Coding iPhone Apps For Kids Authors: Gloria Winquist & Matt McCarthy no starch press 336 pages ISBN-13:978-1-59327-756-7 Ages 10+ Print and Free Ebook: $29.95
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My New Mac – Book Review
A bit over three years ago I compared two Macintosh books for beginners, David Pogue’s Mac OS X Leopard Edition: The Missing Manual and Wallace Wang’s My New Mac. To cut a long story short, they’re both good books, but aimed at somewhat different audiences. The Missing Manual covers just about every aspect of the Mac operating system, giving power users the information they need to do all sorts of different things. But it doesn’t actually tell a new Mac user what they can do with their computer. To get the most from The Missing Manual, you need to have a fair idea of what you want to do first.
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No Starch Press ‘Manga Guide to’ Series
Review
These books are good value and work well as study guides for advanced students and teachers.
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iPad Made Simple, My New iPad, and iPad Missing Manual which book to buy?
Which iPad book is best for you? Three iPad titles reviewed by guest writer Howard Nemerovski iPad Made Simple by Martin Trautschold and Gary
Read MoreThe Artist’s Guide to GIMP Effects
Book Review
GIMP, or the GNU Image Manipulation Program to give it its proper name, is a graphics-editing program broadly similar to Adobe Photoshop in terms of functionality. The GIMP is an open source program that can be freely downloaded and installed on most computers, including maps. But on the downside it doesn’t come with a manual, so figuring out how to use GIMP can be tricky. Read the full review here.
