http://books.slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2009, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2010-02-09T22:30:26+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://books.slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/PPhXzgFjPYo/Cacti-08-Network-Monitoring GJdeBoer writes "The book is aimed at people who are managing a network and would like to get insight into the performance of that network. It covers the installation and configuration of the Cacti application. In the preface the book states that it's not necessary to be a Linux Guru to use the book and that exactly is the case. The book builds up your knowledge about Cacti and the necessary steps to configure it for your network, and it teaches you about Net-SNMP and RRDTool, the building blocks of Cacti." Read on for the rest of GJdeBoer's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1427215/Cacti-08-Network-Monitoring?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/02/08/1427215"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1427215/Cacti-08-Network-Monitoring?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_-dt5bxASssjdUMrH58IsONrSHI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_-dt5bxASssjdUMrH58IsONrSHI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_-dt5bxASssjdUMrH58IsONrSHI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_-dt5bxASssjdUMrH58IsONrSHI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/PPhXzgFjPYo" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-02-08T18:40:00+00:00 books read-all-about-it bookreview 44 44,42,32,19,3,0,0 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1427215/Cacti-08-Network-Monitoring?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/vaU-7YiQcgI/The-Art-of-Scalability Martijn de Boer writes "Creating high performance growing networks is really a special skill managers and network architects should possess to be ready for the future. The Art of Scalability is a book written for these kinds of functions, and prepares you for the present and the imminent future. Scalability is achieved by principles that work on many levels within enterprises, whether it's processes, organizational structure or setting up your project, this book covers it all." Read on for the rest of Martijn's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/04/1538251/The-Art-of-Scalability?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/02/04/1538251"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/04/1538251/The-Art-of-Scalability?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zrN182VxoSHoS3ga0EBuACeX8ik/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zrN182VxoSHoS3ga0EBuACeX8ik/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zrN182VxoSHoS3ga0EBuACeX8ik/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zrN182VxoSHoS3ga0EBuACeX8ik/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/vaU-7YiQcgI" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-02-04T18:16:00+00:00 bookreview read-all-about-it bookreview 63 63,61,53,44,15,8,3 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/04/1538251/The-Art-of-Scalability?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/sP2Yf9fiBFY/Sams-Teach-Yourself-HTML-and-CSS-In-24-Hours r3lody writes "Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours 8th edition, by Julie C. Meloni and Michael Morrison, provides the beginning and intermediate web designer with the tools needed to create standards-based web sites. The major focus of the book is XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2, but HTML 5 and some XHTML 1.0 are discussed. Overall, the presentation and content are very good. One small minus was that the publisher's site did not include downloadable examples from the book. I also found no errata until the latter parts of the book. Published in December of 2009, the 8th edition provides reasonably current information." Read on for Ray's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/01/1419205/Sams-Teach-Yourself-HTML-and-CSS-In-24-Hours?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/02/01/1419205"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/01/1419205/Sams-Teach-Yourself-HTML-and-CSS-In-24-Hours?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VfPAcnuOmWkUdHvg5aYBLXDorxQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VfPAcnuOmWkUdHvg5aYBLXDorxQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VfPAcnuOmWkUdHvg5aYBLXDorxQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VfPAcnuOmWkUdHvg5aYBLXDorxQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/sP2Yf9fiBFY" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-02-01T18:26:00+00:00 bookreview read-all-about-it bookreview 107 107,103,81,63,25,15,11 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/02/01/1419205/Sams-Teach-Yourself-HTML-and-CSS-In-24-Hours?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/17ZHGByQPXU/Joomla-15-Development-Cookbook Sparky Anduril writes "In Joomla! 1.5 Development Cookbook James Kennard has written an accessible and easy-to-read book to help anyone who is writing (or plans to write) extensions for the popular open source content management system, Joomla! (specifically for version 1.5). It is available as a paperback or PDF eBook." Read on for the rest of Jonathan's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/29/1414240/Joomla-15-Development-Cookbook?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/29/1414240"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/29/1414240/Joomla-15-Development-Cookbook?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CdWR_4Qcwnl-ZSHamtSv-KvJvgU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CdWR_4Qcwnl-ZSHamtSv-KvJvgU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CdWR_4Qcwnl-ZSHamtSv-KvJvgU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CdWR_4Qcwnl-ZSHamtSv-KvJvgU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/17ZHGByQPXU" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-29T18:29:00+00:00 php read-all-about-it bookreview 32 32,32,22,15,6,2,0 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/29/1414240/Joomla-15-Development-Cookbook?