BookofthewebInspiration

Inspiration file

When we roll up our sleeves at the book sprint, we're going to be creating a new kind of book. That means there's no example we can point to and say, "we want this book to look like that. But we are constantly on the lookout for web sites, books, articles, videos and just about anything else that can help inspire our work. This page is the beginning of a collection of sources to inspire our work. Please add more, and note what about that example is inspiring, useful or relevant to this project.

Google's 20 Things I Learned About the Web (http://www.20thingsilearned.com/)

• talking about the web in plain language
• creating a book that can be read in a browser

CommonCraft's RSS in Plain English video (http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english)

• explaining a tech term in a very clear and engaging way

Nick Bilton's I Live in the Future and Here's How it Works (http://www.nickbilton.com/book/)

• taking big picture issues about the future of the web and bringing them down to first-person stories that show how these shifts matter to one person's life

Michael Wesch's The Web is Us/ing Us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE)

• connecting the technologies of the web to its social impact in a very clear and engaging way