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Business Intelligence

Published in Hardcover by Microsoft Press (2002-04-17)

Authors: Elizabeth Vitt, Michael Luckevich, and Stacia Misner

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Excellent starting point for DW/BI background knowledge

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Review Date: 2008-02-28

I chose this book, because I needed to get some background on BI fairly quickly. It satisfied that need very well. It is quite well-written and some parts read more like a story, which is quite the opposite of the "just the facts, ma'am" approach of Kimball and his associates. (That is not a stab at Kimball. I am a big fan and I believe they have so much to say that they don't really have the space to make it story-like. Kimball has a completely different goal with his books -- but this is not a Kimball-review.)

At the start, the book introduces us to the Director of Imports at a gift and novelty wholesale company. Her initiative of selling a certain item didn't work so well, and we get to know the steps she has taken to analyze the data to find out what happened. Along the way, we are introduced to many Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence (DW/BI) concepts.

After the story, some basic DW/BI terms are explained in more detail. The authors explain quite well where they fit in the process of getting from mounds of static data, to a useable set of data for analytical purposes, which they call the BI Roadmap.

The book contains five case studies of a few pages each, which help fix the process of implementation.

If you know nothing about DW/BI and you quickly need a framework on which to hang whatever knowledge you gain elsewhere, I'd say this is a great start. Also, if you've implemented a DW/BI system and failed, this may help get you back to your roots. However, if you've read a lot of in-depth material and maybe have an implementation or two (successful) under your belt, this will only serve as a relaxing read; you won't gain much new knowledge from it.

I give it 5 stars, because it does what I think it attempts to do. It gives you background knowledge and a framework; it does not attempt to be an encyclopaedic work and desk reference, like Kimball's books are. Therefore it reads in a fraction of the time it would take to read Kimball. If background is what you're looking for, enjoy.

Good read if you are a non techie

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-29

The book was a very easy read. Finised it in one afternoon. Definitely recommended for a novice. However, if you have an understanding of BI, then this book is not for you.

I like the cover. Its orange !!!

A great primer

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2005-03-30

First of all, I will have to admit that I am a Microsoft advocate. I like their solutions and I think very highly of what they have to offer with SQL Server and Analysis Services.

This book lays down a good foundation for anyone to follow. It explains the concept of BI, the uses of BI, and the payback of BI. What more do you want.

I have been in charge of an SAP/BW group for a large consumer electronics company for the past 4 years. SAP's architecture for BI is very expensive, inflexible, and limited. Using Microsoft's concepts of BI would be cheaper, very flexible, with much more capabilities.

So, grab this book, read it, then read it again. Install SQL Server 2k. Install Analysis Services (comes with SQL Server 2k) and install SQL Servers Service Packs 1-3).

Then experiement with what they are telling you in this book and you will be amazed at what you can do....and cheaply!!!

Good Luck!

Concise, Practical and Inspiring Advice

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2004-01-10

Techies will enjoy learning from real world examples of business intelligence technologies. Business leaders will appreciate how complex technical and business topics are tackled from various perspectives - what is BI, how BI will help your organization, and the most helpful chapter, how to actually identify, start and implement a BI solution.

Only wish the authors had spent a little more time identifying pitfalls, but that is why you hire experts to help you out.

Computer Lib/Dream Machines (Tempus)

Published in Paperback by Microsoft Pr (1987-10)

Author: Theodor H. Nelson

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Steal this book! Then sell it to me.

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Review Date: 2001-04-25

I discovered this book while working at Microsoft. They have 3 copies! It is the most profound book on computer systems, information networks and how to become a literate computer user/advocate ever written. If you find a copy I will pay top dollar for it!

Dated classic, well worth reading

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2002-12-12

When the first self-published edition came out in 1974, Ted Nelson's two-sided classic about the current and wished-for state of computers-as-cultural-tool had the memetic impact of a big ol' 2 x 4 to the forehead on the few who read it.

In an era when IBM dominated the industry, and the best most social critics could come up with vis-a-vis computers was an incoherent babble about punch cards and Big Brother, it revealed a side of computing few had seen, and dared to dream about knowledge-sharing networks and graphic interfaces.

In 1989, I bought two dozen copies of this book (Microsoft Press edition). I gave some copies to friends, but most went to my co-workers at a small home-PC company. It was a coolness test. People who talked about it, who GOT it, I had hope for. Those who didn't get it, or scoffed, I marked as duffers. Alas, this included many of the company's higher ups.

