Smashing Book 2 Is Coming: Add Your Name To The Book!
Update:(30.01.2011) The Smashing Book 2, with 2.970 names of our readers, is now available in the Smashing Shop.
Update: (30.01.2011) If you are planning to write an article or review of Smashing Book 2, please feel free to use the Smashing Book 2 Media Kit (.zip, 7 Mb). The kit contains images, illustrations and photos that you might find useful for your article. Also, please don’t forget to tweet the link to the review with the hashtag #smbook2, so we can track it and add it to our list of reviews. Your help is sincerely appreciated. Thank you for your time and your efforts, guys!
We’ve got some exciting news: the printed Smashing Book 2 is coming. We will launch pre-orders in January 2011 and will start shipping the book in February 2011. We are just putting the final touches on the brand new book, and we are confident that it will be a valuable, timeless and affordable book for you, our dear readers, and all designers and developers worldwide.
After much difficulty with the first book, we have learned our lessons: Smashing Book 2 will have a much better stitched binding, a hardcover, more pages and a bit larger in size.
Our Readers Deserve Credit
It’s not unusual for authors to dedicate their books to people they care about: loved ones, family or perhaps friends or colleagues. In our case, we would like to dedicate this new book to all of our readers: you. But we don’t want to just do it with a short acknowledgment in the preface. Anyone could do that! We have a slightly better idea.
We would like to print the names of our readers in the book. To do this, we have reserved a double-page on which we will print together all of the names of readers who comment on this article in the shape of the Smashing Magazine logo: ASCII art at its best! If necessary, we will add two more double-pages so that everyone fits.
Leave a Comment and Add Your Name to the Book!
It’s simple: just write a short comment on this post and tell us why you read Smashing Magazine and how we can improve it. You may use your full name or an alias; the length allowed is between 4 and 35 characters. Your name may consist of at most four parts (for example, Patrick Michael Philips or John F. Doe or Alberto de la Cruz). Special characters are allowed. Please note that we will moderate the names, and spammy submissions will not be accepted.
What’s So Different About the New Book?
The Smashing Book 2 will be published in February 2011 and can be pre-ordered at a big discount in January. It will cost $39.90 and will contain 360 pages. It is a real hardbound book (+ free eBook), with sewn binding, a bookmark and four-color printing. Just as we did last time, we will pack it well, too.
Delivery times and shipping are different this time. All orders will be shipped via air mail. The shipping cost will be low and will be the same for every customer, no matter where they are located.
As with our first printed book, The Smashing Book 2 is a collaboration of talented and knowledgeable folks, among them Mike Rundle, Christian Heilmann, Francisco Inchauste, Vivien Anayian, Susan Weinschenk, Alexander Charchar, Matt Ward and others. The book will feature exclusive full-page illustrations for each chapter. Here we’ve got something special for you as well, but more on that next time.
Rules and Guidelines
- How to participate?
Just write a short comment on this post and tell us why you read Smashing Magazine and how we can improve it. - How many names can fit onto the two pages?
Of course, it depends on the length of the names. We expect around 6,000 readers will be able to fit onto the two pages. - How much time do I have to join in?
The deadline is 26th of November 2010, 11:59 PM CET. We do want to make it to the printer on time after all. - Can anyone take part?
Yes, but you’d better hurry: first come, first served. - Are there any restrictions on the names?
The length of the person’s name (both first and last) must be between 4 and 35 characters. It may contain at most three empty characters. Please note that we will moderate the names, and spammy submissions will not be accepted.
Extra Goodie: Exclusive SM Book 2 Poster!
To make participation even more enticing, we are giving away 50 exclusive Smashing Book 2 posters to participants. The winners will be picked randomly from among all users who comment on this post.
We are working very hard to make the Smashing Book 2 an extremely valuable and useful resource for all designers and developers. We hope to meet your expectations with the new book. Please stay tuned for updates. And don’t forget to leave the comment.
Adam Pearson
November 25th, 2010 5:08 amVery much looking forward to this! The first issue was and still is such a vital source, as I am sure this new edition will be.
