Showing posts with label 2003. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2003. Show all posts

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Web Design on a $hoestring

Author: Carrie Bickner
Published: 2003

Nice book on getting a website done well, quickly, and cheaply. This goes against on of my favorite sayings: The job can be done well, quick, cheap. Pick two.

It all depends on how much one charges, doesn't it? Having the tools and skills and organization can certainly get the job done well and fast.

Monday, April 9, 2007

Take Joy

Author: Jane Yolen
Published: 2003

A book about writing by a prolific writer. Best read in small doses; not a primer or a how-to as much as a collection of best-practice and this-works-for-me (Jane, not me).

Thursday, March 15, 2007

The Salt Roads

Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Published: 2003

Interesting tale that has three main characters, women of African descent, at three different time periods: late 1700's slave plantation in the carribean, late 1800's Paris, and then a real curveball into 300 AD, Middle East. There are also some gods which can take residence in the women. Very well written (I'm not doing it justice here, but then this isn't really an attempt to review books as much as keep track of them). I think it would have been more successful by just focusing on the two main characters without adding in the Middle East. On the other hand, I could be missing the point on that. One caution: contains very racy scenes which may challenge some people.