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/DPoEWgLTrqU/OpenGL-Programming-Guide-7th-Edition Martin Ecker writes "The Red Book, also known as the OpenGL Programming Guide published by Addison-Wesley Professional, returns in its seventh edition, now covering OpenGL up to and including version 3.1. The Red Book, so called because of its deep red cover, is the most-well known, authoritative introduction to the OpenGL graphics API. In this review I want to take you on a whirlwind tour through the pages of this book to see what it has to offer." Keep reading for the rest of Martin's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/27/1333259/OpenGL-Programming-Guide-7th-Edition?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/27/1333259"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/27/1333259/OpenGL-Programming-Guide-7th-Edition?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCydbiF2Au0dDeBMchLh3RmVrZE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCydbiF2Au0dDeBMchLh3RmVrZE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCydbiF2Au0dDeBMchLh3RmVrZE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCydbiF2Au0dDeBMchLh3RmVrZE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/DPoEWgLTrqU" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-27T19:14:00+00:00 graphics read-all-about-it bookreview 48 48,42,34,28,10,7,3 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/27/1333259/OpenGL-Programming-Guide-7th-Edition?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/W-l2Zph6lD4/The-Social-Media-Marketing-Book brothke writes "The fact that President Barack Obama has over 7 million Facebook fans, and First Lady Michelle Obama over 650,000 fans, are confirmation that social media has come of age. That is a far cry from former President Bush's comment in 2006 that he used the Google. While it is relatively easy for the President to get millions of followers, the challenge for businesses of all sizes is how to use social media to get fans and followers, and use them to drive business." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/22/1428211/The-Social-Media-Marketing-Book?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/22/1428211"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/22/1428211/The-Social-Media-Marketing-Book?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aoFDt-7hIZt2tX_MFFbwMokTRms/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aoFDt-7hIZt2tX_MFFbwMokTRms/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aoFDt-7hIZt2tX_MFFbwMokTRms/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aoFDt-7hIZt2tX_MFFbwMokTRms/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/W-l2Zph6lD4" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-22T18:25:00+00:00 bookreview re bookreview 87 87,86,60,43,17,6,4 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/22/1428211/The-Social-Media-Marketing-Book?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/u3iRXeLgHXY/Python-Essential-Reference-4th-Ed stoolpigeon writes "It has been ten years since David Beazley wrote the first edition of Python Essential Reference. The book has proven itself as a valuable resource to Python developers and has been kept current over those ten years, with the fourth edition coming at an interesting time for Python. Python 3 was a major release that broke backwards compatibility. Python 3 has been around for a year now. That said, the current download page at the official Python site states, 'If you don't know which version to use, start with Python 2.6.4; more existing third party software is compatible with Python 2 than Python 3 right now.' Beazley, in keeping with the pragmatic roots of a reference that sticks to what is 'essential,' has removed the coverage on features from 2 that were removed from 3. At the same time, the primary focus for new features that came with 3 is limited to those that have been back-ported to 2. This approach, born out of a desire to keep the reference relevant, provides a blended approach that is above all else practical." Read on for the rest of JR's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/1431242/Python-Essential-Reference-4th-Ed?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/20/1431242"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/1431242/Python-Essential-Reference-4th-Ed?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1urJaxbi0rCBkow9h5fbOECSIJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1urJaxbi0rCBkow9h5fbOECSIJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1urJaxbi0rCBkow9h5fbOECSIJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1urJaxbi0rCBkow9h5fbOECSIJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/u3iRXeLgHXY" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-20T18:50:00+00:00 bookreview read-all-about-it bookreview 94 94,90,68,44,15,5,2 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/1431242/Python-Essential-Reference-4th-Ed?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/NfSv04lITOo/ModSecurity-25 Martijn de Boer writes "For a long time now Apache's webserver software has been serving up the Web. Because Internet usage is still growing every day, securing your growing number of servers has become very important. ModSecurity 2.5 has been written to illustrate and educate you the ease of use and inner workings of the ModSecurity module for the most widespread webserver." Read below for the rest of Martijn's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/13/1424213/ModSecurity-25?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/13/1424213"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/13/1424213/ModSecurity-25?