Blink Monitor

Instructional Design for Librarians

rleir — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:01:02 +0000

Instructional Design for Librarians and Information Professionals, Lesley Farmer, – 2011

Educators will want to read this book. The section on course-ware is useful. 200 pages.

I Know Who You Are

rleir — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:54:53 +0000

I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did – Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, Lori Andrews, – 2012

Lawyers and policy makers will want to read this book. Hardcover, 200 pages.

From Idea to Print

rleir — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:20:44 +0000

From Idea to Print – How to Write A Technical Article or Book and Get It Published, Roger Sanders, – 2011

If you plan to write a book you will want to read this. 350 pages.

Apple Design

rleir — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:36:40 +0000

Apple Design 2011

If you are interested in industrial design then you will want to read this book. it is a homage to Apple, with pictures of Johnathan Ive and his products. The book is huge, hardcover, and has 300 pages.

Everything Guide to Online Genealogy

rleir — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:29:33 +0000

The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy – Use the Web to Trace your Roots, Share your History, and Create A Family Tree, Kimberly Powell, – 2011

Here is a gentle guide to searching for your ancestors. 300 pages.

Rapid Cakephp

rleir — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:11:14 +0000

Rapid Application Development with Cakephp, Jamie Munro, – 2011

PHP programmers will want to read this practical little book, which seems to have been self-published. 150 pages.

Listening to the Customer

rleir — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:04:27 +0000

Listening to the Customer, Peter Hernon, – 2011

Librarians will want to read this book. It would also be worthwhile reading for business owners. 200 pages.

Mobile Robots

rleir — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:55:37 +0000

Mobile Robots – Navigation, Control and Remote Sensing, Gerald Cook, Wiley, 2011

Robot system designers will want to read this. It is a textbook for an engineering grad level course. Hardcover, 300 pages.

The Tangled Web

rleir — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:48:59 +0000

The Tangled Web – A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications, Michal Zalewski, – 2012

Web application programmers will want to read this timely and important book. 250 pages. Contents:

Security in the world of Web applications
Part I: Anatomy of the Web
It starts with a URL
Hypertext transfer protocol
Hypertext markup language
Cascading style sheets
Browser-side scripts
Non-HTML document types
Content rendering with browser plug-ins
Part II: Browser security features
Content isolation logic
Origin inheritance
Life outside same-origin rules
Other security boundaries
Content recognition mechanisms
Dealing with rogue scripts
Extrinsic site privileges
Part III: A glimpse of things to come
New and upcoming security features
Other browser mechanisms of note
Common Web vulnerabilities.

SQL Pocket

rleir — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:13:11 +0000

SQL Pocket Guide 3rd edition, Jonathan Gennick, – 2011

This little book contains everything you need to know about SQL, and it fits in your pocket. Legendary O’Reilly quality, 200 pages.