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I bought this book more than one year ago. But the more I use it the more I like it.Although the book was written for JDK1.0.2, the ideas are still valid. The book is project oriented. The authors used only two chapters to talk about Java and the rest of the book guides users to develop non-trivial projects. I learn a lot by doing these projects. No other books match this one. If the authors will update this book for new JDK, I will jump to buy it.

The code applet for spreatsheet project (part 2), in cap. 3 is incomplete. The library lose the Cd of this book, and I writte the code, but it's not compile!

This book is sensational, but it needs to be updated to the new language version specially about event-treatment.

THIS GAME GUIDE WAS GOOD. IT IS EASY TO FIND THE ITEMS AND SOLVE THE MISSIONS. ALSO THIS GAME GUIDE WAS DESCRIBE WELL THE STORY LINE. I LIKE IT.

I have the game know i have the guide book its handy when your playing the game it tells you how to get more orbs and teaches you more techneqies. A helpfull book and the game is great to great book and great game.

The guide helped me alot and especially the hidden orbs which helped me level up alot. Definitely recommend the guide.

This is one of the funniest books I've read in years! The main character is on the verge of losing his marriage due to hiding expensive purchases from his wife and he puts all his efforts into an eBay sale gone bad! Ha! Clearly this story could only be told in a brilliant work of fiction like this one. Nobody would believe it could be true.

The book takes you on one mans journey to seek justice over a eBay seller gone bad. Allows you to go step by step as to his actions and thoughts. Along with some humor and a very sage wife guiding him with her words of wisdom. You will see yourself in his writing when you found something perfect, paid for it and waited in anticipation for it's arrival. Then the realization nothing was going to arrive and you are on your own to retrieve any monetary recompense. The book is invaluable for anyone who finds themselves in the same position of fraud and wonders where to turn to next. With fortitude and overcoming many road blocks, this author found justice. It is certainly a cautionary tale. The protection you think you have with PayPal and eBay is not what you think. Don't get mad, be methodical and don't give up is this authors message.

I found this little book very interesting and helpful. Being a victim of ebay fraud myself, I understand the feelings of helplessness when you realize that you have been scammed and can't get any help from ebay or paypal who claim their site is
safe to buy and sell on. Glad to see that someone at least went to great lengths to try to get some justice. Ebay needs to make some serious changes or they are going to lose a lot of their honest users.

Abramson is the ultimate story teller. This collection of essays provides a multi-disciplinary foundation to understanding how we became global citizens of the Information Age. Whether your interest lies in law, economics, politics or computer science, you will find the time invested in the book very worthwhile. Read it once for an overview; read it again to become truly knowledgeable. Keep it at hand as a reference.

Finally, a book that explains what happened and where we're going. Abramson provides a lucid framework for understanding the dynamics of the information economy--a virtual theory of everything. Innovation isn't enough; bubble's are normal; a regulatory and legal framework is necessary for consistent advancement; most important, the choices we make now as a society will affect the direction and growth of the information economy. Read this book--then everything else you read about about the technology, law and economics of the information economy will make sense.

Don't be scared...this is MIT press, but popular writing. Abramson nails it: why it happened, what's apt to happen in the future. But most of all, this is a great read--the stories are told with such panache that you hardly realize that you are tackling cutting edge issues in law, economics and, yes, politics. Worthy of reading twice: once for the stories, once for the underlying arguments.

I'd recommend Digital Storytelling to anyone interested in a new medium for their message--it's both accessible and practical.

With an MBA in marketing, I was most interested in the use of digital storytelling for promotion, advertising, and branding. I am a board member of an opera company; like many arts organizations, we are trying to entice a younger audience.

For the opera company, putting our young singers online is a very accessible way to lure a younger audience already familiar with Facebook. I would like to set up a MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game), a type of game I learned about in the book. In MMOGs, people take on the appearance and persona of make-believe characters and interact with each other. In one for the opera company they could portray the drama and events of opera. Who wouldn't want to be the Duke of Mantua or Don Giovanni! An ARG (Alternative Reality Game) would be terrific, too. As explained in the Digital Storytelling, ARGs tie together several forms of media to tell a story, and intimately involve players in the narrative, where they help solve a mystery or prevent a crime.

Digital Storytelling also speaks to the challenges of a Rice University chamber music presenting organization of which I am a member. While the performances attract students, this audience will not have longevity that young subscribers will. Ergo we must reach these potential members through media with which they are familiar, like the Internet.