Why only four stars for what was once an utterly invaluable tome, a source of inspiration, a shining literary beacon of hope? Mostly because much of what Computer Lib / Dream Machines advocated has come to pass (albeit in ways that Nelson would probably not prefer). Partially because the battle to complete the job has moved into other spheres: Legal, commercial, and the nitty-gritty work of actual product creation.

If you see a copy, or either edition, BUY IT.

A bona fide computer culture classic

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2000-02-02

Theodor Nelson is an academic and computer visionary who is generally credited with creating the term "hypertext" in 1965. While hypertext had been conceived of as early as the 1940s, Nelson was the first to construct it within the context of the emerging computer technologies of the 1960s and 70s as a new mode of publication.

The word "visionary" gets thrown around quite a bit when one talks about computers and the Internet: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos ... all visionaries. And then you read this book, which originally appeared in the 1970s, based on ideas Nelson developed in the 1960s, and you discover what visionary really means.

Dream Machines is a bona fide computer culture classic; it is shocking that such an influential and important book is out of print.

inspirational

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 1999-09-10

Ted Nelson has given us a vision. The vision, and this book itself describe a paradox: quaint and futuristic at the same time. It's two books in one cover, and it's easy to pick up and read at any point. Bring it back in print so more can enjoy it! This author coined the term "hypertext", and describes a universe slightly parallel to ours, where the WorldWideWeb is known as Xanadu, where electronic documents are linked and not embedded; where authors could receive monetary credit for citations or purchases. My copy of this book is from the Microsoft Press reprints in the 80's. I still fondle it often. It's one of those books that get stolen from your bookshelf, or you leave on the table for months. I find the author can explain computer science and computer graphics in simple, fun terms. This book is a classic computer book, and it explains the wonder and the pleasure that some people get from computers in a wildly creative way. It's a love story, it's a "punk hacker" story, it's a tragedy. The source code to xanadu has been released this year, revitalizing the questions raised in this book. Not everyone will agree with Ted Nelson, but I think this is a great book.

CorelDRAW 8 for Windows, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Published in Paperback by Peachpit Press (1998-01-15)

Author: Phyllis Davis

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Great starter for Corel

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2002-08-15

I love the quickstart books. This one is no different. I would recommend this book for people who have a desire to get up and started quickly with Corel. It is easy to follow and you will be surprised how quickly you will be able to create your own professional documents.

Excellent for graphics beginner

Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 1999-07-24

I grasp computer concepts very quickly and have worked with some desktop publishing programs, but had never worked with a "professional" graphics program before. This book, however, was excellent; within an hour I was up and running and very comfortable using both the program and the book. Would recommend highly. Now I wish the author would write one for Corel PhotoPaint (hint, hint).

Excellent

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1998-06-06

This is an excellent step by step tutorial book for beginners.

Perfect primer for a complex program

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-23

This book is exactly what the Visual QuickStart Series is all about - concise, illustrated explanations of most of the features you'll need to be up and running with minimal effort. Ms. Davis' enthusiasm and expertise with CorelDraw 8 makes the book a pleasure to read and work with. Although I use the Macintosh version of the program (there are several interface differences), this book for Windows was exactly what I needed to start using the prgram to create a newsletter for work. I'm brand new to these types of programs, and after struggling through the Bible and Real-World books on Illustrator and PageMaker, this book was a welcome and mercifully brief grand slam. You can skip most of the first 40 or so pages if you are not new to desktop design/publishing, and get right to working with the impressive tools in the program. For me, though, they were a godsend.

I'm still hoping for a Mac edition of this book, but I probably have all I need with this one

Create Frontpage Web Pages in a Weekend

Published in Paperback by Premier Press (1997-02)

Author: David Karlins

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A good book for people with some knowledge of web pages

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1998-10-30

A good source book

Don't use FrontPage without this book!

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1997-08-25

I've got all the huge books about FrontPage, but this is the one I keep coming back to for quick, easy information and answers. I did get my page up in a weekend, but I'm still using the book to expand and refine it. Now if he'd just write one for Photoshop..

It saved my site!

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1997-07-31

I bought Microsoft Front Page on a Thursday, but was having trouble installing it and figuring out how to use it. Friday morning I bought the book "Create Front Page Web Pages in a Weekend" and what a difference it made! I didn't really get started Friday, but worked on my web site on Saturday and Sunday. Monday I spent finding a host. By Tuesday, my site was up, though not really what I wanted it to be. Wednesday it was up and running and registered with over 100 search engines. The URL is http://www.labow.com Marshall Labow (marshall@labow.com)

A superbly written guide to creating web pages.

