Category: MacOS

Machine Learning for Hackers – Analyzing & displaying data using R – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

Machine Learning for Hackers By Drew Conway and John Myles White (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $39.99; Kindle edition, list price $31.99) The word “hacker“ has a very bad reputation in many parts of the computer world. This book’s two authors, however, offer a different and much more positive view. “Far from the stylized depictions of nefarious … Continue reading Machine Learning for Hackers – Analyzing & displaying data using R – #bookreview #in #programming

Mac Attack! Three new books for Macintosh users – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

No Starch Press and O’Reilly Media recently have released three new books aimed at Macintosh users. One is for Mac newcomers. Another is for those who want to learn a lot more about the Mac OS X Lion operating system without having to read “tersely written” Apple help screens. And the third is for programmers who want … Continue reading Mac Attack! Three new books for Macintosh users – #bookreview

Head First HTML5 Programming – #javascript #html5 #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Head First HTML5 Programming: Building Web Apps with JavaScript By Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson (O’Reilly, list price $49.99, paperback) This is not your father’s turgid programming textbook. Indeed, even if you are not interested whatsoever in messing around with JavaScript and learning how to be an HTML5 programmer, you may still enjoy reading this book and studying … Continue reading Head First HTML5 Programming – #javascript #html5 #programming #bookreview

Revolution in the Valley: How the Mac Was Made (2nd Revised Edition) – #bookreview #macintosh

by Si Dunn

Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made By Andy Hertzfeld (O’Reilly Media, list price $24.99, paperback) My wife swears by her Mac. I, however, just swear at it when I am forced to use it. I have been using anything-but-Apple computers since the early 1980s, starting with a … Continue reading Revolution in the Valley: How the Mac Was Made (2nd Revised Edition) – #bookreview #macintosh

Here’s the book scaring me this Halloween: America the Vulnerable – #bookreview #data #security

by Si Dunn

Subtitled “Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare,” America the Vulnerable is written by Joel Brenner, former inspector general at the National Security Agency. Brenner has recent experience at the highest levels in national intelligence, counterintelligence and data security. And he has studied firsthand many of the threats and attacks against our national, corporate and personal … Continue reading Here’s the book scaring me this Halloween: America the Vulnerable – #bookreview #data #security

The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design By Norman Matloff (No Starch Press, list price $39.95, paperback) What? You haven’t heard of R, the programming language? “R is a scripting language for statistical data manipulation and analysis,” writes Norman Matloff, an experienced and widely published writer who is a professor of computer … Continue reading The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design – #programming #bookreview

CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development – #bookreview #programming

by Si Dunn

CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development By Trevor Burnham (Pragmatic Bookshelf, $29.00, paperback) JavaScript was thrown together in 10 days and “was never meant to be the most important programming language in the world,” says Trevor Burnham, a web developer and founder of DataBraid, a startup focused on “developing data analysis and visualization tools.” Yet, JavaScript was “understood … Continue reading CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development – #bookreview #programming

Privacy and Big Data – #bookreview #nonfiction

by Si Dunn

Privacy and Big Data By Terence Craig and Mary E. Ludloff (O’Reilly Media, $19.99, paperback; $16.99, Kindle) Worried about the safety of your personal data? That genie, unfortunately is long out of the bottle—and very likely spread all over the planet now. In Privacy and Big Data, authors Terence Craig and Mary E. Ludloff provide an … Continue reading Privacy and Big Data – #bookreview #nonfiction

The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World’s Most Popular Disassembler – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World’s Most Popular Disassembler By Chris Eagle (No Starch Press, $69.95, paperback; $55.95, Kindle) The popular interactive disassembler IDA Pro helps reverse engineers, malware analysts, vulnerability testers and others dissect computer programs when source code is not available. Unfortunately, IDA Pro is updated so frequently, it’s … Continue reading The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World’s Most Popular Disassembler – #bookreview

Designed for Use: Create Usable Interfaces for Applications and the Web – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Designed for Use: Create Usable Interfaces for Applications and the Web By Lukas Mathis (Pragmatic Bookshelf, $35.00 paperback) There’s no code inside this well-written book for programmers and visual designers. Instead, the focus is on usability — how people use things — and how you can make big, modest or subtle improvements to their experiences … Continue reading Designed for Use: Create Usable Interfaces for Applications and the Web – #bookreview