Author: Garr Reynolds
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: presentation, voices, matter, delivery, ideas, zen, simple, design
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-01-04
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0321525655
ISBN-13: 9780321525659

Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net -- presentationzen.com -- shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of

Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: photographers, voices, matter, digital, book, photoshop, lightroom, adobe
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2007-04-16
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0321492161
ISBN-13: 9780321492166

This book takes you beyond showing you which sliders do what to reveal the secrets of the new digital photography workflow using Adobe Lightroom, and he does it using three simple techniques that make this just a great learning tool: 1) Throughout the book Scott shares his own personal settings and studio tested techniques he s developed using Lightroom for his own photography workflow since well before Adobe released even the first Beta version. He knows what really works, what doesn t, and he tells you flat out which tools to use, which to avoid, and why. 2) The entire book is laid out in

Authors:Jakob Nielsen, Hoa Loranger,
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: voices, usability, web, prioritizing
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2006-04-30
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0321350316
ISBN-13: 9780321350312

In 2000, Jakob Nielsen, the world’s leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web?Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultant Hoa Loranger, and created an updated companion book that covers the essential changes to the Web and usability today. Prioritizing Web Usability is the guide for anyone who wants to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priorit

Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: design, documentation, planning, site, web, developing, communicating
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2006-09-16
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 0321392353
ISBN-13: 9780321392350

Most discussion about Web design seems to focus on the creative process, yet turning concept into reality requires a strong set of deliverables?the documentation (concept model, site maps, usability reports, and more) that serves as the primary communication tool between designers and customers. Here at last is a guide devoted to just that topic. Combining quick tips for improving deliverables with in-depth discussions of presentation and risk mitigation techniques, author Dan Brown shows you how to make the documentation you’re required to provide into the most efficient communi

Author: Dan Cederholm
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: xhtml, scenarios, css, voices, matter, case, worst, design, web, improving, flexibility, protecting, bulletproof
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2007-08-19
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0321509021
ISBN-13: 9780321509024

No matter how visually appealing or content-packed a Web site may be, if it’s not adaptable to a variety of situations and reaching the widest possible audience, it isn’t really succeeding. In Bulletproof Web Desing, author and Web designer extraordinaire, Dan Cederholm outlines standards-based strategies for building designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control--key components of every sucessful site. Each chapter starts out with an example of an unbulletproof site one that employs a traditional HTML-based approach which Dan then deconstructs, pointing out its l

Author: Robert Hoekman Jr.
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: web, application, design, approach, sense, obvious, common, designing
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2006-10-22
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 032145345X
ISBN-13: 9780321453457

Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project instills customer satisfaction and loyalty. These principles include building only whats necessary, getting users up to speed quickly, preventing and handling errors, and designing for the activity. Designing the Obvious does not offer a one-size-fits-all de

Author: Jeffrey Zeldman
Publisher: New Riders Press
Keywords: voices, standards, web, designing
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2003-05-24
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0735712018
ISBN-13: 9780735712010

You code. And code. And code. You build only to rebuild. You focus on making your site compatible with almost every browser or wireless device ever put out there. Then along comes a new device or a new browser, and you start all over again. You can get off the merry-go-round. It’s time to stop living in the past and get away from the days of spaghetti code, insanely nested table layouts, tags, and other redundancies that double and triple the bandwidth of even the simplest sites. Instead, it’s time for forward compatibility.Isn’t it high time you started designing with web st