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1997-07-02

I read many publications at the local Barnes & Noble before I purchasing Dave Karlins Creating Front Page Web Pages in a Weekend. This book easily explains all of the necessary stepts to get you web not created but to also get it published. The book font size and page graphics were also quite easy to follow even in black and white. Thanks Dave. Keep on writing and I'll keep on reading

Dan Gookin Teaches Windows 98 (The Best Advice from the Best Authors)

Published in Paperback by Que (1998-10-19)

Author: Dan Gookin

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The best windows book out there!

Helpful Votes: 13 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-11

I've looked at all the Windows books available and this one is by far the easiest to follow and the best to show examples of real life situations. Buy this one before you pick up any others.

GREAT BOOK! HAS ALL THE ANSWERS!

Helpful Votes: 14 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-05

Dan Gookin teaches in a non-threatening manner, and keeps up good humor in the meantime. It makes the learning process FUN, as well as simple. I especially like the way he throws in personal comments, as it saves me trial and error to learn the same outcome. This is definately an asset not found with other computer-book authors. It is evident that he uses computers, not just teaches them. Great book, easy to read, easy to use, and well worth the minimal investment.

Have Never Turned A PC ON

Helpful Votes: 19 out of 20 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-01

I had never turned on a pc before I bought this book Windows 98. I had always been afraid of the pc until I bought windows 98 by Dan Gookin. The book took me step by step until I was finally doing something on our pc. It was from his simple ways of geeting you to understand and put into action what you had read that gave you energy to read the next page to learn little by little. Two months later and I found myself very comfortable with working in windows and doing something I never thought I would be able to do as I am not a youngster but am 52 years old and will to learn more about our pc.

Best Book On Windows 98

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-11-06

This is the best book, by far, on win 98. Dan Gookin is to computers what John Madden is to Monday Night Football (simply the best). This is the 2nd book I have purchased by him and I will continue to look for him name associated with any new computer books I intend to buy in the future. He adds his overwhelming knowledge of computers and his sense of humor to teach you, step-by-step, the win 98 program. The instructions are direct and to the point, not a lot of senseless reading to get to the punchline. If you are new to computers or have been at it for awhile, this is a must have book regardless of your level of expertise. Get this book today, and you will be glad you did. I am.

Data Mining for Business Intelligence: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications in Microsoft Office Excel with XLMiner

Published in Hardcover by Wiley-Interscience (2006-12-11)

Authors: Galit Shmueli, Nitin R. Patel, and Peter C. Bruce

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Condensed Discussion of DataMining

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-10

This book discusses some of the techniques used
in Data Mining.
It goes into Data Exploration as well as Evaluating
Classification and Predictive Performance.

Some of the more advanced techniques such as
Neural Nets and Cluster Analysis are
also discussed.

To learn more about database design and relational data modeling visit
[...]

Excellent MBA/B-School Data Mining Book

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-15

I've used this as textbook for three years (even before it was in print) for my "Business Intelligence Using Data Mining" elective MBA course at the Indian School of Business. Till last Fall, I used to structure my class around the four major data-mining techniques explained well in this book; classification, prediction, clustering and association rules (what goes with what). The last time I switched completely to driving the class using the six or seven excellent cases at the back of the book, and the Business students loved that.

The cases and the associated data are rich; providing a business context to anchor the learning for students in the B-School. They allow the instructor to naturally cover important practical issues, such as over-sampling (when events that one is interested in -- say load defaults -- are rare), and asymmetric classification costs.

My class typically has a group project, where students have to pull everything together, from identifying a data mining opportunity, to collecting the data (beg, borrow or crawl:-), to performing exploratory data analysis (a key chapter in the book), to analyzing and presenting the results. Its usually more work than the students expect, but also typically much more learning than they expect.

In summary, a great resource for teaching the principles of data mining to anyone, and particularly useful for those in a Business School setting.

From the authors:

Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-26

This book got its start as notes for a data mining class that one of us (Nitin Patel) was teaching at MIT, and was completed while another of us (Galit Shmueli) was teaching a similar course at Maryland. Both courses were part of an MBA program. We found that, while there are a lot of books on data mining, there were none that actually gave business students the skills and tools to implement data mining algorithms. So we set ourselves the task of writing a book that (1) provides real data sets with a business decision-making context and a hands-on orientation , (2) provides a theoretical and practical understanding of the key data mining methods of classification, prediction, data reduction and exploration at a level that is appropriate and useful for MBA's, and (3) bundles a powerful version of a commercial data mining tool that works in Excel (XLMiner). For this reason, we think our book will be appropriate not just for students, but also for business analysts with a quantitative orientation, on, indeed, anyone who wants to learn data mining via self-study. Have we succeeded? You be the judge! - P. Bruce (for G. Shmueli and N. Patel)

An Excellent Introduction, Works with Excel

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-18

Data mining is the extraction of useful information from large amounts of data. Perhaps the best example of this is Amazon. If you go to Amazon to look at a book, you'll find such tidbits of information as a section on the page headlined 'Customers who bought this item also bought' and another 'What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?'

