Easy to follow, Inexpensive to implement
925531
Here you will find a great set of basics to follow to maximize your wellness as you age. The information is organized in a very easy-to-read fashion.
1060306
easy to read and simple practices, helpful for new students, enjoyable
170199
The good thing about the book is that the steps are easy to follow & most technique's can be applied to most XP editions. It's also good in the fact that it doesn't get into too much theory, it gets straight to the point & shows the 'how to' & 'why to'

What I didn't appreciate about the book is that most of these 'hacks' seem like a collection of customizations you can easily learn & find at any site on the net. If you are already scoping around the net for hacks & tweaks to your system & decided maybe this book can 'add more tricks in your book' then you might be in for an unpleasant surprise. At the end, you might even say to yourself "I could have written this & that chapter" (Assuming you have an intermediate level of PC knowledge)
1830595
Nice, inexpensive companion to Dr. Chuck's free, online course through coursera.org.  Follows the course, contains lots of example code run interactively at the command prompt.  Could use more examples of scripted code.
2663682
I don't usually read "self help" books, but this one was recommended to me, it's such a short book, and lately procrastination has been a witch.

Overall, it's not bad. It's a short book - just over 100 pages - and could have been a 50 page book - the first chapter tells you what the book is about, the last chapter tells you what you just read, and several chapters in the middle repeat themselves, rather a lot. There is also not much text on any given page, so there's really not a lot to this - but I got the book from the library, so to me, it was definitely worth the price I paid - free.

To me, there were some helpful hints in here - I've heard of a "master list" before, but always thought of it as just a to do list - not as a "this is the stuff you do all the time, and probably don't even realize it" - which is true, but that's also the type of stuff that *I* procrastinate about. I know I should back up my phone every month - but haven't done it in a year. Once I wrote it on my master list, it got added to my monthly list (sounds repetitious, I know), which then got added to my weekly list - but guess what, it got done. Same with cleaning the damn coffee pot, another chore I know I should do monthly but haven't done in months. Once you write up that master list - a job which I did over the course of about six weeks, because I keep adding things to it (I started off only adding household chores, which I then realized was stupid, and started adding regular blogging jobs, social media items (I do social media for my church, besides my business & blog), etc. I'm sure I'll add to the master list as things come up).

There was another concept that I think I'll find useful - though I think I'll simplify it a bit (he talks about writing your to do list, and adding a "d" for delegate for jobs you can delegate. There's no point in me adding a D because there's no one else to do it. It's already on my list for a reason).

I think if you are a paper planner girl - like me - especially a bullet journaler who's already used to the concept of lists - you'll get some useful info from the book, but if you are an average joe who's not used to writing things on paper, you'll just get upset at the triteness of the book.
1989973
This tutorial is a good "Get Started" tutorial.  The author moves quickly through the content, but is clear and concise with the knowledge.  Great price.  Just what I wanted.
2226298
As a marketing educator, I was delighted to see that the authors of The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change had come up with a workbook to accompany the original text. This user-friendly workbook makes it easy to apply the lessons from the original book to your own social media project to drive social change.

In case you are price sensitive, which at least one reviewer appears to be, Amazon is also selling the black and white version of this same workbook for under $12. Same great content, for about $4.00 less. So now you can use social media to create social change, at a reduced price. : )
2029016
We have not completed this book, but its well laid out and easy to implement.  Its only 52 pages of problems or work.  Most of those are to teach each mental strategy, but some pages are review.  Each page has about 10 problems.  Its not as in depth as I though, but we will see how it works:)
3436433
A good read for anybody interested in increasing their website efficiency, from the casual blogger to the e-commerce professional. It's an inexpensive investment in your website and teaches the foundation for a solid, search-engine compatible and user-friendly setup.

Your website is only as good as what you put into it, I like to say. I run more than a handful of different types of blogs and sites, and I found "Marketing is a Contact Sport" to provide the best coverage for how to intelligently and pro-actively structure for success.
13963
I like the length of this book and the examples included. I find it was easy to read even when reading it in short bursts or selecting a topic from the table of contents. The ideas are simple to understand and implement.  This would be a good book for those who already have portfolio website for redesign or for those just starting out.
2551337
As I waited to receive this book, I checked out some reviews online. I found a few on Amazon expressing frustration with the faint typeface, but otherwise it was very well received. When I took receipt I was grateful to find that my copy was easy to read - dark black typeface on glossy white paper. The 11 chapters of this book cover every detail of the modules that make up Lightroom 4. They all follow a basic format. The cover page lists the section heading with a brief introduction on the following page. A basic workflow is accompanied by a call-out listing "What's New In <module>". The overview is followed by sections detailing each and every module option. At times this can seem a little repetitive, but I found myself just fast-forwarding to the subject in which I needed a bit of intensive work. Since the book is nearly 500 pages, I was happy to jump about after reading the introductory pages to find the topic where I required deep-learning.

