I've authored four engineering books for O'Reilly & Wiley, covering data visualization, JavaScript & mobile web development. I've also contributed articles & ebooks to Smashing Magazine over the years.
JavaScript & jQuery for Data Analysis and Visualization
Published by O'Reilly / Wrox
A deep dive into building rich, interactive data visualizations in the browser. Written at the moment when data-driven UX was becoming a real discipline, I came away convinced that the best charts tell a story rather than just display data (a lens I still apply today).
An advanced look at JavaScript from the inside out, including an early treatment of Node.js before server-side JavaScript was mainstream. Writing this one changed how I think about language design, performance & the web platform.
Written at the dawn of the mobile era. The fundamentals of building for small screens, including the ergonomic realities most web developers still ignore: touch targets, thumb zones, how the hand actually holds a phone. Industrial design meets digital.
A hands-on guide to CSS3 & HTML5 techniques in the WebKit engine, written when these specs were still being defined and the mobile web was anyone's game.