Muhammad Iqbal
November 25th, 2010 5:12 amSmashing Magazine is one of my favorite site because it’s content has super inspiration for my brain
Alex Radyushin
November 25th, 2010 5:13 amGreat news! My 5 cents. So, why I read Smashing Magazine:
* Allows me to follow latest trends in web design and usability
* Gives me examples of cool css and js implementations
* Has fresh posts
* Quick website
How Smashing Magazine can be improved:
* Some posts have limited depth of research or/and analysis of the subject
* A section similar to “Read More” after each posts would be beneficial
* Profanity config and ordering on comments
Hope this helps!
Matt Fryer
November 25th, 2010 5:14 amI read smashing magazine because it’s way more fun than all the stuff I’m doing in my I.T. Degree!!! Although I love my degree really, Smashing magazine gives me a welcome and interesting break from studying – I would like to see more best practice examples such as when to use html 5 as opposed to xhtml 1.0 and loads more javascript, PHP, Flash tutorials
Gido Carper
November 25th, 2010 5:19 amSmashing magazine is the place to be if you want to get new Ideas and be up to date with the rest of the world!
Conrad Edward Mucklar
November 25th, 2010 5:20 amInteresting, Informative, Intuitive, Imaginative, Impressive, Inspiring….
Some more articles on 3D & upcoming technology/software….would be pretty cool….
Nonetheless you guys rock….Keep up the good work…We are hooked regardless…:)
Annegien Bruins Slot
November 25th, 2010 5:25 amAwesome! Can’t wait for the new book to arrive!
Jurriaan Roelofs
November 25th, 2010 5:29 amThanks for this oppurtunity.
Why I love Smashing & Noupe mag:
*Awesome inspirational articles that visualize webtrends
*Insightful technical articles that spread knowledge about the science of design and typography
*Socializing community articles that remind us of the importance of the world outside our offices
*Freebies. Everyone loves freebies ;)
*Interaction with with readers: comments are not moderated even if they are critical of the articles or this website
What sucks about Smashing (hopefully I was right with my previous point):
*No forum, I would love to see a vBulletin deployment on smashing
*My last book got lost in mail ant took months to deliver
*Not enough attention for Drupal!
Hopefully it is clear that the pros are much more important than my cons, I will order the 2nd book as soon as I spot the pre-order form!
Norman Steger
November 25th, 2010 5:30 amI’m always looking for good references that I can learn from myself and recommend to other designers. Smashing Book is one of them. In my opinion it is the reference with the highest value in modern webdesign out there. And that surely is reason enough for me to buy Smashing Book #2 as well ;)
Great work guys, keep on smashing :D
Volker Bohn
November 25th, 2010 5:32 amCan’t wait for the 2nd one!!
Mike Archer
November 25th, 2010 5:35 amWhy do I read Smashing Magazine online and how can it be improved?
Smashing Magazine is the quintessential online magazine for designers and web developers – fact. Having this invaluable resource at your fingertips is fantastic – the site is full of current, relevant content covering a diverse range of hot design / development topics and acts as a daily source of inspiration. Checking into Smashing Magazine has been part of my daily routine for as long as I can remember. If you don’t already, I’d strongly recommend checking into Smashing Magazine on a daily basis too! :)
How can it be improved?
Maybe Smashing could produce a weekly, (roundup), podcast on the site delivering useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers – #useful :)
Cheers
Mike
Rogie Ruiz
November 25th, 2010 5:35 amIf the first book is a must have, then this one is mandatory! No one must left behind.
Taina
November 25th, 2010 5:42 amHi there!
I love Smashing Magazine, but unfortunately I haven’t had so much time anymore to read all the posts about webdesign, interfaces and UX (my fav subjects).
Since I have been working and an ecommerce and digital marketing consultant, my actual needs right now are for HIRING PROFESSIONALS and search for online softwares and apps. I always use the “search bar” for the later matter, but it’s not so usefull, since I may miss something similar just because it’s written in another word that I may be not familiar with. Anyway, my suggestions are:
1- A freelance job board with a detailed description and if the professional works for jobs in other countries (I’m from Brazil).
2- A “library” of online softwares and applications for a quick search. I don’t think there is anything like this in the web, so it would be a huge help for your desperate reader who’s looking for a mind map feature, for example.
Congrats for your new book. I’ll definitely buy it to support you guys!
Tainá
Taina
November 25th, 2010 5:45 amOh, you could also have an iPad app with all the online content too! I would love to read Smashing Magazine laid down on the couch!
