Gifts and Gadgets for the Geek Minded -- Here's a great line up of goodies and gadgets to bestow upon technically-minded friends, family, (and maybe one for you). Terrie Miller has tested each of these entries in this year's holiday gift giving guide.
The Best of The Joy of Tech -- Frustrated and frazzled by technology?
Or perhaps your cynicism is starting to wane?
This book is a collection of the very best from The Joy of Tech
online series. It also features several new, never-before-seen comics,
exclusive notes from the artists about their work, an appendix of the
JoyPolls, a lexicon of JoyWords, and an introduction by David Pogue. The
Best of The Joy of Tech is an oasis of top-notch humor and images sure
to refresh the mind's page and reboot the will to live.
Digital Video Pocket Guide
Reviewed by Michael Morgan, Kansas City Perl Mongers
The Pocket Guide to Digital Video by Derrick Story is a book every beginning videographer should read. Derrick suggests keeping it in your camera bag alongside the camera's instruction manual. He says, "When you're on location and waiting for the event to begin, pull out this book, read a few pages that apply to the work your about to do..." If you follow his advice, this 113 page book will help you make better movies by teaching you to avoid the most common mistakes and by introducing you to the most essential tricks of the trade. Derrick covers everything from how to work the camera's levers, buttons and wheels to how to blend in at special events. I especially liked learning how to compare cameras. To know why you
may want to buy a camera with three CCDs -- read this book.
Read the full review.
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