Bakari takes a look at two blog books, Blogosphere – the Best of Blogs and Blog! – how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture.
Category: Book Review
Three Photoshop Books
Review
Up to speed (Photoshop CS2) by Ben Willmore
Classroom in a book (Photoshop CS2) by Annita Dennis
Photoshop CS2 Help Desk by Dave Cross
Book Bytes
Digital Photography Combo Review
Three Dummies Books for Smarties
Nemo reviews Photoshop CS2 for Dummies – Now in Full Color, Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 All-in-One for Dummies – 5 Books in 1, and Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies – 9 Books in 1 – Now in Full Color.
Read MoreWindow Seat: The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking
Book Review
Julieanne Kost is Adobe’s traveling evangelist, and Window Seat is primarily a portfolio of her expansive color images taken while flying from place to place, bookended by an itemized itinerary of her approach to personal creativity at the front and a 25 page explanation of her working methods at the rear of the book, in an Appendix.
iTunes 6 and iPod
Book Review
If you’re using iTunes for the first time, and you want to master all its useful features, Judith Stern and Robert Lettieri’s Visual QuickStart Guide: iTunes 6 and iPod is a very good how-to reference book for everything you need to know about using the software and any modern version of the iPod.
Read MoreMyMac Design for Non-Designers
Book Reviews
Book Bytes Special 2005 Year End Report
Here are five quickies to give you food for thought – discussing books you probably haven’t seen yet that will come in very handy during 2006 and possibly beyond.
Read MoreTake Control of Switching to the Mac
eBook Review
When a PC user is thinking about switching to the Mac and asks David Weeks advise, he makes sure he has a copy of this ebook with him. Read the review.
Read MoreThe MyMac Design for Non-Designers
Creating Projects with Photoshop Elements
Bakari looks at three different Photoshop Elements by Scott Kelby, Lisa Matthews, and Elizabeth Bulger.
Read MoreThe Cult of iPod
Review and Interview
Blogging in a Snap
Book Review
Thinking of starting a Blogger.com blog site? Bakari checks out the new book by Julie C. Meloni on the subject.
Read MoreMyMac Non-Designer Series
Book Reivew
The Non-Designer’s Design Book
Book Review
Now in its second edition, this extremely easy to read primer is a must for anyone who has to produce newsletters, brochures, flyers, DVD covers, home pages, iPhoto books, scrapbook pages and other design projects.
Managing Your Personal Finances with Quicken
Book Review
Want to learn how to use Quicken 2005? Perhaps this is the book for you.
Serious Editing in iPhoto 5
Book Review
Serious Editing in iPhoto 5 will surprise those who think iPhoto is just an over hyped digital shoebox. In 126 pages, Wolfe demonstrates that you don’t need to run PhotoShop to do serious, high-quality editing work on your images.
Read MoreTake Control of Customizing Office
eBook Review
This is the best coverage I’ve seen on this narrow subject, period. Take the time, (you’ll need plenty) to work your way through it, and you’ll have tuned up Office so it looks and runs just the way you want.
Read MoreHacking Mac OS X Tiger: Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations
Book Review
Scott Knaster knows what he’s talking about. Seriously. He’s been writing about programming the Mac for years, including the classic How To Write Macintosh Software. Hacking Mac OS X Tiger: Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations is his latest effort. How does it stack up? Read David Weeks review here.
Ending spam by Jonathan A. Zdziarski
Book Review
Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips
Book Review
Scott Kelby updates his Killer Tips book. Is Killer Tips not so killer? How does David Weeks feel about the new edition? Read the review to find out.