Rotem Elimelech
November 25th, 2010 5:52 amI don’t know what to say just that you’re doing a great job and i’m learning a lot from you ! keep it up :+)
Nor Khasyatillah
November 25th, 2010 5:57 amA book that should be read by all web designers. Great job guys..!
Thomaz Cardoso
November 25th, 2010 6:04 amSmashing Magazine its one of the first pages that I open when I turn on my computer.
It has a lot of amazing stuff, and help’s me in my work.
You’re the best.
Keep on SM =)
Ahmed Hirsi
November 25th, 2010 6:05 amFantastic Website! The equivalent of a pitstop on the route 66 of the internet. Corny but true for me. I agree with the reader above that a forum website would be useful besides that all is great.
thanks for all your dedication, Ill be definitly buying the new book so it’d be great if i could show my “contribution” to this magazine to my friends.
Timothy Carter
November 25th, 2010 6:05 amLove Smashing Magazine, brings out the passion involved in crafting the web
jimjiber
November 25th, 2010 6:08 ambooooooooooooooooook!
i bought the last one but haven’t read it yet – i prefer reading your stuff online but i got the book to pay back a little of what you have given me
Werner Griesel
November 25th, 2010 6:15 amWhat ever will we do without Smashing and its peeps!!!
Sven Korn
November 25th, 2010 6:22 amLoved the first edition and will buy the 2nd one for sure!
Spartan
November 25th, 2010 6:23 amSmashing Magazine has been my best teacher for years now. So thank you and keep up the good work !
Julien Paroche
November 25th, 2010 6:32 amI always have my “printed Smashing Book” with me while I’m working on websites development! Smashing Magazine is a great source of inspiration for me and I like it just the way it is :)
Can’t wait for the 2nd one!
ebrahim shafiei
November 25th, 2010 6:40 amhi this is my work abuat my soul
AlienSKP
November 25th, 2010 6:48 amSmashing Mag’ article revolutionnized my way to develop website ! I LUV U guys !
John Dyer
November 25th, 2010 6:52 amAfter 10 years of web development, SM keeps it interesting for me.
Veronica Chiu
November 25th, 2010 7:02 amSmashing Magazine has become my daily news for me to catch up on the latest tech, design trends in Twitter. I don’t know what I’ll do without this each day!! Don’t even think I’d need to follow other feeds after following Smashing Magazine.
Laurice Arguelles
November 25th, 2010 7:08 ama product of love and collaboration.
Zak Rowling
November 25th, 2010 7:16 amSmashing Magazine fulfills both my love of web design and free stuff.
Manik Rathee
November 25th, 2010 7:24 amI read amazing because if the variety of content. I also love that everything I read here isn’t just regurgitated content from around the web (which is the tactic of most other sites, unfortunately)
It’s just a great all-in-one place to keep up with evolvingweb technologies.
Manik Rathee
November 25th, 2010 7:25 amThanks iPad: amazing = SMASHING
Andrei Daneasa
November 25th, 2010 7:25 amAlready read the first book and can’t wait for the second!
Marlo Simon Noval
November 25th, 2010 7:33 amWhen I came here in Singapore to work as a web designer. The only book I brought here is the SM Book (out of the 10 design books I have), it so damn useful. I even tried presenting it to my boss for decisions and inspirations, and it’s working great. Great work SM! Will definitely buy the second one! :D
Juhani Viitanen
November 25th, 2010 7:45 amNice! :D
Andy Hutchins
November 25th, 2010 8:20 amLoved the first book! Can’t wait for #2 to come out!!
Sam Cush
November 25th, 2010 8:21 amI’d love to see more examples of what NOT to do. However, I don’t like putting down people because I dislike their designs. I’d just like some references so if I notice something wrong or unsatisfactory, I can change it.
Bruno Monteiro
November 25th, 2010 8:27 amSmashing mag is my everyday source for knowledge and leasure!
By being in contact with you guys I keep alive the feeling of competition and also keep me running towards to excellency. Well I spent my days trying… First book was a great help in my advance in webdesign. My name signature in the book issue2? Awesome!!! All the best!
Petr Stehlík
November 25th, 2010 8:50 amSmashing Magazine is a great place to learn and I inspire here almost every time. I am satisfied with all what you do and I don’t want to change anything!