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nQyOY9ix4X2_1-gdf3ydcCqehyU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nQyOY9ix4X2_1-gdf3ydcCqehyU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nQyOY9ix4X2_1-gdf3ydcCqehyU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nQyOY9ix4X2_1-gdf3ydcCqehyU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/NfSv04lITOo" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-13T18:44:00+00:00 bookreview read-all-about-it bookreview 25 25,22,18,9,2,1,0 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/13/1424213/ModSecurity-25?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/Dakf6DwCzJM/Learning-JQuery-13 Michael J. Ross writes "Of all Web technologies, JavaScript may have the most checkered past &mdash; first heralded as a powerful object-oriented language for jazzing up Web pages, but later condemned as a source of spammy pop-up windows and horrid animations polluting websites everywhere. Yet during the past several years, Web designers and developers are increasingly using JavaScript unobtrusively, for client-site interactivity &mdash; as a supplement to server-side functionality, not a replacement, and built upon standards-compliant (X)HTML and CSS. As a result, the once-derided language is now enjoying a true resurgence in interest and use. This has been bolstered by the proliferation of JavaScript libraries, of which jQuery is clearly the front runner. Web programmers seeking to get up to speed on this exciting resource can turn to Learning jQuery 1.3: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques." Keep reading for the rest of Michael's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/11/1441233/Learning-JQuery-13?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/11/1441233"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/11/1441233/Learning-JQuery-13?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CtWmJJbU5zCvOMC1K1jPgpL21TU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CtWmJJbU5zCvOMC1K1jPgpL21TU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CtWmJJbU5zCvOMC1K1jPgpL21TU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CtWmJJbU5zCvOMC1K1jPgpL21TU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/Dakf6DwCzJM" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-11T16:15:00+00:00 programming read-all-about-it bookreview 153 153,152,130,103,27,15,3 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/11/1441233/Learning-JQuery-13?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/FUiJ8-ExiLg/Enterprise-Security-For-the-Executive brothke writes "If Shakespeare were to write an information security tragedy, it would not be titled Hamlet, rather Bayuk. The story of Jennifer Bayuk is tragic in that she spent a decade as CISO at Bear, Stearns, building up its security group to be one of the best in the business; only to find it vaporized when the firm collapsed and was acquired by J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. After all that toil and sweat, Bayuk was out of a job. (Full disclosure: Bayuk and I have given a presentation together in the past, and I did get a copy of this book for free.)" Read below for Ben's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/06/1431240/Enterprise-Security-For-the-Executive?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/06/1431240"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/06/1431240/Enterprise-Security-For-the-Executive?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y9NVqAe5vBpwe0eeZSKD47yl0NM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y9NVqAe5vBpwe0eeZSKD47yl0NM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y9NVqAe5vBpwe0eeZSKD47yl0NM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y9NVqAe5vBpwe0eeZSKD47yl0NM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/FUiJ8-ExiLg" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-06T18:56:00+00:00 security read-all-about-it bookreview 75 75,68,41,35,14,8,5 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/06/1431240/Enterprise-Security-For-the-Executive?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/T_k9RdeU6ec/The-Trousers-of-Reality gregrolan writes "The Trousers of Reality &mdash; Volume 1, Working Life is indeed a book about finding balance and satisfaction in life work and play. The author's thesis can be applied to almost any discipline, but it is from his background as an IT consultant that most of his professional examples are drawn. He considers success in this field pretty broadly and addresses the technical, management, political, personal, and social aspects of the IT profession." Read on for the rest of Greg's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/04/1437240/The-Trousers-of-Reality?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=10/01/04/1437240"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/04/1437240/The-Trousers-of-Reality?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PrVTKHT8tRx_diHCUwNCV1AabC0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PrVTKHT8tRx_diHCUwNCV1AabC0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PrVTKHT8tRx_diHCUwNCV1AabC0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PrVTKHT8tRx_diHCUwNCV1AabC0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/T_k9RdeU6ec" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-01-04T18:44:00+00:00 bookreview read-all-about-it bookreview 63 63,60,49,31,8,2,2 http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/01/04/1437240/The-Trousers-of-Reality?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/G5BUKH6yUn8/Ruby-In-Practice littleidea writes "Ruby In Practice is like a sampler platter that picks up where The Ruby Way leaves off. Depending on your tastes each of the different offerings are delicious, but sometimes leave you wishing you had a whole order of just that. Then again, if you eat the whole thing, chances are you won't be hungry." Keep reading for the rest of Andrew's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1424255/Ruby-In-Practice?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/28/1424255"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1424255/Ruby-In-Practice?