Book reviews
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800*600 by
Peter Hamza, editor

Review:
Another excellent collaborative project, the book is fabulous, the
artists participating well chosen and the production top notch.
Read a nice interview with Peter
Hamza by Shift.jp and learn more about the concept behind.
(out of print)
JavaScript
+ CSS + DOM Magic by Makiko Itoh

Review:
My first and lasting impression: she's the most conversant and geeky
powagirrrl I've ever met. She's trailing from many years of print experience
and is a reference expert in Portable Document programming as well
as a business woman.
Her close*up interview is enlighting and
it didn't come as a surprise that she would write a book on javascript,
css and DOM - which are some of her proficient skills.
I met Maki f2f at Web2000 in SanFran - when we were
both on the same team participating in the *Site in a day* contest.
Read the aftermath article: Cool
Site in a Day: The Shortest Eight Hours of Our Lives co-written
with Nick Finck that recounts
the event.
Codex
3 collaborative project

Review:
One of the seminal first such collaborative effort to publish featuring
14 projects by ALT77, K10K, Rinzen, Develop Industrial, Dect, Elixir
Studio, Mike Young, K10K, Automatic, Norm, The OFP, Steve Bowden and
Toby Boudreaux, Presstube and Pitaru, Wideopenspaces produced by Volumeone.
(out of print)
Designing
CSS Web Pages by Christopher Schmitt.

Review:
Between the definitive guide and the learn by example type of book,
this one makes you think before you code. New trend? Website instead
of CD? Just hope the web site stays online.
For the beginner - it tackles all the important issues: Web standards;
why separating content from structure; knowing your audience; content
gathering; html-xhtml; dynamic web sites. Overall look - focus is on
the designer rather than the code. It is a noticeable achievement in
terms of vulgarization. Good choice of practical projects to experiment
with in order to tackle common problems and questions.
Advanced designers may find they know a lot already but reading in
a structured and progressive manner enhance the *reasons* behind ...
which sets the focus on the right perspective and what is really important
in a web design project.
Good interviews with the makers of web programming, their vision and
perspective, really instructive. A little bit preachy though in reference
with the standards although ain't that the way we are all (should be)
going?
A must have for beginners that are crazy enough to jump in the web
adventure as well as a refreshing foundation for those who have been
learning by trial and error but would benefit from a macrovision fix.
ndle1: Read
his close*up interview if
you've missed it.
Macromedia
Flash: Art, Design + Function by Mighty
Assembly

Review:
Received the mighty BOOK
and I'm floored! Went through it - and - this is one of most well developed
community oriented offering I've ever seen. Smart, humble, deep, generous,
brillantly worded and FULL of whatever confirmation or information
you need to keep your design processes on the right track. Kudos to
Nat &
Team!
The book is a detailed case study which deconstructs the Mighty Assembly
site; offers readers a rare opportunity to observe and analyze how
concepts are executed by pushing the limits of Flash. Read some more
about the book.
Foreword by Mike Schmidt (k10k)
Web
Word Wizardry by Rachel McAlpine

Review:
Rachel McAlpine's Webpagecontent is
full of wise words - check the archive for short, to the point articles
on how to write for the web. Author of 27 books, the 2nd revised edition
of Web Word Wizardry - A net-savvy writing guide - is now available
with a companion cd.
Playing
with Fire by Linda Rathgeber

Review:
Playing with fire site (free tips and tutorials) has
got a companion book: Playing with Fire: Tapping the Power of Macromedia
Fireworks 4 available now.
The
Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World by Lawrence
Lessig
Visit accompanying book
site for more info.

Personal
Web Sites: Top Designers Push the Boundaries with Experimental
Design and Graphics by Joe Shepter

Fresh
Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground by Curt
Cloninger

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