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Title: Cool Tools by Kevin Kelly ISBN: 0-9723925-2-1 Publisher: Kevin Kelly Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Cool Tools- The 2004 edition whole earth minilog
Comment: An amazing collection of useful stuff and ideas. From digital gadgets to cultural insights. The comments about the print quality are missing the point. This isn't a design tome, it's a reference guide. A fascinating guide for explorers of life on earth.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not worth the price
Comment: When I initially placed an order for this book, Amazon didn't have a picture of the cover in the listing. I wish it had. A glance at the cover "design" - a quick and dirty job using gradient fillers and puffy metallic text - would have given me an indication of the quality of the book. It's printed on a Docutech, and the quality is about what you might expect from a high-end laser printer (complete with smudges).
That's not the main fault though. I've worked as a print designer for many years and have tackled many printing jobs on a tight budget. I know that it is possible to make a cheaply produced book that still looks good, but that definitely isn't the case here. It's laid out like one of those old-fashioned catalogs with not much thought given to any sort of design considerations.
As for the content...it's okay, but there are any number of websites these days where you can get reviews of "cool stuff". The order is willy-nilly, with only a weak attempt made at categorization (Sculpey, a polymer clay, appears on the same page as a book about Art...ok..) There's no index or table of contents. Actually..this would have made a great web site, but doesn't make for a great book. So I don't recommend this at all. If not for the shipping costs, I would return it. And I will be quite wary of any self-published book sold through Amazon from now on.
Rating: 5
Summary: nice guide to essential stuff
Comment: a really nice guide to some really good stuff to make life a lot easier!! Espically since some of Kelly's better picks made it under the Christmas tree( UPS delivered the book on December 26th--so he must understand our household pretty well)
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Title: Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design by HENRY PETROSKI ISBN: 1400040507 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Bicycle Haiku by Kevin Kelly ISBN: 0972392505 Publisher: Kevin Kelly Pub. Date: 31 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier ISBN: 0387026207 Publisher: Copernicus Books Pub. Date: 28 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Steven Johnson ISBN: 0743241657 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 10 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman ISBN: 0465051359 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 23 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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