An ambitious book focused on giving the reader a worldly view into programming languages. We are reading this together at [Code for America](http://codeforamerica.org/).
" Rethinking the Power of Maps" by Denis Wood is follow up to the "Power of Maps" title. This book is all about taking apart mapping and cartography and looking at the assumptions that are made within a map, and how maps have been used with great power to define and give authority to states. It also, goes into how maps can be taken out of these roles of traditional authority and be use to empower minorities and make positive change.
"Else/Where: Mapping - New Cartographies of Networks and Territories" is by University of Minnesotas very own Janet Abrams and Peter Hall. I have just started this and am very excited about it.
Freakonomics takes a look at many varied topics through the eyes of a journalist and a non-traditional economist. The authors try to answer unlikely questions through narrative analysis as opposed to numbers and graphs. So far, so good; will write more when I finish.
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design is pretty fantastic. I am just getting into it, but am learning a lot. It';s one of those things, where all the things that Jennifer is saying seems so obvious, but it's because she is so right on. The experts always make it look or sound easy. I am hoping this book will help me be more deliberate about the interfaces I get to design, and will probably shape this site a litt.e
