Yay! The book – The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development finally arrived yesterday from Book Depository (thanks to Booko and ozBargain).
This book is the new edition of My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job which I’ve been wanting to read for awhile, to get a taste [...]

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I am pleasantly surprised with the vast array of books that are now available to our RA library. Never knew they own that many books.
I’ve read parts of this interesting book: 201 Ways to Turn Any Employee Into a Star Performer by Casey Fitts Hawley
Some stuffs that I get out of the book (things that [...]

Annual technical books purchase just before tax time.
Just lodged my order with Amazon, below are the books that I will (hopefully) read:

Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity
The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky
Head First Design Patterns

I think this year, I need to [...]

I just finished reading Dreaming in code by Scott Rosenberg.
In this book, Scott tried to answer the question on why is building software is so hard. To answer the question he spent 3 years following the development of an open source PIM project called Chandler.
It was a very interesting book albeit it’s also [...]

I have just finished reading designing with web standards by jeffrey zeldman.
I got the book from my local library. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this book on the shelf as the IT section of my library is not known for its currentness.
It was an interesting read, if you deal with HTML and [...]

I just finalized my purchase at Amazon.com. Over the next few weeks, I will be waiting anxiously for these to arrive at mailbox:

Web Design: The L Line, The Express Line to Learning (The L Line: The Express Line To Learning)
Coldfusion MX Developer’s Handbook
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide

I finally decided to get [...]

I am currently in the process of getting a book (or some books) on web design. What I am looking for is a book that covers:
1. principles of web design (like usability)
2. layout, typography, color theories, the usage of graphics
3. and how to create layout using image editing software like Photoshop or Illustrator (although I [...]