As Christmas approaches, Craig Grannell has put together a great list of “the essential books you should be giving to that special web designer or developer in your life.”
Check out the Top 25 Books for Web Designers and Developers.
My X-Mas Book List
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• 1 min read As Christmas approaches, here's a great resource for essential books you should be giving to that special web designer or developer in your life.
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Summarize
Read the linked post and give me the core argument in 5 bullets, then the one idea most worth remembering.
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Make it actionable
Turn this post into a step-by-step checklist I could actually follow this week.
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Draft a LinkedIn post
I just read this post by George Diab and want to share it on LinkedIn. First, interview me about my honest reaction — what stood out, why it matters to me, how it connects to my own work — asking ONE short question at a time and waiting for my answer before the next (about 3 questions, and follow up if an answer opens something up). Once you've heard me out, write a brief LinkedIn post in my voice that shares this as something I read and recommend — NOT something I wrote or did myself. Base it on my answers, keep it to a few tight lines, and close by crediting George Diab and linking to the original (https://georgediab.com/posts/2011/my-x-mas-book-list) so people can read the full post.
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Apply to me
Ask me 3 questions about my situation, then tell me how the ideas in this post apply to me specifically.
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Go deeper
What did this post assume or skip that I should understand? List the open questions and what to read next.
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