April 15, 2011
Computing for Seniors QuickSteps
Authors: Marty Matthews, Carole Matthews, Gary David Bouton, Bobbi Sandberg
ISBN: 9780071740357 / 007174035X
©2011 | 1st Ed | 256 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 20.00
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Computing for Seniors Quicksteps is a full-color, visual guide to the basics of computers—written for seniors, by seniors—in a voice that talks to them without jargon, using specific examples in clear, step-by-step instructions.
Computing for Seniors QuickSteps provides easy-to-follow, full-color details on how to accomplish common tasks on the computer. Written in a straightforward manner without jargon, this book zeros in on only the most important computer-related topics, avoiding overwhelming you with coverage of every feature of a computer.
Concise descriptions and full-color visuals clearly lead you through the steps necessary to perform a task. In addition to being technology experts and experienced computer book writers, the authors themselves are seniors and have spent many hours getting other seniors comfortable with computers. To create this book, they’ve called on advisers in the areas of photography, social networking, online financial management, and genealogy to address areas of special interest to seniors. Senior citizens from the U.S. and UK serve as reviewers and testers of the information in the book.
Computing for Seniors QuickSteps
- Includes specific examples that you can duplicate easily. For example: “To buy a book on Amazon…,”or “To search for the best airline ticket between Seattle and New York…”
- Contains tips on buying and setting up a computer and using e-mail, Office applications, and media
- Discusses important Internet topics, including security, information searches, driving directions, government agency access, shopping, travel, and genealogical research
- Covers socializing and communicating online, including playing games, using Facebook and Twitter, and dating
- Offers details on the basics of using a digital camera and editing and sharing photos
- Explains managing personal finances, including online banking, researching stocks and bonds, and using Quicken
About the Authors
Carole and Marty Matthews (Langley, WA) have been writing computer books for McGraw-Hill for over 25 years. They have created the QuickSteps series, directly authored or co-authored over 70 books, and been responsible for another 20 books written by others. Recent books written by Carole include Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps, 3rd edition, and Build and eBay Business QuickSteps, 2nd edition. Recent books written by Marty include Windows 7 QuickSteps and Dynamic Web Programming: A Beginner’s Guide. In recent years they have also done consulting and training. Prior to their writing career they were founders and principal executives of a software company that developed and sold an estimating and accounting system for printing and contracting businesses.>.
Bobbi Sandburg is a consultant, an instructor, and a retired CPA. She is the author or co-author of several books, including Quicken 2009 QuickSteps.
Gary David Bouton is the author of more than 20 books on computer graphics, including Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps with Carole Matthews.
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April 7, 2010
Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). During this time he has written in excess of 500 articles for many of the U.K.’s top computer magazines.
Robin started his computing career in the Cheshire homes for disabled people, where he was responsible for setting up computer rooms in a number of residential homes, and for evaluating and tailoring hardware and software so that disabled people could use the new technology – sometimes by means of only a single switch operated by mouth or finger.
After writing articles for computer magazines about his work with disabled people, he eventually worked full time for one of the country’s main IT magazine publishers, where he held several roles including editorial, promotions, and cover disc editing.
With the dawn of the Internet in the 1990s, Robin branched out into developing websites. One of these presented the world’s first radio station licensed by the music copyright holders, and was featured in several news reports on TV and radio networks in the United Kingdom. In order to enable people to continue to surf while listening, Robin also developed the first known pop-up windows.
Robin lives on the southeast coast of England with his wife Julie, a trained nurse, and five children, where he also finds time to foster three disabled children, as well as working full time from home as a technical author.
Robin has contributed an article to “The Daily Tip” section on “IT World,” and Plug-In PHP is one of the featured books on the company’s web site. For a look at the article, please click HERE.
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March 8, 2010
Plug-In PHP: 100 Power Solutions
Authors: Nixon, Robin
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166659-6
ISBN-10: 0071666591
©2010 | 1st Edition | 384 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: March 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
100 PHP power solutions in one handy guide
This practical resource contains 100 ready-to-run PHP plug-ins you can use to create dynamic Web content. The book begins by showing you how to install, configure, and use a powerful web development environment. Then, each chapter in Plug-In PHP offers complete, working examples for specific end results you can achieve right away. In this time-saving tool, all of the code is extensively documented along with tips for adapting it for your own requirements.
Get ready-made PHP plug-ins for:
- Text processing
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- Geo-location
- Spelling and language translation
- And much more
Download all of the book’s plug-ins at www.pluginphp.com
About the Author
Robin Nixon (UK) is a developer and freelance technical writer who has published more than 500 articles in magazines such as PC Plus, PCW, Web User, .net, PC Advisor, and PC Answers. He is the author of 3 computing books, including the upcoming Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript (O’Reilly).
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