Re: Standards Freshness

Hey Joseph, thanks for the hat tip! :)   ALL: I would like to unabashedly
recommend my own book, Special Edition Using HTML and XHTML.  It came out in
May, from Que.  For some reason, it's NOT getting a lot of attention.  It is
not esoteric, nor is it to beginnerish.  It's geared right at the
professional who is moving toward or working with standards-compliant sites.
Perhaps the title is confusing to some readers, but obviously won't be for
the readers here on this list.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789727315/qid=1027030874/sr=8-3/ref=
sr_8_3/002-7193928-4777623

I wrote it, with Steve Champeon as Tech Editor.  I had a lot of assistance
from various WaSP members during the process too, and other
standards-oriented people with concern for the future of markup.

If you'd like to review it for publication let me know and I'll see about
getting you a review copy ASAP.

Molly
Molly E. Holzschlag
author + instructor + web designer
http://www.molly.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph McLean" <joseph@secondflux.com>
To: "Al Abut" <aabut@biomail.ucsd.edu>
Cc: <public-evangelist@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Standards Freshness


>
> At 12:27 PM -0700 7/18/02, Al Abut wrote:
> >funny you should ask today; by coincidence, Zeldman just posted a rave
> >review of a new book on CSS. It's by Eric Meyer, the author you mentioned
> >in your post, I guess it's his new one.
>
> Thanks for the tip...  I was already thinking about that one, but had
> concerns about the scope of the articles.  If Zeldman learned something,
it
> must be wide!  I think a visit to Amazon is in order.
>
> >Not to get sidetracked, but there's a lot of how-to books out there for
> >the technical issues of site development and not enough books that
> >actually survey the scene and see what everybody's up to.
>
> I agree, and have found a possible match.  Edited by our fellow list-mate
> Molly Holzschlag (hi Molly!), "Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself" is a
> real-world exploration of some big name, big audience sites (eBay,
> metafilter, BBC News, Economist...).  The usability aspects of each site
is
> described in detail by the actual developers, so you're learning from the
> horse's mouth as it were.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151035/josephmclean
> (Note shameless affiliation)
>
> I haven't read it yet (just ordered), but the reviews are universally
> five-star.
>
> -Joseph
>
>

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