Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Hey, Bri, I posted the list! Dead Tree Resources: Web Design Books
This is a short list of books that might be helpful for people doing web work.
From Sitepoint, a great book on The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Two excellent CSS books from Eric Meyer provide a great foundation for building CSS driven sites: Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design ” and his follow on book, More Eric Meyer on CSS
Steve Krug’s short and sweet book on usability, Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Another short and consise book, Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, 3rd Edition
Design principles and approaches to standards-driven web sites from the master: Designing with Web Standards, Second Edition
A book of checklists for site creation may help assure that all of the bases are covered, from Sitepoint: Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works: Cotler and Goto’s book on the process of bringing a site to life is not a design book, but a project management or process book. An excellent resource on how to get started.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Gift ideas for the technologically inclined: A Center for Business presentation
Here’s a short list of gift ideas for the technically inclined for this Christmas.
The walking alarm clock from The Walking Alarm clock
Jura’s internet connected Jura’s espresso maker
Wireless digital thermometers
The Demy, a kitchen safe digital recipe reader
Kensington’s USB peripheral sharing
Not techy, but a good tool: Dual ended spatula
Gelskins for mobile device users
Netbooks, small form factor notebooks, great for browsing, wireless access, and social software, are available from many vendors, including Dell
Das Keyboard, the original keyboard without key labels, now includes a version with labels. Still with excellent touch, and a great gift for people doing a great deal of typing
Universal hard drive adapters can help reuse and extend the life of older hard drives taken from obsolete hardware. There are many available, including Apricorn’s hard drive adapter
Clickfree’s no touch backup assures that backups aren’t missed or forgotten.
Personalized books with your child’s photo and name on the cover, and integrated into the storyline and illustrations: Exploring with Dora
For Wii fans, we can now have a Star Wars light sabre
Not techy, but nicely done toys from Leapfrog: Fridge magnet toys
The 20 Questions game, done up as a tech toy from Radica
Griffin helps us keep our desktops free of clutter with Simplifi
Easy video transfer without a computer from Pinnacle
Nowtransfer vinyl records and cassette tapes to CD with an all-in-one unit
Personal GPS locators from Zoombak
Travellers with laptops might appreciate a Mini surge protector and USB hub
For laptop users having to navigate TSA security often, this case from Targus is worth a look.
Not quite in time for Christmas, a Thermal leak detector from Black and Decker looks great.
There are many iPod docks combined with alarm clocks, but the latest from iHomehas good sound quality.
The digital dog tag from Digital dog tag uTag is a great gift for travellers.
Viewsonic released a flat screen LCD TV with Flat panel TV with built-in DVD player
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