Two books. "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald A. Norman The Design Bible. This book gave me objective ways to explain what would have previously been m

Two books. "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald A. Norman The Design Bible. This book gave me objective ways to explain what would have previously been my "negative opinion". Coming to grips with the reality that bad design is rampant reinforced my growing interest in product design. "PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story" by Dr. Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin The Phenethylamine Bible. As a kid I was fascinated by Shulgin and his work advancing science for all of these genuinely good and positive reasons. I watched politicians with no understanding of science use hype to outlaw all of Shulgin's fascinating chemicals against the recommendations of experts in their relevant fields. Shulgin's work is open source and the 2nd half of PiHKAL was my first exposure to open source code.