Josh Kennedy
November 25th, 2010 9:05 amSmashing magazine offers clear and simple articles that make me a better designer
Josh Dean
November 25th, 2010 9:09 amI’ve been reading you for the past couple of years. I always look to improve myself as a web developer but also as a web designer. You guys have helped me improve greatly, and I am forever appreciative.
Simone Ferrin Baroni
November 25th, 2010 9:22 amI found Smashingmagazine at its startup years ago, it’s been exciting to see how it’s well developed now. Door to web design.
lorraine
November 25th, 2010 9:26 amFirst book is great, look forward to more of your work. You make great design accessible: inspiration abounds and my own aspirations are raised every time I visit. Keep it up your work is appreciated greatly in this corner of the world. My only complaint? There’s too much great information! Where do I start? I’m a smashing magazine hummingbird.
Jun Macarambon
November 25th, 2010 9:27 amSmashing book is FTW! if you need inspirations and references…. this is the book for you. learning is fun with this book and get your copy to make our web more enjoyable and entertaining. w00t!
Daniel Garcia
November 25th, 2010 9:37 amSmashing Book was a great reference book to go over and be reminded what my design lacked, but what I enjoied the most is the “working with the professionals” section. It gave me very useful tips when I started freelancing. I’d love to see new improved tips or just new approaches to clients as things might have changed.
Thanks Smashing!
- Daniel Garcia
Elizabeth Cepeda
November 25th, 2010 9:41 amI’m an avid reader of SM though I admit I don’t comment as often as I should (I was featured once as well, but my site since has been going through a revamp session) . This is a great idea though, seeing as how SM’s format is a give and take – you guys give us tips, tricks, KNOWLEDGE, and we (try) to give feedback that will help future articles.
Smashing has been my go to source for web design-related media for a good year or so. I didn’t get to purchase the first book around BUT I’m definately pre-ordering this one. Can’t wait for this to be released!
Ben O'Brien Smith
November 25th, 2010 9:47 amI read Smashing Magazine daily for design inspiration, instruction and general enjoying and appreciation. Thanks for such a great resource!
Armanizveers
November 25th, 2010 9:50 amMostly for inspiration and research in a certain field and what design styles would apply. It’s just a great all-in-one place to keep up with evolvingweb technologies.
liked the first book.
Vlad Solodenko
November 25th, 2010 10:08 amI read Smashing Magazine every day!
This is the best website about design that I have ever read.
He is so cute :D
James W Burke
November 25th, 2010 10:14 amThe obvious love for all things web related make Smashing Magazine one of the best web design and development resources out there. They’re one of my most utilized resources and references.
Angelo Schoengruber
November 25th, 2010 10:17 amSmashing Magazine helps me a lot keeping up to date, it makes me work on my bad designing and coding habits by showing me great stuff other people did using proper methods :D
Just love your site!
Kevin Charlie
November 25th, 2010 10:18 amLove Smashing Magazine! Bit of a self-proclaimed geek, I read smashing magazine for design inspiration and in turn apply that to my photography business. Content is always rich with a lot of information; such an immense resource on the web! Thank you.
Pradeep Nayar
November 25th, 2010 10:21 amI read smashing magazine to sanity check my crazy design thoughts. The first book was a step in the right direction. I’m sure the 2nd book would be light years better. Keep binding our community with your thought provoking articles!
Animesh Tripathi
November 25th, 2010 10:23 amSmashing Magazine is the best web dev resource out here!
Kaitlyn Ann Crawford
November 25th, 2010 10:26 amI love Smashing magazine it’s my #1 resource site for anything to do with design!
Gerrit Kopp
November 25th, 2010 10:30 amI already liked the first book for it’s collection of great articles. Looking forward to the next one!
Max Luris Pridanov
November 25th, 2010 10:33 amThis is a great book of the XXI century!
govicinity
November 25th, 2010 10:33 amLove Smashing Mag, and your tweets are very informative and I really enjoy all of the articles you highlight.
Daniel Martínez Álvarez
November 25th, 2010 10:37 amPerfect! I enjoyed the first book I wish you luck in this second book. Hopefully not the last.
Greetings.
