Interactive Books

You want the best book on Podcasting.. You got it.. This book is all you need. Just perfect.

There's quite a few thorough looking books out there for podcasting, and the main reason I bought this one was due to its recent release date more than anything else. Usually, how new something is does not matter to me, but with technology it's an entirely different matter as the websites I choose to send a podcast to may change their requirements and expectations every couple of years. I work with a great IT guy but I often get lost just a few minutes into his explanation of things so I knew that I had to get some resources or I'd never be able to do a podcast on my own. Audacity just isn't all that tech ignoramus friendly (although the price is right!) so I was pleasantly surprised by the Podcasting Bible. They begin with Audacity and introduce a site called PodOmatic which is something I never heard of before opening these pages. There you can get free server space for audio files and attract listeners. Considering the amount of "oomph" in this dense how-to guide, I'd say that the price is quite reasonable.

This is a great book for beginning students. It comes with a CD to accompany you. The music is easy enough to help you reinforce note reading. I like this book so much I will be buying more books in this series. Very well written so you can't lose!

This book follows book 1 of the Hal Leonard Adult Piano Method but can be used as a supplementary book for any piano method. The authors have picked 12 pop hits - both old and new - and arranged them for solo piano. The CD or MIDI disk also has fun accompaniments for each piece. Songs include 'My Heart Will Go On,' 'Y.M.C.A.,' 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' and 'Strangers in the Night.' The arrangements are basic enough to improve/add on to if you wish. The authors also offer a suggested order for learning the songs.

I found this book to be a very helpful reference tool. I work in two elementary schools as a Literacy Coach. My days consist of presenting reading ideas in faculty meetings, teaching reading objectives and reviewing test taking strategies in grades 3-5. I was already familiar with PowerPoint basics. I have put together several presentations for faculty meetings using a standard PowerPoint format. This book refreshed my memory on how to enhance my presentations by adding video clips, sound, etc... It also showed me step by step how to create PowerPoints to use with students in the classroom for building background knowledge, test reviews, etc... In order to get the attention of today's students, technology is a must. This book helps the teacher stay current.

I am a 10-12 educator with experience in PowerPoint and computers, so it seemed like it was time to expand my ideas and my experience. This book did that. I skipped the chapters for the "newbies" but noticed that the presentation was easy to follow; I appreciated this when I got into the programing part!

I went right to linked slides--making slides with answer buttons that give you a "well done" or "do over" slide. I made a fun presentation on the primary colors of light for my Desktop Publishing class. The students had to pick the primary and secondary colors, read explanations, and see examples. They told me that they liked it. One boy (a WOW gamer) commented, "I get to guess the colors! Cool!" They all liked the independence it gave them--being able to go through the presentation on their own.

My next project was the graded test. Ms. Finkelstein says to give this chapter a generous amount of time; I support that view. However, I liked this part the best. It was a very one-thing-at-a-time explanation. Thank goodness. Lots of titles and subtitles for easy back and forth reading. So I made my multiple choice test on American Transcendentalism! The students liked that, too.

The authors have good chapters on interactive presentations and non-linear organization; these ideas transfer to all lesson-planning. My next dive will be into menu-based projects. I look forward to that!

I bought this book with a sense of unease. ... This book is well worth it. Whether youare a beginner, or advanced in the subject matter, I feel this book is worth the investment. It takes through basic concepts, to design strategies, all the way to execution. If I had to say one bad thing about this book, or if I could have a wish list for future editions, it would be that I felt the treatment of software should have been more complete. Delving into the pros and cons more. Don't get me wrong, there was an excellent chapter on software. I just walked away wishing there was more. Other than that, this book is excellent.

This book is well organized and offers a large number of very practical suggestions that will benefit an existing multimedia development or that will lead the beginner down the correct road. This is a thin book that offers exercises and case studies. Additionally, it is full of pictures that demonstrate well the practical application of the suggestions they offer. This book is a must have.

Practical Intranet Security is a clear and concise book that covers the range of today's authentication and authorization technologies. I was particularly impressed with the discussions on SESAME - this was the first book that makes the goals and design of SESAME clear. It also provides good introductory material on network security and cryptography. As an experienced professional, I have found the book useful to see how others have addressed problems in the development of security protocols.

I found the book to offer a great mix of practice "how to" type of advice for application level security integration. It is also to be commended on also explaining the concepts of what is to be achieved first.

Being new to the field of multimedia design, I read many books hoping to get the basic idea of what is involved in creating an interactive project. This book provided me with exactly the introductory level materials I needed to begin building a solid foundation. I now have a plan of action for what I need to focus on in order to be successful in designing multimedia projects. Kudos to Lisa...I anxiously await the release of your new book!

A friend of mine recommended this book (he works for NASA) and I'm glad he did. This book talks about the basic principles of design necessary to creating a good web site or multimedia design project . . . in a way understandable to us non-programmers (but my tech-head friend at NASA liked it too). One of the strengths of this book (and there are too many to list) is that the author doesn't get trapped in talking about programming. This is very unlike other books that quickly go out of date due to a focus on the technology-of-the-moment. Ms. Graham talks about how to design interactive projects in a way undoubtedly valid 30 years from now. I feel as if this book will become a classic in design books. Even better yet, this book is very informative and not a bit condescending in tone. The book was an easy read and left me with plenty to think about.

