I have been teaching web development for 14 years. I started with Perl. I can still
remember the behemoth programs that contained all the logic and HTML. I remember
using a text editor to write the program. Debugging consisted of a lot of print
statements. It was a fun time, full of exploration, but I do not miss them.
In 2010, Pixologic celebrated the 10th anniversary of the debut of ZBrush.
ZBrush was introduced to the world as an experimental art application with a unique
technology that allowed users to create illustrations in two and a half dimensions. I
remember seeing the Pixologic booth at a Macworld in New York in the summer of 2000.
The...
Adobe® Acrobat® X is an essential tool in today’s electronic workflow. As in
earlier versions, you can use Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Pro to convert
virtually any document to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), preserving
the exact look and content of the original, complete with fonts and graphics.
Additionally,...
For today’s photographer, a clean, professional-looking website is a must. But for most, the thought of having a site that displays your work like a pro seems either too expensive or too hard to create. How can you develop an eye-catching website that looks professional, updates quickly, and even helps you make some money in the process...
Over the years as power costs have soared and data center space has become scarce and expensive
to acquire, enterprises and small businesses have been looking for ways to decrease their data center
footprints as well as reduce the overall costs of operating an IT infrastructure. As the number of
different applications being deployed in...
This book is for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of how to use and confi gure
Windows 7. If you’re using Windows 7 at home or managing a small network at your offi ce,
the Windows 7 Digital Classroom is for you. It is fi lled with useful, easy-to-understand advice
and instructions. The Windows 7 Digital Classroom...
AS A CONSULTANT, I WORK WITH MANY DEVELOPERS. At each client I get to meet a new team and see how they develop software. I ’ ve seen great teams, and I ’ ve seen teams that are so broken they have never had a successful project. Over the years I ’ ve noticed that different teams along this success continuum have different...
Linux is truly amazing when you consider how it originated and how it continues to evolve. From its modest beginning as the hobby of one person — Linus Torvalds of Finland — Linux has grown into a full-fledged operating system with features that rival those of any commercial UNIX operating system. To top it off, Linux — with...
You made the right choice twice: Office 2011 for Mac and this book.
Take a deep breath and get ready to have a rollicking good time. That’s
right — this is a computer book, but it’s fun. What a concept! Whether you’re
brand-spanking new to the Office suite or a grizzled old Office veteran, I guarantee...
A few years ago, I was teaching a workshop on advanced SketchUp techniques
to a group of extremely bright middle and high school (or so I
thought) students in Hot Springs, Arkansas. As subject matter went, I wasn’t
pulling any punches — we were breezing through material I wouldn’t think
of introducing to most groups...
In UNIX there are many ways to accomplish the same task. Given a problem to solve,
we may be able to get to a solution in any number of ways. Of course, some techniques
will be more efficient, use fewer system resources, and may or may not give the user
feedback on what is going on or give more accurate details and more precision to the...
Not too long ago, the Web was a pretty boring place. Constructed from plain old
HTML, Web pages displayed information and not much else. Folks would click a
link and then wait for a new Web page to load—and that was about as interactive
as it got.
These days, most Web sites are almost as responsive as the...