Honby Kurniawan
November 25th, 2010 10:51 amSmashing Book #1 was a good reference book for someone who want to know about web design. And it is good to have it for our student here (Indonesia). I hope #2 is presented more than previous one. Good luck for Smashing.
Mariusz Malachowski
November 25th, 2010 10:54 amSmashing Magazine is the only magazine in the world that publishes the latest news from the world of web design. It provides a lot of inspiration for young designers. As well as leading high-quality technical support.
Well done lads!
Kenny Van den Bosch
November 25th, 2010 11:00 amI think smashing magazine is amazing. You’re always providing us with good and interesting articles, which I learned and still learning a lot from. Im also following you guys on Twitter and bought the first book ! You’re giving so much good information that it’s almost impssible to say what you guys should improve. But if I haaaaad to say 1 thing, I would say that you’re always welcome to give some wonderful tutorials.
Big Thumbs up and keep up the good work!
Eveline 'the pro' Smet
November 25th, 2010 11:05 amHow to improve? More showcases!
Why do I read it? you guys rock! Keep on doing what you do..
Stien Feyen
November 25th, 2010 11:07 amLoving smashingmagazine! Check it out every day.
Laurel
November 25th, 2010 11:08 amevery day here too. with coffee.
Paul Sanduleac
November 25th, 2010 11:20 amI learned a lot from Smashing Magazine in the last year. Thank you guys for keeping all the content up.
Petri Hodju
November 25th, 2010 11:38 amThe first book was great! Articles on the site cover broad set of topics both in design and development. Keep up the good work! Looking forward for the #2
Frank Sartorius
November 25th, 2010 11:38 amI really liked the first book and I’m more than sure that I will love the second one! (^-^)
Bastian Gauwitz
November 25th, 2010 11:40 amonce upon a time, i discovered smashing magazine… and it changed my life :)
i would say: keep on writing that damn good content! if i just knew earlier that you guys come from freiburg, i’d love to work for you!
(grüßle aus bad krozingen)
Nicolas Ducharme
November 25th, 2010 11:45 amSince about a year now, Smashing Magazine and is network have been my source of inspiration and my coffee pause stop when I need to chill down. Keep it up!
Angela Laranjeira Costa
November 25th, 2010 11:57 amThe first book was really usefully. I’ cant wait to read the new one!
Dimitar Roustchev
November 25th, 2010 11:58 amWhat I like about the Smashing Magazine? It is not just focused on one aspect of web development & design, but rather covers all the different things, like layouts, typography, seo & optimizations, css & html, javascript and also fantastic inspirations! Same goes for the Smashing Book, I love it.
Sebastian Poreba
November 25th, 2010 12:01 pmFirst book was great, good to hear that next one is coming! Smashing Magazine is the greatest source of inspiration in web. Sometimes I think you could write more often about UI patterns and guidelines, especially bleeding-edge ideas for data input and presentation.
Katie Vecitis
November 25th, 2010 12:02 pmLove smashingmagazine and all of its awesome design articles! Can’t wait for the book!
Nicolas Tombette
November 25th, 2010 12:12 pmSearch and look around best practices, every day, try them and learn by doing!
That’s the way I read the Smashing Book 1. That will be the way I’ll read the Smashing Book 2 ! Thanks a lot.
Henrik Engedal Nissen
November 25th, 2010 12:18 pmI love to get inspiration from Smashing Magazine. There are so many good articles. I would like there to some way you could sign up for all the articles and maybe also a way to sort the subjects you really are interested in.
Andrei Covatariu
November 25th, 2010 12:20 pmYou guys are the great, i tell you! I just love your stories! You are my inspiration! Keep up the good work!
Best regards from Romania!
Kler
November 25th, 2010 12:44 pmI like the graphics, the design, the beautiful typography and voluptuous layouts. In smashingmagazine, I found this. I found nice shapes.
When I read this blog, this is not articles on a website, it is a book that slides before my eyes. I Like smashingmagazine. Simply. Because it’s beautiful.
And, I am seduced every time.
