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Sam Ryan

I’m a principal product designer working on the Kindle reader experience. I like working with people to make friendly, accessible, and successful software projects. You can read a bit about my work here. My educational background is in history and information management.

Reading list

Since 2009, I’ve been keeping a list of all the books I read, and occasionally posting highlights, short reviews, and summaries of them. Here’s this year’s list. Here’s the overview page.

These are the last six books I finished:

Where the Axe is Buried
Ray Nayler
★★★☆☆
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
Erik Spiekermann
★★☆☆☆
A Shadow in Summer
Daniel Abraham
★★★☆☆
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
★★★★☆
The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier
★★★☆☆
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
★★★☆☆