Saturday - October 21, 2006

Category Image Adobe Photoshop CS2: Classroom In A Book


Reviewed by: AMP
Author: Adobe Creative Team
Publisher: PeachPit Press
http://www.peachpit.com
Booksite:
http://www.peachpit.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321321847&rl=1
Cost: $49.99 USD
Published: May 2005
Pages: 496
ISBN: 0-321-32184-7
Requirements: An interest in Photoshop, your own copy of Adobe Photoshop CS2
Strengths: A lot of tips and tricks, a good way to learn the basics or brush up on your current
Weaknesses: No trail version of Photoshop included, you have to own the software

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Sunday - August 06, 2006

Category Image Fixing Windows XP Annoyances


Reviewed by: AMP
Author: David A. Karp
Publisher: O’Reilly Books
http://www.oreilly.com
Booksite:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsxpannoy/
Cost: $19.99 USD
Published: March 2006
Pages: 239
ISBN: 0-596-10053-1
Requirements: An interest in Windows XP
Strengths: Lots of tips and tricks for fixing Windows
Weaknesses: It’s about Windows

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Sunday - July 23, 2006

Category Image Mac OS X Server Essentials


Reviewd by: AMP
Author: Schoun Regan
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Website: www.peachpit.com
Booksite:
http://www.peachpit.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321357582&rl=1
Cost: $54.99
Published: Aug 17, 2005
Pages: 560
ISBN: 0-321-35758-2
Strengths: Comprehensive, Apple approved, Lots of screenshots
Weaknesses: Requires a pretty in-depth knowledge of Mac OS X to start with

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Saturday - July 08, 2006

Category Image Xsan Quick-Reference Guide, Second Edition


Reviewed by: Mike Chute
Authors: Adam Green and Matthew Geller
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Website: www.peachpit.com
Booksite: http://www.peachpit.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321432320&rl=1
Cost: $29.99
Published: Feb 10, 2006
Pages: 160
ISBN: 0-321-43232-0
Strengths: Superior graphics, well organized, comprehensive
Weaknesses: fairly technical

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Sunday - June 18, 2006

Category Image Mac OS X Unix 101 Byte Sized Projects


Reviewed by: Mike Chute
Author: Adrian Mayo
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Website: www.peachpit.com
Booksite:
http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321374118
Cost: $24.49
Published: Dec 14, 2005
Pages: 632
ISBN: 0-321-37411-8
Strengths: Not overwhelming, easy to follow along, great reference
Weaknesses: Not for the serious Unix geek

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Sunday - June 18, 2006

Category Image Modding Mac OS X


Reviewed by: Mike Chute
Author: Erica Sadun
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Website: www.oreilly.com
Booksite:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/modmacosx/
Cost: $24.95
Published: Sept. 2004
Pages: 276
ISBN: 0-596-00709-4
Strengths: Easy read, tips well explained, lots of pictures, sidebars, projects rated individually
Weaknesses: Not updated for Tiger, for the beginner to intermediate user not power users

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Friday - June 16, 2006

Category Image Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger


Reviewed by: AMP
Author: Dave Taylor
Publisher: O'Reilly Books
http://www.oreilly.com
Booksite:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ltigerunix/
Released June 2005
Pages: 280
$19.95 USD
ISBN: 0-596-00915-1
Strengths: Good for basic and power users, easy to follow
Weaknesses: Not for experienced Unix geeks

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Saturday - May 06, 2006

Category Image Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (eBook)


Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (e-book)
Reviewed by: AMP
Author: Joe Kissel
Publisher: TidBITS Electronic Publishing
http://www.tidbits.com/
Booksite:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/maintaining-mac.html?14!pt=TRK-0032-TCNEWS
Released March 2006
Pages: 86
$10 USD
ISBN: 1-933-67110-6
Strengths: Easy to read, informative, inexpensive, useful, maintenance checklist included, coupons included.
Weaknesses: None to speak of.

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Saturday - April 29, 2006

Category Image Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips


Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips
Reviewed by: AMP
Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: New Riders
http://www.newriders.com/
Booksite:
http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321290542
Cost: $29.99 USD
Published: August 2005
Pages: 370
ISBN: 0-321-29054-2
Strengths: Easy to read, lots of pictures, useful, well organized
Weaknesses: Nothing for the Unix geeks

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Friday - April 22, 2005

Category Image My Mac Bookshelf (UPDATED)


Here's some of the Mac-related books I keep on my bookshelf... I recommend all of them.

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