Bookshelf
Joomla Manual for Users
Documentation in any Open Source project is seen as the Holy Grail. It's great to have but somehow never quite fulfills the needs of the users.
Joomla has an excellent documentation resource
but I think it is fair to categorise these docs as "reference" material and not "user guides".
There are some excellent books (reviewed elsewhere on this site) and some truly awful books (not reviewed here) but without exception they are targeted as the site builder or site programmer.
If you build sites for people or you have had a site built for you, you don't need or want a thousand page manual, you want a simple twenty page guide that tells you want you need to know and nothing more.
Add a commentThe Art of Community...
...Building the New Age of Participation
It doesn't matter if you are involved in an established Open Source community project, thinking of starting a new project or battling through some community issues this book is for you.
The author Jono Bacon has unparalleled experience in cultivating and motivating to become active parts of vibrant and successful on-line communities.
Add a commentJoomla book for beginners
I've lost track of the number of people who have asked me to recommend a good book for Joomla beginners. If only I had a £/$/€ for each request.
With so many books to chose from it's not surprising that there will be both good and bad.
I have "packed in" reading books from one publisher they just don't do it for me, another publisher needs to get "real" and not think they can get away renaming a 1.0 title as 1.5 without even remembering to make simple changes like mambots to plugins. Finally I'm not sure who was the "dummy", me for buying that book or the author thinking they knew enough to write the book.
Add a commentLittle Brother - a holiday gift
During the holiday season instead of planting yourself on the sofa in front of the TV and staring mindlessly at repeats of old movies "Why Don't You Just Switch Off YourTelevision Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?"
(That was the name of a UK TV show in the 80's that ran during the school holidays.)
Having just finished reading "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow I can't think of a better way to spend the holiday break.
The cult of the amateur
Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the show
In a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today’s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement.
Publishers welcome to the digital age
This week I was approached by a book publisher, to review their books on this site. After pointing them to my blog honesty post they agreed to send me two of their latest books for review.
Unfortunately it is not possible to review them because the publisher, Packt, doesn't trust me or you.
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Last week was my birthday!! And an amazingly special friend bought me a Sony PRS-505 Reader. If you don't know what that is you can read a great review of all available eReaders at The Register.
As I can now pop an unlimited supply of books in my jacket pocket I've been doing alot more reading so this new blog category will be a place to catch book reviews, recommendations and perhaps even share some things I learn along the way.
It will NOT be a place for sponsored book reviews or full of affiliate links as I practice blog honesty.
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