I loved the section of the book about the kiosk as an avatar. While it is terrific for hospitalized kids, it would also be a great way to communicate with shut-in geriatrics. The kiosks could incorporate pets, family, connected adults, games, physical exercises, etc. The possibilities are without limits.

I feel that Digital Storytelling provides a detailed, articulate guide for those interested in using a new methodology to convey their message; it is a fine tool.


Barbara Kauffman, M.A., M.B.A.

I read the first edition of Digital Storytelling cover-to-cover and continue to use it as a reference book. When I picked up the second edition of this valuable resource, I knew I was in both heaven and in trouble. Here would be brand new jewels of information I could use in all my storytelling (that's the heaven part) and I would be compelled by my own curiousity and desire to stay abreast of the developing multi-media industry to read this new edition cover-to-cover (the trouble part is that once I picked it up I'd be ignoring other projects in order to absorb all the great insight and information Carolyn offers).

Sure enough.

Digital Storytelling has far surpassed the typical pattern of a second edition, which offers 20% new material. Miller's second edition offers 80% new material! If you want to keep up, or even have a glimmer of what's up on the frontiers of storytelling, you've got to read Digital Storytelling.

For those who pooh-pooh new media as shallow and unintelligent, read what Miller has to say about the history and provenance of the art form - including James Joyce.

For those who're only interested in the action and the creation of same, entire sections of the book are devoted to how-to's, with "Idea-Generating Exercises" in each.

For those whose interest lies in the business aspects of new technologies, Carolyn explores that as well.

To practice what she preaches about interconnectivity and multiple media sources, the book also offers additional materials and links on a couple of different websites.

All-in-all, Digital Storytelling is a comprehensive analysis of and approach to the creative and commercial aspects of new media that reflects the rich storytelling tendencies that make us human - and that makes stories so compelling.

Buy it, read it, and refer to it whenever you're working on anything digital.

Carolyn Miller is extremely bright and highly accomplished in her field; what she had to say about digital storytelling is worth listening to. The editorial reviews accurately reflect the great usefulness of this singular resource. I think you'll agree that it's "worth the price of admission."

I just started administering Exchange and i needed a book that would help me prepare for the worst. This book right from the start showed how to Recover Exchange the right way. I use to worry everyday that the Exchange Server would go down, now i have no fears...

The book was referred to me by a friend who had taken the course that the book is based on. I'm not very good at sitting in a classroom, so I decided to take the plunge and find out what I was missing. The labs gradually take you through all of the scenarios we had to go through when our server crashed. You use LoadSim to load mail and build the logs, which is quite interesting and works well as a learning tool. It takes about 30-40 hours to complete (It took me 31) and I think it's time well spent. If you haven't worked with Exchange in the past, it might be hard to follow. However, if you work with Exchange on a day-to-day basis then this book is for you. After finishing all of the labs, I can say the book gave me a complete picture as to the best recovery methods to use for each type of database failure. I just wish I had found it and done the labs before my server took a dump. It would have saved me a big headache and 7 hours of downtime. I highly recommend the book for people who manage exchange and need to reduce their downtime.

The book is definitely setup as a training manual for the working Admin. It's one lab after another going through each type of recovery in detail. It takes a while to do all of the labs and you'll need to know more than just the basics to get through them. You can tell the author wrote it with this in mind. If your job is to manage exchange and you really want to know the ins and outs of exchange databases, then this is a great training course that you can do on your own.

Very detailed and well explained topics. Tom Barnaby shows MS distributed programing in a deeply manner.
I think that an architecture chapter or advices about MS distributed architecture would be useful. Anyway, an excellent book.

I have been working with .Net Remoting for a couple months and this book has more detailed information in it, than I could find anywhere. Not only did it help reinforce the fundamentals of remoting, it explores many advanced topics and gives easy to follow examples. The approach is practical and direct even with difficult topics. This book saved me hours of time by explaining in depth delegates and remote callbacks. I highly suggest this book for anyone working with remoting, web services or other distributed programming topics.

Also, the code used in the examples can be downloaded from the book's website in C# or VB.NET.

When I first started reading this book, I thought "Oh no - 3 chapters of intro and a large appendix". I naturally skipped over the intro and started reading what I thought was the first Real chapter. I kept finding interesting references back to an intro chapter "Introduction to .Net Remoting". I finally read this chapter and was pleasantly surprised to find a clear and comprehensive explanation of channels and contexts. The "This is .Net" intro chapter had a great explanation of versioning in .Net. So I'd recommend reading this book from the beginning - or at least start with chapter 2.

The rest of the book allowed me to complete a moderately size distributed project in a lot less time that I thought it would. There is also a great chapter on using transactions under Component Services. I was also able the complete my last MCAD certification test (VB XML) based mainly on what I got out of this book.

