http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/books/ The latest recommended books and reviews about Web design, CSS, standards, site development, usability, graphics, creativity, business, weblogs, photography, fonts and typography, and more. en-us Books Copyright 2000-2008 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2006-10-11T09:57:03-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/books/ 88 31 The latest recommended books and reviews about Web design, CSS, standards, site development, usability, graphics, creativity, business, weblogs, photography, fonts and typography, and more. I learned in the Eudora discussion list this morning that my long-time favorite email program, Eudora, is going open-source. Mozilla's new Penelope project is born. This move also made me reflect on the critically important role of email software with a Web design business. Today's post covers Eudora's major move, the important role of email software, especially in my small Web design business, and some of the current email software options. (1059 words, 20 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/10/11/penelope/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/10/11/penelope/ Shirley Kaiser 2006-10-11T09:57:03 I've been buried the last five months quietly working hard on a major redesign and restructuring of WebsiteTips.com. I'm now excited to announce that the all new WebsiteTips.com is now online. Read the complete post to learn all about it! (426 words, 11 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/03/23/websitetips/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/03/23/websitetips/ Shirley Kaiser 2006-03-23T19:01:16 I've posted information about my upcoming book at my business site's new section, New Book on Web Site Essentials. I'll update information there, especially when I can finally discuss it further, including referencing the title (hopefully soon!).[1] You can also sign up to be notified about when it will be available. It's currently in production via the publisher, SitePoint Books. You'll find more details and links in the complete post. (209 words, 12 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/18/mybook/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/18/mybook/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-08-18T15:08:00 One of the challenges in creating, maintaining, or redesigning a website, especially with larger companies, is that all too often the people making the major decisions are clueless about what matters the most with websites behind the scenes. Content is what truly matters the most, but the way it's delivered can unnecessarily cost a whole lot more with bandwidth, page load times, visitor satisfaction, and ultimately with lost revenue. (1217 words, 16 links, 3 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/30/money/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/30/money/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-07-30T18:08:05 What if you're fairly new to Adobe Photoshop and want a helpful book to give you a good introduction to its many features? What if you've used Photoshop for awhile but you'd like a book to help you explore more? What if you're an advanced Photoshop user who'd like a helpful Photoshop reference that can provide quick answers and covers all of Photoshop's features? Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less, by Micah Laaker and Christopher Schmitt, is an outstanding new book that I wholeheartedly recommend. (732 words, 8 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/03/photoshop/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/03/photoshop/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-07-03T17:08:25 Many have asked me about the code and markup behind the collapsible navigation links in the right-side column, the most recent inquiry in a comment from my previous post. I usually just refer people to my Colophon's Other Features section where I've mentioned this with some links but I thought I'd mention something here, too. (174 words, 7 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/12/28/navigation/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/12/28/navigation/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-12-28T14:22:50 This week's Friday Feast takes a look at an insightful new interview of Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart's new site design that everyone's talking about, and user-friendly approaches to website information architecture. (1086 words, 25 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/24/feast_63_information_architecture/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/24/feast_63_information_architecture/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-10-24T18:16:39 Top 10 Reasons to Learn CSS is the latest interview of Christopher Schmitt, this time by Sessions.edu talking about why it matters to learn CSS. Although the first page of the interview outlines the 10 reasons, the interview goes into much helpful insight about CSS, why it matters, how easy it is to use, and Schmitt's thoughts on CSS implementation. (96 words, 5 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/20/css/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/20/css/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-10-20T22:09:35 Lots going on this week about web design, CSS, standards, browsers, and new books I'm especially excited to see coming out. Here are some highlights: (1525 words, 34 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/10/feast_62_standards/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/10/feast_62_standards/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-10-10T11:07:21 Absolutely not to be missed are Tantek Çelik's review and comments about Weaving the Web, by Tim Berners-Lee: 1. First, Tantek's initial review, Weaving The Web reviewed, followed by 2. a fabulous commentary, Weaving The Web quotes and commentary. (242 words, 13 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/09/weaving_the_web_review_comments/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/09/weaving_the_web_review_comments/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-09-09T21:11:35