That's datamining, dozens or hundreds, or thousands of people looked at the page about this item. Then they went on to take these other actions. Among all the data that Amazon has collected they mine their database and pull out information to fill in these blocks.

This book, intended for MBA level students gives an excellent introduction to data mining. It further includes access to an Excel add-in called XLMiner that is specifically set up to allow the student to use Excel to learn how data mining is done.

The one thing I would ask the authors to do in their next edition is to provide a brief review of the commercially available data mining software products that are available. If not all of the software, perhaps just the top half dozen or so. In real life we aren't going to use Excel for data mining, our data resides in a database somewhere.

Data Structures and Algorithms Using Visual Basic.NET

Published in Paperback by Cambridge University Press (2005-03-07)

Author: Michael McMillan

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DataStructure/Algorithms/VB.Net

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-01

For some of us learning programming has been less of a structured approach and more of a journey, picking up what we could as we went along. This book is a significant aid in that it takes us back to the basics of how to write problem solving code and at the same time giving us an extended toolbox to apply to how we perform it. It has been a real help to me by reinforcing things to me that I thought I understood, and teaching me new ways to do things that I had no idea on how to approach.
Al Edlund

Programmer

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-14

Michael McMillan's "Data Structures and Algorithms Using Visual Basic.Net" is an excellent resource for the serious programmer using Visual Basic.Net. With the advent of the .Net technology there have been some major changes to Visual Basic, one of them being the collection classes. Most vb reference books provide a weak introduction to the collections and how to use them; this is the focus of the book and really allows the reader to gain enough confidence to start using them effectively in their own programs.

I look forward to more books from this author.

introductory algorithm course

Helpful Votes: 12 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-10

McMillan does for Visual Basic in .NET what other languages like Java, C and C++ have long had. Fundamental data structures like hash tables or hash sets, arrays, linked lists. He shows how to use these in the VB context. They greatly simplify your programming tasks. These constructs are so widely used in any practical programming language.

Without them, you find yourself having to tediously reinvent basic functionality. Adding little value. And with the risk that your implementations might be buggy.

McMillan shows how to use the structures in several algorithms. Having said that, this book will not be of any surprise to someone already familiar with algorithms. It does not go into these to the depth of Knuth's 'Art of Computer Programming', or Sedgewick's texts.

Excellent

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-20

I have selected this book to be the textbook of an introductory course in data structures and algorithms for my second year programming students. There were three major reasons behind this choice:

1- The book doesn't go into the mathematics found in other books. Of course, mathematics are essential for those who want to create algorithms, but it's not the case for the majority of programmers, at least in the business computing field, who just want to implement them. On the contrary, I think that teaching the mathematics underlying the construction of algorithms makes the learning process unnecessarily hard.

2- On the data structures field, the book takes advantage of structures already implemented in the major development platforms. As the author says it: "students of data structures and algorithms can now see how to use a data structure before learning how to implement it" (Preface, p. vii). From an educational standpoint, this is a far better approach than starting to discuss a concept abstractly.

3- The examples are in VB .NET, which I consider a good starting programming language. For those who rather prefer another language, the author has recently published the same book for C#: "Data Structures and Algorithms Using C#".

In a word, I consider this book an excellent practical approach to learn common data structures and algorithms without going into the complexity of mathematics.

Delphi Programming Unleashed/Book and Disk

Published in Paperback by Sams (1995-06)

Author: Charles Calvert

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The easy way to master Delphi.

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Review Date: 1996-08-09

How many times did you read a book, follow the examples and run it in the computer, and at end of it you can't write a program by yourself?
Delphi Unleashed is different! Just in the initial chapters you'll be learning the best way: experimenting.

While some books are introductory, others are for the experts, to be used as reference material. There are books that try conciliate both things, but few succeed. This one does it.

Charles Calvert, with your soft writing style and some sense of humour, leads you to explore the language from the beginnings to the most advanced topics, in a soft and pleasant way. He emphasises the most important points, even repeating some fundamental concepts, and pointing the trickiest subjects. Everything is minutely explained. It is impossible to not understand.

The examples are well formulated and are all reproduced on the accompanying CD, which carries too a bunch of tools and libraries.

