The Animator’s Survival Kit, Richard Williams, 2009
Artists who create animated graphics will want to read this. Most pages show sketches for animations, with brief notes on the techniques. Large format, 350 pages, with DVD.
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The Animator’s Survival
Friday, September 3rd, 2010What Is Happening to News
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
What Is Happening to News – The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism, Jack Fuller, University of Chicago, 2010
Written by a Pulitzer prize winning editor and publisher. Hardcover, 200 pages.
The Art of Game Design
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
The Art of Game Design – A Book of Lenses, Jesse Schell, Elsevier Morgan Kaufmann, 2008
Game designers will want to read this. 450 pages.
Programming F#
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Programming F#, Chris Smith, O’Reilly, 2010
Here is an introduction to Microsoft’s F# functional language. Legendary O’Reilly quality, 350 pages.
Beginning JavaScript and CSS
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with JQuery, Richard York, Wiley, 2009
Web programmers will want to read this book. The title should start with jQuery.
Field guides to finding a new career
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Field guides to finding a new career – Information Technology, Amanda Kirk, Ferguson, 2009
This short, practical book is required reading for anyone wanting to work as a programmer, DBA, security analyst, or systems admin. Hardcover, 130 pages.
How Wikipedia Works
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
How Wikipedia Works – And How You Can Be A Part of It, Phoebe Ayers, No Starch, 2008
If you contribute articles to Wikipedia you will want to read this. 500 pages.
Rails 3 in a Nutshell
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Rails 3 in a Nutshell, Cody Fauser, O’Reilly, 2010
A concise introduction to Rails, an overview of commands and configurations, and a guide to the parts of Rails you’ll be using every day. Read the book-in-progress online here. Sorry, it’s not yet at OPL.
You Are Not A Gadget
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
You Are Not A Gadget – A Manifesto, Jaron Lanier, Knopf, 2010
This book is about the social and cultural problems that can grow out of poorly considered Internet software design. It is difficult reading in places, but its message is important. Hardcover, 200 pages. This book is in the “Express Collection” so the quickest way to get your hands on it is to check the 7-day Express shelf. Which branch? At the library site, click on “Availability details”, find which branches it is at, then unfortunately you may have to visit one of those branches. It is currently on the shelf at Centennial in Bells Corners.
Modular Java
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Modular Java – Creating Flexible Applications with OSGi and Spring, Craig Walls, Pragmatic, 2009
Java programmers will want to read this, particularly if they are working with Eclipse plugins. OSGi is an improvement on Java’s classes and packages. The Pragmatic people explain it all so well. 240 pages.