This book has no fluff and is packed with a lot of key concepts and practical code samples. The only downside was the brief coverage and dismissal of Web Services. The Appendix turned out to be coverage of ADO.Net written by Andrew Troelsen. I didn't read this chapter because I was already up to speed on ADO.Net. But having read a couple of Troelsen's other books, my guess is that it's pretty good.

I'm up against a deadline for a web application. The going is slow when you
have to hand-carve the HTML, JavaScript, CSS and PHP. Dojo saves you at least
two-thirds of the work, so I'm very grateful for it. But it takes some getting
used to, and the on-line documentation is, well, succinct.

Russell's book came along just in time. It's a lifesaver.

The Introduction alone is worth the price. I found out about
some invaluable Web development debugging tools that I'd never seen before.
Russell provides a clear, concise explanation of some very important JavaScript
notions: Closures, Context, and Anonymous Functions. And all of this before
we even get to the toolkit!

The book makes the Dojo easy to use and easy to understand. There's a wealth
of coding examples, as well as complete lists of objects, methods, and so forth.

Matthew Russell has captured what makes Dojo the "magic sauce" of the Ajax world. As he indicates in the book's dedication, Dojo can be your friend in combating browser idiosyncrasies. Since Russell has been an active participant in the Dojo development community for a long time, he's in an excellent position to write from an expert's viewpoint. Another Amazon reviewer has covered the book's contents thoroughly. "Dojo: The Definitive Guide" is very well-organized and covers lots of ground. I appreciate the fact that the author doesn't simply rehash online documentation; instead he provides real insight and coherent explanations. Like most O'Reilly books, the table of contents and index are invaluable in rapidly honing in on a particular subtopic.

To get the most out of this book, you do need to have some web development background (JavaScript, CSS, HTML), but then who else would be purchasing this book? While the book might have benefited from a discussion of Dojo use with YUI, Google Gear, or other toolkits, the author points out this is out of scope. I imagine this saved more than a few trees. (Check out the ongoing efforts of the OpenAjax Alliance if you need to combine multiple frameworks.) I would have preferred access to the code examples packaged in a convenient zip file; perhaps the author will add that to his O'Reilly catalog page (URL given in the preface or just search for "Dojo" at oreilly.com). However, these points do not detract from the thoroughness in which Russell has covered a difficult and rapidly changing topic.

This book is certainly worthy of the fine O'Reilly imprint. The fact that it is edited by the always discerning Simon St. Laurent is definitely a plus. If you are a web developer who needs cross-browser support, you need this book in your library.

Dojo is a comprehensive JavaScript toolkit that provides a layer of insulation between you and browser inconsistencies by leveraging JavaScript and other web technologies. Dojo is very good in situations where YUI is already being used. Dojo has a standard JavaScript library with a collection of drop-in replacements for customized HTML controls and CSS layout hacks, build tools, and unit tests.

Part 1 of this book is a standard library reference that exposes you to the various nooks and crannies of Base and Core, the parts of the toolkit that comprise a JavaScript standard library. Base contains rich functionality as diverse as AJAX calls, DOM querying based on CSS selector syntax, standardized event propagation, and functional programming utilities like map and filter. Core includes lots of additional features for operations like animations and drag-and-drop. While this can be incredibly useful, these features just aren't as common to all use cases as the features in Base.

Part 2 explores the rest of the toolkit, including complete coverage of Dijit, the rich layer of drop-in replacements for customized HTML controls. Dijit is designed so that it can be used in the markup with little to no programming required, and makes it possible to build attractive web pages that already look and behave much like user interface controls from desktop applications.

Part 2 concludes with a discussion of the build system and unit testing framework provided by Util. The build system includes a highly configurable entry point to ShrinkSafe, a tool that leverages the Rhino JavaScript engine to compress code by as a third or more. DOH stands for the Dojo Objective Harness, and provides a standalone system for unit testing your JavaScript code. This is also discussed here.

This book assumes that you've done some web development with client-side technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. You by no means, however, need to be an expert in any of these skills and you really don't need to know anything at all about what happens on a web server because Dojo is a client-side technology. Just knowing what they are and how they are used is more than enough. As in most O'Reilly applied programming technology books, there are plenty of code examples. The book just doesn't talk about all of this stuff, it actually shows you the technology in action.

If you are an existing web developer or even a hobbyist who is able to construct a very simple web page and apply a little JavaScript and CSS to brighten things up a bit, then you are qualiified to read this book. If you haven't even heard of HTML, JavaScript, or CSS, and have never written any code that works with any of these languages and technologies, then you might want to consider picking up a good introduction on web development before tackling this book.

