I didn't have this hard a time -- Why Computer Books Suck -- but it's not far off.
NNGroup and Me : A Tale of Two Tickets illustrates that sometimes user-centered isn't as important as customer-centered.
I cannot stop listening to Le Phare and Rue Des Cascades by Yann Tiersen , who did the Amelie soundtrack. extraordinary.
Bruce sends me Typography of the Bauhaus. It's the second time in 24 hours Bauhaus has come up-- maybe ti's time to crack open From Bauhaus to Our Houseagain.
Universal Usability in Practice is a nice cheatsheet for figuring out how to design for different user types.
According to WebWord.com Weblog Posting I am a Userati with some Connections. I don't fully understand the measuring system, but I'm happy to be there. Like my dear friend Noel, I consider myself a half IA/ half usability specialist, though I concentrate on IA in my writings because it seems to have enough champions and is a much more formed mature profession.
This list does blur the IA/Usability distinction though even further-- maybe we need to add user-centered writers, designers and programmers to the list?