August 26, 2011
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Blog $14.26 "Blog" is short for "Web log"-an online site with time-dated postings, maintained by one or more posters, that features links and commentary. But that is like saying a car is a means of transportation featuring four wheels. Millions are changing their habits when it comes to information acquisition, and the blogosphere has appeared so suddenly as to surprise even the most sophisticated of analysts. In Blog, best-selling author Hugh Hewitt helps you catch up with and get ahead of this phenomenon.Up until now no influential blogger has written a definitive book about this phenomenon. Since Hugh Hewitt`s blog site-HughHewitt-was launched in early 2002, more than 18 million people have visited this site. Why does this visitor traffic matter? People`s attentions are up for grabs. If you depend upon the steady trust of others, suddenly you have an audience waiting to hear from you. The race is underway, though, to gain mindspace and to be part of the blogosphere readers` habits and to position yourself as well as your business or organization at the forefront of this information movement. |
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No Nonsense XML WEb Development with PHP $21.77 Assuming familiarity with HTML and PHP, this book introduces basic XML concepts and syntax, and walks through the creation of an XML-powered web site. The author discusses XHTML, XML namespaces, DTDs, XSLT, XPath, the document object model (DOM), RSS, web services, databases, and manipulating XML with JavaScript and PHP. Distributed in the U.S. by O`Reilly. Annotation )2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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Web of Evil $9.75 J.A. Jance returns with mystery number two starring heroine Ali Reynolds, the former L.A. anchorwoman turned blogger. Ali has lost her job at the news station when they fired her for being "too old" (i.e., over 40). Ali now spends her time writing a popular blog and putting together a lawsuit against her discriminatory ex-bosses. Then she is thrust into the heart of a murder case when her soon-to-be ex-husband Paul is killed in a train tragedy. The police finger Ali for the murder, and she is forced to turn sleuth in order to clear her name. WEB OF EVIL is a suspenseful thrill ride, and blogophiles are sure to enjoy the blog-style writing throughout. |
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AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, and Web Development for Programmers $44.67 This thorough guide shows how to use Web 2.0 and rich internet application (RIA) technologies to develop webtop applications with the responsiveness, look, and feel of traditional desktop applications. Assuming only minimal familiarity with web page scripting, the book introduces XHTML, cascading style sheets, JavaScript, the document object model, XML, Adobe Flash CS3, web servers, PHP, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, Java server faces, and web services. The authors explain the role of each technology in plain language and avoid the computer geek jargon plaguing many computer guides. Annotation )2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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News at Work (Hardcover) $88.92 Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines from our desks at work, and we have become accustomed to instant access to a growing supply of constantly updated stories on the Web. This change in the amount of news available as well as how we consume it has been coupled with an unexpected development in editorial labor: rival news organizations can now keep tabs on the competition and imitate them, resulting in a decrease in the diversity of the news. Peeking inside the newsrooms where journalists create stories and the work settings where the public reads them, Pablo J. Boczkowski reveals why journalists contribute to the growing similarity of news—even though they dislike it—and why consumers acquiesce to a media system they find increasingly dissatisfying.Comparing and contrasting two newspapers in Buenos Aires with similar developments in the United States, News at Work offers an enlightening perspective on living in a world with more information but less news. |
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News at Work (Paperback) $31.36 Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines from our desks at work, and we have become accustomed to instant access to a growing supply of constantly updated stories on the Web. This change in the amount of news available as well as how we consume it has been coupled with an unexpected development in editorial labor: rival news organizations can now keep tabs on the competition and imitate them, resulting in a decrease in the diversity of the news. Peeking inside the newsrooms where journalists create stories and the work settings where the public reads them, Pablo J. Boczkowski reveals why journalists contribute to the growing similarity of news—even though they dislike it—and why consumers acquiesce to a media system they find increasingly dissatisfying.Comparing and contrasting two newspapers in Buenos Aires with similar developments in the United States, News at Work offers an enlightening perspective on living in a world with more information but less news. |
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Design Accessible Web Sites $27.95 Sydik (technology development, U. of Nebraska) offers this well-organized reference for web designers on the needs of web users with various disabilities, and how to plan for accessibility in design. The author demonstrates how many common codes fall short of accessibility or simply make more work for the designer, and walks readers through other paths to achieving the same results. This book is distributed by O`Reilly Media. Annotation )2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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Building Scalable Web Sites $26.13 Scalability, in the context of this work by Henderson (an engineering manager at Yahoo! Inc.), refers to the ability of a web application to accommodate increased usage and an increased dataset while maintaining maintainability. Here he introduces the design of software and hardware systems for scalable web applications, covering application architecture, development practices, technologies, Unicode, and general infrastructure, event monitoring, and long-term statistical tracking for capacity planning. Annotation )2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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