The following is a detailed table of contents:

Part 1: Base and Core
Chapter 1. Toolkit Overview
Chapter 2. Language and Browser Utilities
Chapter 3. Event Listeners and Pub/Sub Communication
Chapter 4. AJAX and Server Communication
Chapter 5. Node Manipulation
Chapter 6. Internationalization
Chapter 7. Drag-and-Drop
Chapter 8. Animation and Special Effects
Chapter 9. Data Abstraction
Chapter 10. Simulated Classes and Inheritance
Chapter 11. Dijit Overview
Chapter 12. Dijit Anatomy and Lifecycle
Chapter 13. Form Widgets
Chapter 14. Layout Widgets
Chapter 15. Application Widgets
Chapter 16. Build Tools, Testing, and Production Considerations
Appendix A. A Firebug Primer
Appendix B. A Brief Survey of DojoX

I have used Dragon NaturallySpeaking for years, and it's both a lifesaver for me and a huge headache, as I've never managed to put in the time necessary to become a master user. This video has helped me break down some of my mental barriers and has inspired me to take my accuracy to the next level. Watching Dan Newman demonstrate the program was a much easier way for me to learn than reading a book or a manual. I picked up a lot of new tips, and I am actually looking forward to creating new shortcuts and commands, optimizing my vocabulary, etc. The video is well organized, with a lot of substance and the right amount of detail. Newman's clear explanations demystify the program as he soars effortlessly through all its features; he doesn't insult our intelligence, nor does he go over our heads. I would recommend the video for any new users or for people like me who need new tricks and tools. Newman is friendly and efficient, with an endearing straight-man humor. But fair warning: the cheesy jingle that begins each segment seems to be permanently stuck in my head.

I have been using Dragon Naturally Speaking for about 4 years. I started out with version 7, upgraded to version 7.03 Preferred, changed to version 8 Professional, and now I am using version 9 Preferred. I thought that I was fairly competent with using Dragon Naturally Speaking. But then, I had to do several presentations on the product at local clubs. So, I thought I should get more information and I ordered the 2 video CD set from Say-I-Can. I think I can safely say that I learned about 80% more than I had on my own. I have been doing computer training and computer teaching for about 12 years. I have over 80 books that are supposed to teach you how to use computer software of various sorts. In my opinion, most of them only teach you a "Table of Contents." With this video series on Dragon Naturally Speaking, you are taught how to use the program, and not just what the program does. The training is broken down into short, 5-10 minute, or so, segments. As you view one of the segments, you can pause the video, and then practice what you have seen with Dragon in a software application that you have open. You also get to see Dan Newman, the president of Say-I-Can, talking to you as he demonstrates how the program works. I like this effect, and think that it personalizes the instruction and makes it more friendly to follow. Dragon Naturally Speaking is a full voice recognition software product. It will work in many software applications. If you want to learn more about using the product, I highly recommend these training videos.

As the author of this training CD-ROM, I've created two related products you may be interested in:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 QuickStart (for Naturally Speaking software) - An abbreviated, "getting started" version of the Video Guide. Eight video lessons get you up and running quickly in under an hour.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Video Guide: Complete Three-Volume Set - Includes all of volumes I and II, plus eleven lessons on automating your work, using a portable digital recorder, and more. The best and most complete guide to using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9.

Nada malo que decir sobre este libro, recomendado desde para quien no tiene idea del manejo del programa, hasta para aquellos que ya nos entendemos con el programa... claros ejemplos, conscisas explicaciones. Realmente un gran libro.

Dreamweaver has quickly become one of the more popular web design toold available. Its concept of web design with minimal coding appeals to many new designers. This is also a downfall, especially with more experienced designers who like to type all their code themselves.

Most of the books available for Dreamweaver have focused on how to use the basic functions of Dreamweaver, ignoring things like database connectivity with ColdFusion.

This book not only covers the basics of HTML, but it goes into some more advanced topics like CF. I would reccomend this book to anyone who is serious about web design with Dreamweaver.

It is very apparent that Joseph Lowery has not only a complete understanding of the many Internet technologies available to developers but also has an understanding for the way in which we most efficiently learn them. This book is not only 100% comprehensive but it also presents the material in an easy-to-understand bottoms-up approach that would give novices and professions alike an excellent understanding for web developement and Dreamweaver's role in that development. This book also provides numerous examples for both simple and advanced ways to enhance sites with Dreamweaver's many built-in behaviors.