Customer Review: As always, I've read the other reviews so as not to be redundant.
The general concensus: it's not a great business book.
My observation: I'm not sure Tapscott intends it to be. This is a book by a well-informed netgen parent trying to explain to boomer and genXer parents why they don't... more info
Customer Review: Both an excellent tutorial and an excellent reference. I've read this bulky volume almost from cover to cover - even the reference chapters - and enjoyed every word. It covers both the JavaScript language and DOM scripting via JavaScript. It clarifies the differences between the various DOM... more info
Customer Review: I am glad I got this book from the library and didn't pay money for it. It is little more than a rehash of the menus. I am always disappointed in computer books that just list and describe menu items. There are maybe ten pages of worthwhile material. To make matters worse, all the screen shots are... more info
Customer Review: I recently purcahsed my first PC desktop computer and have been working from a laptop for over three years. I had been a MAC user for years but a change in jobs pointed me toward te PC. This book describes things that I wish I had known three years ago for laptops but also is helping me with what to... more info
Customer Review: This is a thin book that's a good intro to programming the Arduino. I think the examples could have been better (more detail would be better), but it's worth $10. If you're an experienced programmer, this would be great. However, if you don't program, or you haven't done any in a while, there... more info
Customer Review: I recommend this book to anyone involved in engineering, not just software people. When it comes to designing complex systems, some big problems cannot be tackled by simply throwing more resources at them. That's a profound and scary observation, especially to those responsible for managing... more info
Customer Review: you can't just synchronize everything... and that's the point of this book. synchronizing is critical but most of us do it incorrectly without a thorough understanding of the jvm. this book has given me some useful concurrency patterns which are sufficient for good programming practice. the part of... more info