February 2012 | Google Website Tools

YouTube for Business: Online Video Marketing for Any Business Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I loved this book. It is well outlined and well written. And it is very topical in today's business marketing world where small businesses can use YouTube to enhance their online marketing efforts significantly. The book has 16 chapters divided into the following five parts:I. Marketing your business...

Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There are two schools of thought on allowing the use of public instant messaging (IM) and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications in the business enterprise. One, that I subscribe to, is that you just do not do it. There are too many risks that make it problematic, even if you feel they can be managed. Another...

Art Therapy (Creative Therapies in Practice series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book promises an overview and keeps that promise. However, I found that the author could have left a lot of commonplaces and irrelevant knowledge unwritten. Was it really necessary to mention Freud? I was repeatedly wondering if there was anything to be learned from that book at all, other than...

How Will I Know Where I'm Going, If I Don't Know Where I've Been?: A Genealogical Journey Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was so very impressed with Elizabeth Ruderman Miller's "Geneological Journey". I read the entire book in one evening and could not put it down! Her family's journey through Poland and Russia, to their immigration to the United States in the early 1900's was riveting. Being a researcher myself, I was...

The People's Guide to Mexico Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The People's Guide to Mexico continues to be THE guidebook for learning about Mexico, its people, culture and places, from an insightful author(s) who have been traveling and living in Mexico for over 30 years. A Caveat: if you are looking for a humorless, factual guide to four and five star resorts,...

jQuery Plugin Development Beginner's Guide Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm already an experienced Javascript and jQuery Plugin developer, but I learned how to author plugins by first reading a general jQuery book (which didn't cover writing plugins at all) and then by doing. I decided it was time to take a look at a book dedicated to plugin development and discover if I...

Back Surgery: Is It Right For You? Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I liked both the information presented and the ease in which you can review only what you want without re-reading the entire book.Click Here to see more reviews about: Back Surgery: Is It Right For YouYes, you need back surgery. No, back surgery will not help your condition.With all the inaccurate and...

The Business You Can Start: Spotting The Greatest Opportunities In The Economic Downturn Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Business You Can Start" provides an excellent guide in how to spot ideas, investigate their veracity and turn them into viable businesses even in the current uncertain economic climate. This insightful book builds a compelling argument for why an economic downturn is a good time to start a business...

The Baby Boomer's Guide to the New Workplace Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A recent survey shows 7 out of 10 workers 45 years or older plan to working during their retirement years, assuring that by 2010, over half American workers will be older than 55. This will radically change the workplace: and THE NEW WORKPLACE charts these predicted changes, from how to work past retirement...

Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought this book mostly to serve as a reference and to help me avoid trolling the Internet in search of these resources. The writing is casual and "fluffy." The content is sparse and fragmented. It does little more than state the obvious for the applications it reviews. Sometimes the book covers one...

Understanding Sponsored Search: Core Elements of Keyword Advertising Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I reviewed one chapter of Professor Jansen's book and found it to be a great introduction to Sponsored Search. It provides a deep background on search systems and keyword advertising on the web including the How's and Why's of SEM.I highly recommend this book for beginners or students. Experts will also...

Money Smarts: Personal Financial Success in 30 Days Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Like all of Judith Briles' books, this new book is practical, down to earth, and filled with information and exercises that can help you to rapidly move forward.I found the book to be straightforward, no-nonsense, and filled with practical wisdom on how to get a handle on your finances and then achieve...

Music Management for the Rest of Us Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've been reading this book for hours and I have really learned a lot about independent music management. If you're thinking about starting a management company this is an excellent resource. My one complaint would be that there is too little time spent on the "start-up" phase. Although the first portion...

Learning Through Writing: Authentic Writing Activities for the Content Areas: Grade 4 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Teachers of writing finally have a resource for authentic, engaging writing activities that can be successfully and easily implemented in the classroom! In this day of increased demands, teachers need a resource like this to help manage the complex task of integrating subjects. At this school, the principal...

.NET Web Services Solutions Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am sure there is a place for every type of book, but knowing this does not make me like certain types of books any more. This book is largely a cookbook type of book although that is not the way in which it is presented.If you need to learn technology by slowly building on different commercial services...

Beginning JavaScript Second Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)All of the reviews of this book from April 2004 and earlier are based on the 1st edition, not this new second edition which didn't publish until the end of April 2004. The second edition adds some new great coverage of dynamic HTML in more recent browser versions and a new chapter on JavaScript and XML....

Keeping Watch: Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Professor Walter Dorn is the de facto dean of the small number of scholars who study the specific topic of peacekeeping intelligence, or intelligence support to United Nations (UN) operations. Since his pioneering early studies of UN successes in the Congo in the 1960's to his more recent articles on...