"Adaptive Web Design" by Gustafson. This is how the Web _should_ be made. The Network one by Ilya Gregorik. There's just not a lot of other material that cover

"Adaptive Web Design" by Gustafson. This is how the Web _should_ be made. The Network one by Ilya Gregorik. There's just not a lot of other material that covers this and certainly not this thoroughly. This one is probably responsible for me "looking smart in front of others" more than any other book on the list. "100 things every designer should know about people" by Weinschenk (sp?). Actually I take it back: _this_ is the most "look smarter than everyone" book you can read if you work anywhere around the web. Especially if you have to argue with designers. I have a few more, but I'd start with those.