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A Moment That Touched Me - The Fountainhead
Posted: November 2, 2009 at 2:02 PM by Ben Nadel
I'm in between audio books right now, so I'm listening to bits and pieces of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. I can't quite articulate why I love the book so much, but I find it to be hugely moving and inspiring. This morning, on the way to work, I listening to a passage that almost moved me to tears. Out of context, it might not have much meaning; bu... read more »
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jQuery In Action By Bear Bibeault And Yehuda Katz
Posted: October 14, 2009 at 2:42 PM by Ben Nadel
The other night, I finished jQuery In Action by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz . It was a good book, but the distribution of it kind of confused me. I redeemed it electronically from Manning (as an attendee of the jQuery Conference 2009) and then a few days later Manning emails me and tells me that the Second Edition is now available for downl... read more »
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jQuery Enlightenment By Cody Lindley
Posted: September 18, 2009 at 8:50 AM by Ben Nadel
As an attendee of the jQuery Conference 2009, I received a free PDF version of Cody Lindley's new book, jQuery Enlightenment . The jQuery conference was tremendously inspiring, so needless to say, I returned from it ready to devour some tasty jQuery goodness. And, devour it I did; I got through jQuery Enlightenment in three nights, no problem. ... read more »
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The Regular Expression Cookbook By Steven Levithan And Jan Goyvaerts
Posted: July 27, 2009 at 9:35 AM by Ben Nadel
A few weeks ago, I was super excited to learn that regex ninja Steven Levithan coauthored the new O'Reilly book, Regular Expression Cookbook with Jan Goyvaerts. If the name Steve Levithan sounds familiar it's because Steve is a long time participant on this blog, often swooping in to demonstrate his crazy regular expression skills, pointing ou... read more »
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Learning jQuery 1.3 By Jonathan Chaffer, Karl Swedberg, And PACKT Publishing
Posted: March 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM by Ben Nadel
As a follow up to Learning jQuery , Learning jQuery 1.3 by Jonathan Chaffer and Karl Swedberg (of PACKT Publishing ) combines all the goodness of the original book with all the latest jQuery functionality. And, as always, they present jQuery in an easy to understand way. The whole teaching style of the book is fantastic; it's not dry like a te... read more »
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jQuery UI 1.6 By Dan Wellman And PACKT Publishing
Posted: March 30, 2009 at 8:53 AM by Ben Nadel
Last night, I finished reading jQuery UI 1.6 by Dan Wellman (published by PACKT Publishing ). Released in January 2009, it's slightly behind the times - jQuery UI 1.7 just came out a few weeks ago. But, even if it's not completely up to date, it is still a great book that covers the fundamentals of the jQuery UI library, all the existing widget... read more »
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The Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz (Thanks Jason Kay)
Posted: December 4, 2008 at 10:08 AM by Ben Nadel
While I am still in the middle of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , I wanted to take a little time yesterday to listen to The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz. This book was recommended to me a long time ago by Jason Kay. Shortly afterwards, I purchased a used copy of it at the Strand but never e... read more »
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Fundamentals Of Object-Oriented Design In UML By Meilir Page-Jones
Posted: September 22, 2008 at 10:04 AM by Ben Nadel
Last week, I finally finished reading the Fundamentals Of Object-Oriented Design In UML By Meilir Page-Jones. Clark Valberg suggested this book to me almost a year ago when I was struggling with my Exercise List sample app for object oriented programming in ColdFusion. He said it totally changed the way he thought about object oriented programmi... read more »
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Web Form Design By Luke Wroblewski
Posted: August 22, 2008 at 9:09 AM by Ben Nadel
The other night, I finished, "Web Form Design" by Luke Wroblewski . In it, Luke Wroblewski discusses everything you'll ever need to know about designing web forms in your applications. He covers a myriad of topics including common strategies among the internet giants, label placement, dynamic forms, button placement, eye tracking, field size, fie... read more »
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Muscle: Confessions Of An Unlikely Bodybuilder By Samuel Wilson Fussell
Posted: August 9, 2008 at 8:39 PM by Ben Nadel
I don't like to tell many people about this book. Not because it's bad, but because it's so awesome. By knowing about it, I somehow feel like I'm in a sort of secret club - a club whose only dues are the knowledge and appreciation of the book itself. It's a silly mindset to be in, I know, but one that I have a hard time shaking. Maybe it has somet... read more »
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The Magic Of Thinking Big By David Schwartz (Thanks Clark Valberg!)
Posted: December 16, 2007 at 3:02 PM by Ben Nadel
On the recommendation by Clark Valberg , this weekend, I listened to the audio book version of The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D. . It's a totally cheesy book with hilarious synthesizer music between sections and has the overall feel of a "Sexual Harassment In The Workplace" employee video filmed in the 70s. But, this quirkine... read more »
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Amazon's Kindle eBook And Wireless Reading Device
Posted: November 26, 2007 at 8:20 AM by Ben Nadel
I jumped over to Amazon.com this morning to see that they were selling (or rather selling out of) their new eBook and wireless reading device, Kindle . While you can't quite browse the internet as you would with an iPhone or a Smart Phone, in addition to book downloads, Kindle uses the EVDO high-speed data network to download newspaper, blog, and... read more »
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Learning jQuery By PACKT Publishing
Posted: October 29, 2007 at 7:00 AM by Ben Nadel
While there are a lot of Javascript libraries out there, there's something special about jQuery. Right when you start to use it, it just feels right. Of course, trying to sell a manager or a co-worker on, "it just feels right", rarely works; it's important to be able to list out the reasons why something is good. Learning jQuery by PACKT Publis... read more »
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jQuery Reference Guide By PACKT Publishing
Posted: October 21, 2007 at 1:38 PM by Ben Nadel
I just finished reading the jQuery Reference Guide: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Popular JavaScript Library , by PACKT publishing , co-authored by Jonathan Chaffer and Karl Swedberg. This book is fantastic! It's a bit strange to review a reference manual because it's really just listing out all the features of the API. But, it's the way in... read more »
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Bulletproof Web Design By Dan Cederholm (Thanks Javier Julio!)
Posted: October 15, 2007 at 7:00 AM by Ben Nadel
On the enthusiastic recommendation by Javier Julio , I read and just finished the book Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS. This book is awesome and a must-read for everyone in the web development industry. It has completely changed the way I think about building web site fr... read more »
