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The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle
Harvard Perspectives Press (hppress.blogspot.com), 2007
Worth the price; can't wait for the full edition
Worth the price; can't wait for the expanded full version. Thanks for the great info.
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Joomla! A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website
Barrie M. North
Prentice Hall PTR, 2007
Excellent Introduction to Joomla
If you are looking for a well written book about Joomla then this is the one. I read it from cover to cover except for one chapter. Joomla is a very powerful CMS engine, and because of that, the developers of this engine will always struggle to provide a simpler user ...
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Xcode 3 Unleashed
Fritz Anderson
Sams, 2008
The BEST way to get familiar with the Xcode Environment.
As another reviewer so kindly mentioned, this book is not for those new to programming, objective-c, or object oriented development. It is Perfect for those of us with a strong background in development that are looking for a walkthrough of the Xcode development ...
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Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting ...
Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, ...
Esri Press, 2004
Getting to know ArcGIS - Comment on book & training
This book is a superb learning resource. The 180-day evaluation copy of ArcView 9.2 is icing on the cake.
The book takes the reader through a series of 20 lessons covering a number of practical scenarios with each chapter having two to four examples, where the ...
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Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
Jenifer Tidwell
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
More Practical Concepts, Less Psychology
While I don't own a physical copy of this book, I had used an electronic form of it in the course of my studies.
I will first forewarn those who are interested in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that this text does not heavily focus on the science of Psychological ...
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Web Analytics: An Hour a Day
Avinash Kaushik
Sybex, 2007
The only book on Web Analytics you'll ever need
Technologies evolve, but the PROCESS by which we should collect and analyze online data in order to gain solid, actionable insights will remain constant for the foreseeable future.
I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the smartest online marketers in ...
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Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why it Matters
Bill Tancer
Hyperion, 2008
Raw traffic statistics aren't the answer
This is a great book which gets you to think about much more than raw traffic statistics when trying to understand how, and particularly when, people find your site. The cover blurb describes the prom dresses example (the web has enabled girls to start searching for ...
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Steve Krug
New Riders Press, 2005
Great book full of truths.
If you are looking for a book with the main principles about web usability do not hesitate and buy this book. It might be a little bit outdated but 90% of the book is still totally true. Don't miss it!!
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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
A Fun Entry-Level Tome on Standards-Based Web Site Development
I teach college courses on Web development that emphasize Web standards and usability. This is one of only two entry-level (X)HTML + CSS books that I will recommend to students.
"Head First.." is a fun and lively book that is very much aimed at ordinary folks who ...
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Advertising and Promotion: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective
George E. Belch
Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2007
Extensive in theory but current and entertaining
This book is theoretical and full of examples of applied theories of advertising. It is presently being used at an AACSB accredited University in the Marketing department and students do enjoy it because of its current content and entertaining format.
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CSS: The Definitive Guide
Eric Meyer
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
Very authoritative and complete
Before purchasing this book, I had purchased about a half dozen books on css, one from the same author. I was really surprised to find new ways to use css that I hadn't learned in the other books. Each topic is discussed completely and in detail. For a reference on ...
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Windows ServerŪ 2008 Resource Kit
Windows Server Team at Microsoft, Microsoft MVPs and Partners
Microsoft Press, 2008
Win2K8 Server Resource Kit
I already bought in the past the 2003 resource kit and this one is still as it is/was for 2003: Great!
Thanks all
Nicolas
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Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)
Bill Buxton
Morgan Kaufmann, 2007
But one can sketch in code too
This is a compelling book. It manages to blend business, organizational and design thinking on the user experience. In doing this, Bill Buxton makes the case for (i) the centrality of design in driving business value and (ii) the importance of investing in the design ...
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How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
A Logical Mind Interprets and Sees a Logical Mind
I found this book to be excellent and a fun read.
It goes into detail about how one can view the human mind from a logical and behaviorist stand-point. He discusses a computer program type analogy for how a mind can work with a minimum of sub-programs or data ...
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Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics
Brian Clifton
Sybex, 2008
THE Google Analytics guide
One of the few guides that covers the newer Google analytics ga.js code. I found chapter 11 an immeasurable help for guidance in monetizing a non-ecommerce website. Well laid out with useful screenshots and comprehensive scope, this is the one guide you will turn to ...
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