Danijel Beslic
November 25th, 2010 12:56 pmI love Smashing Magazine because of its great articles from which I have learnt so much useful stuff about the things I love – web design :)
ArgentOunce
November 25th, 2010 12:58 pmSmashing Magazine me permitió conocer e implementar la web del primer mundo y del siglo XXI en un país donde hay mucho que hacer al respecto. Directa e indirectamente a raíz de leer SM obtuve los recursos necesarios para incrementar mi nivel y a la vez el de mis compañeros. Gracias por todo, saludos y felicitaciones desde México. =^.^=
Nick Anderegg
November 25th, 2010 1:08 pmSmashing Magazine has the best usability testing articles, WordPress themes, and wallpapers that I have ever seen.
Monique Browne
November 25th, 2010 1:17 pmSmashing Magazine is my home page and the first thing I read every day to get all inspired! love it, cant wait to order the book :)
Jonathan Julian
November 25th, 2010 1:19 pmI love Smashing Magazine because it is the best of design and technology smashed together to create awesomeness. keep doing want you are doing!
Roy van der Werp
November 25th, 2010 1:23 pmSmashing Magazine is just great. The site gives you great ideas and is a really helpfull source for webdesign. I’m really looking forward for the second book!
This action is really fun too :) Just great.
Keep up the good work!
der.emil
November 25th, 2010 1:50 pmI love this site, because in times of informational overstimulation, smashingmag is the only source I need, to make sure to not miss any trend and be inspired and informed regularly!
But I would apreciate it to have the possibility to mark articels as favorites, “read later” etc. and find those articles (sorted and orderd) in my own user account.
Brian Yamasaki
November 25th, 2010 1:51 pmSmashing Magazine is the first place I go to refine my skills and learn the right way to do design, code and test in the modern web and mobile world. Keep up the great work!
Andrei P
November 25th, 2010 2:05 pmI just read this magazine because many things are a source of information for totally different domains, apart from web-design.
Natanael Sinisalo
November 25th, 2010 2:05 pmAwesome to see that you are bringing another book to us!
I read Smashing Magazine because it improves my web and freelancing skills and also keep me updated with new trends from web industry. Keep up the good work!
Tim Marsh
November 25th, 2010 2:07 pmSmashing has given me incredible insight into how I can improve my first iPhone app, improve my websites and how to make them more usable.
And I get all of this for free.
Madness!
Ugo Grandolini
November 25th, 2010 2:22 pmSmashing Magazine the last reading of every day, just to get some great ideas to think of while sleeping!
Adding our names on the next book being one of your innovative ideas, guys how can I dare to tell you how to improve?
Keep going this way ;-)
vervex
November 25th, 2010 3:00 pmSmashing Magazine is THE design resource. I come here for articles, quality, inspiration and info about typography. To make it better, you should consider adding more jquery resources and articles ;)
Michael Lai
November 25th, 2010 3:03 pmThe Smashing Magazine taught me half of the things that I know about design. For a person with no formal training in this profession to be able to work professionally speaks volume about the content and insight of the book.
George Fehr
November 25th, 2010 3:12 pmI really enjoy the high quality of the content put out by Smashing Magazine, including the first Smashing Book!
Melissa Jones
November 25th, 2010 3:19 pmLoving Smashing Magazine. Keep up the outstanding work!
Matt
November 25th, 2010 3:24 pmJ’ai déjà le premier et j’achèterai le deuxième sans hésité !! Merci à vous de nous offrir tout les jours plus de contenus intéressants…
chazzuka
November 25th, 2010 3:24 pmSmashingmagazine the heaven of designers & developers alike, btw curious to see the topics which are in the 2nd book, love the first smashing book.
Alvin Gamboa
November 25th, 2010 3:31 pmSmashing Mag is one of the best resources for web design. I suggest you guys continue focusing on web design only, as this is what you’re known for. Throwing very technical discussions on algorithms and programming might drive people away, as what happened to other websites. Good job SM!
Mirko Cecchin
November 25th, 2010 3:50 pmThe first book was impressive…can’t wait for the new one!! keep smashing the web!
Jonas Myhre Fredin
November 25th, 2010 3:56 pmLove the site! Smashing Magazine, the nr. 1 website for true inspiration. Keep up the good work.
@mfcastellani
November 25th, 2010 4:31 pmHi Guys, Smashing is fantastic, I really don’t know how you can improve something so perfect. Thanks for all.
Koudounis Rafael
November 25th, 2010 4:43 pmI really cant wait for the second book…its like a bible for me ! ! (up the Smashing from Greece)