CHOICE Reviews Digital Design Essentials as Recommended -- A. R. Hutchinson, Will Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Digital Design Essentials book reviewed by CHOICE magazine, a premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest'



"This reference work illustrates 100 usability design tips for websites and other applications across devices, not only for aesthetics but also for functionality and ease of use. Lal, a digital product designer, addresses advanced website functions, including the creation of a shopping cart, reviews and ratings, mobile commerce, touch screen interfaces, infographics, APIs, and other current technologies. Each topic features a short instructional page with bullet-point recommendations and tips on what to include. A facing page shows real-world examples and/or case studies. Some of the text instructions refer readers to other entries with related design concepts. The content, organized into sections titled "Desktop," "Web," "Mobile," and "Miscellaneous," is well indexed. Rather than being a technical manual on how to create websites, widgets, or other applications, this volume presents best practices from an ease-of-use perspective. The examples undoubtedly will become outdated soon, but they represent some of the best illustrations of contemporary usability design. The rapid evolution of technology means that few books are available to compare with this one. It will be useful to those interested and/or active in web development or mobile app development.

Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates, general readers, professionals/practitioners.

--A. R. Hutchinson, Will Smithsonian Institution Libraries Copyright 2013 American Library The Association

Choice Review for Digital Design Essentials - http://www.cro3.org/content/51/03/51-1238.full

Book Signing at Digital Web and Design Innovation Hotel Nikko SFO (9/19-9/20)

Meet me at Digital Web & Design Innovation Summit

Exploring the future of web design, content creation & user experience on the web.

- See more at: http://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/digital-design-sanfran-2013

Know the "Evolution of User Interface" in my session on 20th of September at the conference

Digital Design Essentials: An Ultimate guide to Human Comuter Interaction

Finally my two years of hard work, one interface design per week for 100 weeks, magically turned into a hardcover book by rockport publishers. The overwhelming experience when you see your own book for the first time. Oh my! Tears of Joy is not just a statement, it actually happens. ok, before I get carried away, here is the picture, not of the tears, of the book.

Digital Design Essentials: 100 ways to design better desktop, web, and mobile interfaces?

An ultimate guide to human computer interaction.



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Fun with Silverlight 4 with VB.NET

The VB.NET Version of the popular book "Fun with Silverlight 4" is now available at Amazon. Amazon link for VB.NET book

Check out some of the amazing review on the book at amazon !

Simple, concise, instructive and informative - Tim Heuer, Microsoft (Redmond, WA) (On C# version of the Book ) "This is a great book for someone looking to get a broad view of the Silverlight 4 platform. It is very simple to read/understand for anyone wanting to get started. The book is very illustrative - literally - to provide good visuals about each of the core concepts. At the end of reading this book and following the examples, the reader should be able to quickly start building "real" applications using the basic concepts. ... Recommend."

"Handy guide for you to find specific solutions you want to achieve in Silverlight 4" - Kunal Chowdhury, a Silverlight MVP

This book illustrates more than 100 features in Silverlight using a simple problem/solution approach. It takes one feature at a time and guides you in progressive journey where you begin by using the basic components, then by creating graphics and animations. You then create rich media applications on the client and web services, and delve into calling advanced Web services like AJAX, REST and WCF services from Silverlight.

The book takes an example approach for all problems and features, and illustrates with class diagrams what objects and methods are used and how the elements of a Silverlight project are created in easy to understand format.

In the Book
• Design a Rich Internet Application
• Extend the Control Framework
• Create Compelling Graphics
• Work with Animation
• Extend the Browser Programming Model
• Bring Data Visualization to the Web
• Develop with ASP.NET and Ajax
• Work with Web Services
• Create Rich Silverlight Media Applications
• Deliver Enhanced and Interactive Streaming Video Experiences

The book assumes the reader has a basic understanding of web technologies and .Net programming languages, and is targeted at the intermediate to advanced Silverlight developer.

Amazon link for VB.NET book

Kindle edition of Fun with Silverlight 4 with VB.NET

Amazon link for Kindle edition of Fun with Silverlight 4 with VB.NET

Book signing at VSLive Conference