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Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by Tom MacWright. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit their site and say hello! Interview What Book Changed How You Think About The Internet Or Consumer Technology? The World Beyond Your Head (Matthew Crawford) was a really pivotal read for me. I had ideas about craft and how we interact with technology — I was a big Bret Victor follower — but this book provided the structure for a real philosophy about technology and being embodied. Books that are directly about technology or the internet always annoy me. Most of them are too academic or too pop-nonfiction. This one broke from that mold with its own unique writing style and lots of references and stories that are fresh and relevant. When You Finish a Book That Moves You, What's Your First Instinct? I write a quick review and choose the next book on the list! I'm not really the type to keep reading the same author multiples times in a row, even…

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