steve Jobs fan or design nerd will enjoy tearing through this book.
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Huckberry’s Essential Holiday Gift Guide
Unzip your coat and have some mulled wine on the house—you’ve arrived at your final gifting destination: The Holiday Gift Guide. It’s like your friendly neighborhood one-stop holiday shop, except instead of balsa wood ornaments, ours is packed with thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list. Future heirlooms, small-but-significant stocking stuffers, and gear for getting out there (or staying in)—are all right here. There’s no music playing in the background though, so you’ll just have to hum Bing Crosby while you click around instead.