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jTkTlLHxTawhUPg45EVNjSjIfw4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jTkTlLHxTawhUPg45EVNjSjIfw4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jTkTlLHxTawhUPg45EVNjSjIfw4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/jTkTlLHxTawhUPg45EVNjSjIfw4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/G5BUKH6yUn8" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2009-12-28T18:43:00+00:00 books read-all-about-it bookreview 104 104,100,65,53,8,6,3 http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1424255/Ruby-In-Practice?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/hjicLn-7FhA/Website-Owners-Manual Michael J. Ross writes"Experienced Web designers and developers will readily admit that the most challenging aspect of their professions is not the technical work itself, nor learning the tools of the trade, but rather dealing with clients. Within that area, the most frustrating type of work &mdash; aside from the ever-joyless chore of collecting on invoices &mdash; is getting (non-technical) clients to understand the possibilities and limitations of Web technologies, design decisions, and all the other factors that can make or break a website project, as well as the site itself. Yet this process can be just as unhappy, and far more confusing, to prospective site owners, who typically are quite knowledgeable of their own fields, but have little to no understanding of how best to ensure the success of any website project they sponsor. Aiming to bridge this gap, is the appropriately-titled Website Owner's Manual." Read on for the rest of Michael's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1447211/Website-Owners-Manual?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/21/1447211"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1447211/Website-Owners-Manual?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mNoZ9-TEoEuoyvQRNp_LbeQojKE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mNoZ9-TEoEuoyvQRNp_LbeQojKE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mNoZ9-TEoEuoyvQRNp_LbeQojKE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mNoZ9-TEoEuoyvQRNp_LbeQojKE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/hjicLn-7FhA" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2009-12-21T19:17:00+00:00 books read-all-about-it bookreview 40 40,38,30,21,7,3,3 http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1447211/Website-Owners-Manual?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/1drpkmhoKA0/The-Book-of-Xen swsuehr writes "The Book of Xen: A Practical Guide for the System Administrator provides an excellent resource for learning about Xen virtualization. I frequently need to create test environments for examples that appear in various books and magazine articles (in the interest of full disclosure, I've never written for the publisher of this book). In the days before virtualization that meant finding and piecing together hardware. Like many readers, I've been using virtualization in one form or another for several years, including Xen. This book would've saved hours searching around the web looking for tidbits of information and sifting through what works and doesn't work in setting up Xen environments. The authors have done the sifting for me within the ~250 pages of the book. But far beyond, the authors also convey their experience with Xen using walkthroughs, tips, and recommendations for Xen in the real world." Read on for the rest of Steve's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/1430247/The-Book-of-Xen?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/14/1430247"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/1430247/The-Book-of-Xen?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZnjwJnM_XS30OscoT-WctO6FWk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZnjwJnM_XS30OscoT-WctO6FWk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZnjwJnM_XS30OscoT-WctO6FWk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZnjwJnM_XS30OscoT-WctO6FWk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/1drpkmhoKA0" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2009-12-14T18:02:00+00:00 programming read-all-about-it bookreview 88 88,87,70,41,14,4,1 http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/1430247/The-Book-of-Xen?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/TCgdCo8mMT8/Confessions-of-a-Public-Speaker brothke writes "While there is a plethora of books such as Public Speaking for Dummies, and many similar titles, Confessions of a Public Speaker is unique in that it takes a holistic approach to the art and science of public speaking. The book doesn't just provide helpful hints, it attempts to make the speaker, and his associated presentation, compelling and necessary. Confessions is Scott Berkun's first-hand account of his many years of public speaking, teaching and television appearances. In the book, he shares his successes, failures, and many frustrating experiences, in the hope that the reader will be a better speaker for it." Keep reading for the rest of Ben's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1445242/Confessions-of-a-Public-Speaker?from=rss"><img src="http://books.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/07/1445242"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1445242/Confessions-of-a-Public-Speaker?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tvLP2lor74h8eIqkxO3OUEp4CcI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tvLP2lor74h8eIqkxO3OUEp4CcI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tvLP2lor74h8eIqkxO3OUEp4CcI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tvLP2lor74h8eIqkxO3OUEp4CcI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/TCgdCo8mMT8" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2009-12-07T20:02:00+00:00 bookreview read-all-about-it bookreview 111 111,107,86,63,25,18,10 http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1445242/Confessions-of-a-Public-Speaker?from=rss Search Slashdot stories query http://books.slashdot.org/search.pl