The coverage of the book is fantastic. From the structure of a Delphi program, to variables and looping. From the use of functions, to strings and pointers. The object programming and client server techniques are explored in depth, as well as OLE, SQL and multimedia subjects.

The didactic is impeccable. An excellent book !

The easy way to master Delphi.

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Review Date: 1996-08-09

While some books are introductory, others are for the experts, to be used as reference material. There are books that try conciliate both things, but few succeed. This one does it.

The examples are well formulated and are all reproduced on the accompanying CD, which carries too a bunch of tools and libraries.

The didactic is impeccable. An excellent book !

The easy way to master Delphi.

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1996-08-09

While some books are introductory, others are for the experts, to be used as reference material. There are books that try conciliate both things, but few succeed. This one does it.

The examples are well formulated and are all reproduced on the accompanying CD, which carries too a bunch of tools and libraries.

The didactic is impeccable. An excellent book !

A Book to Really Learn Delphi!

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1997-09-01

It's a very good book to read and go through the various examples, covering since the simplest of a Delphi Project to the most interesting and powerful about Creating Components. It's a Must Have Book! Congratulations Charles

Desktop Publishing by Design: Everyone's Guide to Pagemaker 6

Published in Paperback by Microsoft Pr (1996-05)

Authors: Ronnie Shushan, Don Wright, and Laura Lewis

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The best on the market!!!

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2001-11-09

I have both copies of this book (for Pagemaker 5 and for 6). It is the best book on the market by far for beginners in desktop publishing. I would like to use this book as a textbook in an adult ed program. The students in this class are novices in computer experience but need something basic for their small businesses or church offices or small private schools. I sincerely hope this book keeps pace with new upgrades of Adobe Pagemaker, the easiest and most versatile layout program on the market for the small business, inexperienced computer user.

An excellent resource for both PageMaker and design

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1998-10-22

The best part about this book is the extensive introductory section packed with design ideas for different kinds of work. I teach PageMaker classes, and this is always my top recommendation!

Want to be a master? That's the only introduction you need!

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1998-07-09

This is kind of book that leads you from "inconcious unawareness" to "concious mastery" not only on PageMaker, but also on design at the whole. Everybody knows that one cannot learn design by book; after reading "Desktop Publishing by Design" which is fulfilled with so many tips and techniques, advices and examples, one won't be so certain about the beginning of this sentence.

Informative, detailed, and well-written

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-29

I'm a novice designer who recently took on the responsibility for my company's quarterly magazine. This book gave me a thorough introduction to layout, typography, and electronic prepress, with lots of intelligent examples. I also picked up dozens of time-saving Pagemaker 6.0 shortcuts I might never have gotten around to learning if I'd just played with the program and skimmed the manual.

I was able to make immediate improvements to both the design and the production process of the magazine issue I was working on. I plan to read the book again--it's huge, by the way, and packed with peanuts--in a few months to get all the stuff I was unable to absorb the first time. Totally worthwhile.

Digital Scanning and Photography

Published in Paperback by Microsoft Press (2000-09-02)

Author: Dan Gookin

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Now I know!

Helpful Votes: 14 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 2001-05-05

I can take a picture using my digital camera and I can even use the software, but the pictures looked horrible. So I broke down and bought this book. Wow! Now I know what I was doing wrong - lots! It's the technical information about resolution and working with the software that makes all the difference in your pictures. This is a must buy. If you've spent the money to buy the camera, spend a little extra, buy this book, and do it right.

Surprise! You don't know as much as you think you do

Helpful Votes: 18 out of 19 total.
Review Date: 2001-01-09

I recieved this book as a gift and I snickered, thinking I already knew a lot about digital photography. Boy, was I wrong! This book is full of great information about things that really matter (resolution for example). This is a must buy for anyone scanning or using a digital camera. Really, there's a lot to learn!

A Good Read

Helpful Votes: 23 out of 24 total.
Review Date: 2000-09-21

Want to know the difference between image, monitor and printer resolutions? This book is a great intro to the world of digital graphics. The author writes in a witty, nontechnical manner, and manages to make even a technical topic a joy to read. The chapter on Internet images, however, lacks coverage of online photo albums such as ecircles and clubphoto. Perhaps the accompanying Web site at wambooli can pick up the slack.

Great helpful guide

Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-18

I don't own a digital camera (35mm buff) but just couldn't get the hang of achieving even decent scans of my 35mm shots. This book follows Adobe Photodeluxe to the "T" but is very useful for anyone with a scanner. Changed everything and frequently use the book as a reference tool. Best bet for the price!