Chapter 1: Getting Started, covers the usual material: an example workflow, installing the program, some fundamentals and the virtues of color calibration. For me, the real gem of the chapter was the suggestion to take the book to a local office supply shop and get it spiral bound. The book was printed with a generous inside margin, so for under $5 I have a very easy to maneuver text - so obvious, but so overlooked on my part. I have a couple of books that would be greatly enhanced with a spiral binding. And now that my book is spiral-bound, making a copy of the page of very handy "Favorite Shortcuts" from the back pages to keep handy by the PC was very easy.

Lightroom 4 incorporates some exciting new modules and impressive new features to existing modules. One of the most often expressed concerns I hear is "my printer doesn't give me the same colors that I see on the monitor". Chapter 9: Print addresses getting optimum results when printing to a home printer or using someone elses, such as a lab. So often I just want to jump right into the how-to-do-it steps presented. This time I first read over the author's recommendations in the preparation and print workflow overview. Lightroom comes packed with print layout templates, which include paper size and orientation. The author explains how to modify the page setup for your use and then save as a new template. The explanations for creating and modifying contact-sheets, adding an identity plate (such as logo or name), applying a watermark, including photo info, and setting up a Picture Package layout are wonderful - clear and easy to follow. Once you understand how the process works, you can put together some truly creative presentations.

Finally, you may print to the printer or a JPEG file. There is a nice discussion on the topics of Print Resolution, guidelines for printing photos of differing native resolutions, and instructions on how to use the sharpening feature. Color management, printer profiles, Soft Proofing and Print Adjustment are vital tools for ensuring good quality and successful output. This is where what-you-see-is-what-you-get is achieved, or as close as one can get to it. And finally, explanations of what happens when you press the Print or Print One buttons. The last pages of this chapter present the Print One options, including the new Print Adjustment controls, and troubleshooting techniques for common problems.

If you feel challenged when confronted with terms or concepts such as virtual copy, tone curve, or snap shot, let this volume serve as your conundrum clarifier. I found the various workflow recommendations very helpful as were the abundance of screen shots. Lightroom 4: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process is definitely a fine resource to keep handy as you navigate the intricacies of Lightroom 4.
4333302
While it's true that the information in this book can be found in numerous web sites like alistapart.com and the author's own site simplebits.com, it's good to have all the neat tips and tricks in one nice package. The book is straight forward, to the point, and a quick read. The full-color illustrations and examples are clear and easy to follow. I was able to immediately put to use the information I learned from this book.

The only thing I have to do differently from the book's recommendation is to use percentage-based font-size instead of the keywords such as "small" in the CSS. My web site visitors complain that either the fonts are too small or too large to read (they have their default text zoom set to smaller or larger). This is a problem in IE6 for PC, and once I switched to font-size: 90%, it looked more consistent across the board, and increasing font size in the IE browser actually works.
3224993
This book is simple and easy to follow. No overwhelming discussions on proper form, just practical tips to cue yourself. The addition of the videos is helpful for those who are visual learners. I am a veteran runner and these were great reminders to correct bad habits in my form.
2156328
Simple, easy to install and use, but effective.
382848
Set-up for the program is very easy and straightforward.  Tips and advice for how to best use it have come in handy.  Having to keep track of inventory was somewhat daunting before, now with this software I don't worry.
2614711
Easy to read, easy to implement.  I'm impressed with the amount of information that Kathryn is able to teach in a short book.
601758
This short but effective book takes you room by room and suggests beginning a new routine which you keep for 30 days which promises to reduce your clutter as well as stops you from accumulating more. Written almost in bullet points, I was happy that it was short and to the point - almost like a "to-do" list. I really like the suggestion to break down tasks into bite size chunks and it seems that is how this book is written too. Some people may not like this, but as someone with just a little free time (and a house filled with clutter) I was happy that I could just take my Kindle tablet room to room and take care of business! This book helped me to get the job done.