BurningbirdJust writing
Last of the O’Reilly book review, and I’m going to cover three different brands: the traditional ‘animal’ books, the Missing Manual series, and the Head First series. The RELAX NG book from the animal series is what you’d expect for one of these books. It is a comprehensive coverage of the topic, with relevant examples, lots of text, and few […]
I am not a Walker Evans expert, but from my recent readings about him, I sensed there were three significant events in his life that shaped the man, and subsequently, the photographs we’ve come to cherish. One of the events I briefly mentioned in the last Walker Evans writing, and that was his search for […]
Brand: O’Reilly Pocket References and Guides Concept (from the site): O’Reilly’s Pocket References and Pocket Guides are comprehensive, inexpensive, compact, and easy to use. Our Pocket References provide you with quick lookup of the hard-to-remember details of programming and web syntax, while our Pocket Guides are short, focused tutorials that explain the basics of new technology, […]
Long ago, I begged Aquarionics, otherwise known as the sexiest voice in weblogging to record my Mockingbird’s Wish. Well, I’m happy to say that he’s started, and has already posted outtakes from his first efforts, which are exceedingly entertaining. And a very nice and welcome surprise for me today. Read the tale, listen to the recording.
When the bottom fell out of the dot-com a few years back, software consulting and internet companies weren’t the only industries impacted: computer technology book publishers, who enjoyed a huge surge of business at the height of the dot-com era, also suffered, sometimes drastically, when the good times stopped rolling. It wasn’t uncommon to hear […]