James Pyles writes “This is my first foray into reviewing a “Missing Manual” so naturally I wanted to find out what makes this book series different (the series
title always reminds me of Steve Ditko’s “
The Missing Man” which is probably his most obscure work…but I digress). The answer comes on the back of each book in the series:
“People learn best when information is engaging, clearly written, and funny. Unfortunately, most computer books read like dry catalogs.
That’s why I (David Pogue) created the Missing Manuals. They’re entertaining, unafraid to state when a feature is useless or doesn’t work
right and–oh by the way–written by actual writers.” Ok, question one answered. Let’s see how the book stacks up to the promotion.
title always reminds me of Steve Ditko’s “
The Missing Man” which is probably his most obscure work…but I digress). The answer comes on the back of each book in the series:
“People learn best when information is engaging, clearly written, and funny. Unfortunately, most computer books read like dry catalogs.
That’s why I (David Pogue) created the Missing Manuals. They’re entertaining, unafraid to state when a feature is useless or doesn’t work
right and–oh by the way–written by actual writers.” Ok, question one answered. Let’s see how the book stacks up to the promotion.
The first thing that caught my eye was “The Missing CD-ROM” (look inside the back cover…I’m not kidding). After congratulating me for saving
five dollars (the cost of including a cd), I was directed to www.missingmanuals.com to register my book and to
click on the Missing CD-ROM icon (which is really on O’Reilly’s site). To my surprise, there were quite a few links on the Missing CD-ROM page.
Nope, you don’t get access to a free version of Word 2007 but there are a number of freeware and shareware extras you can lay your (virtual)
hands on.”
Link: mcseworld.com