And the cover is cool and the illustrations informative and interesting. Altogether a very good book and one that will have a place on my bookshelves for decades.

This guide will ease you along the path to neuroscience knowledge in a way that is spectacular. Without question, "Principles of Psychobiology" will make mastering the topic easier. It's point and click, no hassles...just enjoy the material. The graphics are outstanding, appropriate for newcomers to the field, but excellent for more advanced students too. It will move you through this difficult subject area in a painfree way. I'd recommend to it to teachers and students alike...If your students have access to home computers or can work in a computer lab they will benefit from it. It would be appropriate for anyone from upper secondary level through graduate school. It would also be good for someone just interested in the field. There's a cool coloring book too...allows us to get all that creative stuff into a format we can print and hang on the frig.

My teacher used this software in our spring psychobiology course to help explain textbook chapters. I bought the textbook study guide and the software to help me study. I don't have much experience with computers, and was afraid to try it, but ended up using the software almost entirely to study the information. This was so much better because I could see many things that were not explained very well in the textbook (and lecture) and confused me. I really liked the software and would recommend this software to other students. The software was about the same price as the study guide, and I much preferred the software.

Making web video involves a cross section of products and skills and "Producing Flash CS3 Video" puts it all together in one book both suitable a a good read and as a reference. While reading through this you'll also pick up on interesting facts about different video formats, After Effects tips and tricks and ways to tame Flash. All in all, this was a great buy for me.

This is an AMAZING resource for Flash CS3. I was really impressed with how concise and well-organized this book is. A must have resource for any developer!!

This book is an excellent multimedia experience for someone to learn Java Programming at home. It can also be used as a supplement to a lecturer or a hardcover Java book. I highly recommend it as the best way to learn on your own. This is what online or multimedia teaching is all about!

I loved this product. Like nothing else I have seen on programming, it makes learning programming and java easy and interesting because it is so visual and dynamic. The CD is a resource that you can keep for life. i would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn how to program in java from a master of the discipline.

Clearly explains important concepts. Though not updated for V5.0, this is the book to have for rapid understanding of VFP, especially if you're a 2.x developer. It's the kind of book you *wish* was included in the product package.

This is a book you will not want your employer to buy for you, because you'll want to own this book! Of the 896 pages in this book, there is almost no fluff ! In fact, this book is so good that I readily agree with one of the authors when he says, "it's a really good idea for you to read this report" (book), "more than once." Given the opportunity, I plan to re-read this book at least once. There is simply too much good material to absorb in just one reading.

I have finished three of four sections of this book, and I'm partly done with the fourth section. The section I have not finished is Robert Green's report on Developing Client/Server Applications with Visual FoxPro and SQL Server. The only reason I have not finished that section is that it is not immediately relevant to my employer...but it will be relevant later.

The three sections I've finished are: Visual FoxPro Data Dictionary by Doug Hennig; Visual FoxPro Form Designer by Stephen A. Sawyer; Object-Oriented Programming with Visual FoxPro by David Frankenbach.

Visual FoxPro Data Dictionary by Doug Hennig, covers: An introduction to the Data Dictionary; Databases; Tables and Indexes; Relations; Buffering and Transactions; Referential Integrity, Triggers, and Stored Procedures; Connections and Views; Extending the DBC; and other miscellaneous stuff.

Visual FoxPro Form Designer by Stephen A. Sawyer, covers: Visual FoxPro Forms - An Overview; The Form Designer; Common Members; The Form Object; The Form's DataEnvironment Object; Basic Control Objects; The List Controls - ComboBox and ListBox Controls; The Grid Control Object; Special-Purpose Control Objects; Form Coordination and Interaction; and Potpourri.

Object-Oriented Programming with Visual FoxPro by David Frankenbach, covers: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts; Techniques and Details; Applying Object-Oriented Programming; The Object Inspector; Advanced Topics; and other miscellaneous stuff.

With the advent of Visual FoxPro we now have not only many new capabilities but in some respect a new vocabulary and way of thinking. This book covers each of these all of these. The authors compare and contrast FoxPro 2.x with Visual FoxPro in order to clarify issues and to help FoxPro programmers to rapidly become productive in any version of Visual FoxPro. They explain well the difference between Databases and tables, and the importance of local and remote views. They explain how FoxPro was a graphical, and event driven, relational database management system, and how Visual FoxPro is Trigger sensitive, Wizard enhanced, Object-Oriented, Client/server, relational database management system with OLE controls, Transaction processing, Data buffering and a Data Dictionary enforcing Referential Integrity.

On a purely intellectual level the section on Object-Oriented Programming is probably the most important. However, the section on the Data Dictionary, at least in the near term, will be far more practical and useful! Both sections deserve to be read at least twice. The section on Object-Oriented Programming will probably need some concentrated effort, and to fully take advantage of it and Visual FoxPro's new capabilities will require a change of mindset. Object-Oriented Programming is perhaps the greatest advance in software development in 15 years and I'm glad that FoxPro now has its share of the pie.