Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

July 12

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup is not only the title of the new book from Eric Ries, but also the name of the movement he started trying to restructure the way in which entrepeneurship is viewed and how innovation is tackled in the world that we live in. This movement has its own site on The Lean Startup. [...]

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July 1

jQuery Novice to Ninja

I’ve just finished reading the book jQuery Novice to Ninja, from SitePoint editorial, and the authors Earle Castledine and Craig Sharkie. I’ve got to say that this book has been a really good choice. Firstly, the book assumes the reader does not have much knowledge of jQuery or JavaScript whatsoever, which makes it useful for anybody, [...]

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June 14

Ten Books To Boost Your Experience Of User Experience

Today, User Experience is almost universally associated with digital media and devices. Yet long before the internet or iPlayer, people were struggling with how to make products more usable by the people they’re intended for. Books, in particular, developed whole architectures and navigation tools – from prologues, introductions, chapters and appendixes to page numbers, footnotes and indexes [...]

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February 21

Web Applications Design Patterns

Ok, it’s 4 AM and I can’t sleep right now. I just finished reading this book I’ve been reading for long, called Web Application Design Patterns, by Pawan Vora. The title it has is pretty much explanatory, because that’s really what’s it about. It’s a collection of design patterns oriented to usability and graphical interfaces [...]

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February 17

Pro ASP.NET MVC3 Framework

I have just read Pro ASP.NET MVC3 Framework, a book from Apress, writen by Adam Freeman and Steen Sanderson. In a few words, the book is really good, not amazingly detailed, but it’s a good approach for those who want to gain a beginner/intermediate level on the framework. Certain features have been left aside, and [...]

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