Technica July 19th
technica q&a: sarah horton ("access by design")
oscon: august 1-5
rare book room: buckminster fuller collection
attic sale: 50% off selected used technical books
hot titles
ebooks
fup's favorites
fup foto fun
fup's seventeenth birthday
bestsellers
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TECHNICA Q&A: SARAH HORTON
Sarah Horton, author of Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, spoke at Powell's Technical Books on Thursday, July 14. Sarah also sat down to answer a few questions about her new book, her least favorite teacher, and the future of technology. Read our exclusive Tech Q&A and, for a limited time, save 20% on Access by Design.
Sarah Horton, author of Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, spoke at Powell's Technical Books on Thursday, July 14. Sarah also sat down to answer a few questions about her new book, her least favorite teacher, and the future of technology. Read our exclusive Tech Q&A and, for a limited time, save 20% on Access by Design.OSCON 2005: AUGUST 1-5
Portland, Oregon has quickly become an open source center in the United States. This year's conference at the Oregon Convention Center, August 1–5, will explore three deep trends affecting open source with Larry Wall (Perl creator), Kim Polese (SpikeSource), Jonathan Schwartz (SunMicrosystems), and Mitchell Baker (Mozilla), among many other notable open-sourcers. Find out more conference details and enter to win a free ticket to OSCON.
Portland, Oregon has quickly become an open source center in the United States. This year's conference at the Oregon Convention Center, August 1–5, will explore three deep trends affecting open source with Larry Wall (Perl creator), Kim Polese (SpikeSource), Jonathan Schwartz (SunMicrosystems), and Mitchell Baker (Mozilla), among many other notable open-sourcers. Find out more conference details and enter to win a free ticket to OSCON. BUCKMINSTER FULLER COLLECTION
Best remembered for his development of the geodesic dome (created by Carl Zeiss), Buckminster Fuller's research and interests ranged from architecture to energy, auto design to philosophy, geometry to poetry. The consummate generalist, Fuller died in 1983, leaving behind a remarkable legacy. Through a local collector, Powell's has acquired a significant collection of books by and about Fuller. Browse our collection here and read an essay by Collier from Powell's Technical Books, a Buckminster Fuller specialist.
Best remembered for his development of the geodesic dome (created by Carl Zeiss), Buckminster Fuller's research and interests ranged from architecture to energy, auto design to philosophy, geometry to poetry. The consummate generalist, Fuller died in 1983, leaving behind a remarkable legacy. Through a local collector, Powell's has acquired a significant collection of books by and about Fuller. Browse our collection here and read an essay by Collier from Powell's Technical Books, a Buckminster Fuller specialist.ATTIC SALE: 50% OFF SELECTED USED TECHNICAL BOOKS
We've cleared out the attic at the Tech Store and have come up with one heck of a collection of used books. From chemistry to civil engineering to popular science, browse our selection of half-priced used books while they last.
We've cleared out the attic at the Tech Store and have come up with one heck of a collection of used books. From chemistry to civil engineering to popular science, browse our selection of half-priced used books while they last.
HOT TITLES
At summer's apex, it's time to consider what's hot and what's not. Here are ten titles with which to while away those spare hours, including Preserving the Dead, Green Remodeling, and Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software.
At summer's apex, it's time to consider what's hot and what's not. Here are ten titles with which to while away those spare hours, including Preserving the Dead, Green Remodeling, and Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software.eBOOKS
This month in Tech eBooks: In Flesh and Machines, MIT artificial intelligence leader Rodney Brooks postulates that humans are not as unique as they like to believe. And Windows 2000 Server Unleashed is a hardcore reference for the networking professional who needs answers fast. Check out more eBooks — tech and otherwise — here.
This month in Tech eBooks: In Flesh and Machines, MIT artificial intelligence leader Rodney Brooks postulates that humans are not as unique as they like to believe. And Windows 2000 Server Unleashed is a hardcore reference for the networking professional who needs answers fast. Check out more eBooks — tech and otherwise — here.FUP'S FAVORITES
Fup, store cat, specially placed her paw on each of these titles. We took that to mean these are what she would choose to read, if only she could.
Fup, store cat, specially placed her paw on each of these titles. We took that to mean these are what she would choose to read, if only she could.
FUP FOTO FUN
Want to have some fun with Fup? Use this image to transplant her to the venue of your choosing — on top of Mount St. Helens, surfing in northern California, clawing at Tom Cruise's head — then submit your new images of Fup to amber@powells.com. We'll feature the funniest submissions in later issues of Technica.
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Want to have some fun with Fup? Use this image to transplant her to the venue of your choosing — on top of Mount St. Helens, surfing in northern California, clawing at Tom Cruise's head — then submit your new images of Fup to amber@powells.com. We'll feature the funniest submissions in later issues of Technica.http://www.powells.com/...
FUP: SASSY, SEXY, SEVENTEEN
Hard to believe Fup has reached this venerable kitty age, which just goes to show that eating large quantities of cake is not necessarily harmful. We'd like to take this chance to wish Fup many more years of Tech Store wandering, and we hope you'll wish her happy birthday as well. If you can't make our party on July 30 and 31 from 12-2, feel free to email the birthday kitty at fup@powells.com.
Hard to believe Fup has reached this venerable kitty age, which just goes to show that eating large quantities of cake is not necessarily harmful. We'd like to take this chance to wish Fup many more years of Tech Store wandering, and we hope you'll wish her happy birthday as well. If you can't make our party on July 30 and 31 from 12-2, feel free to email the birthday kitty at fup@powells.com.
TECH BESTSELLERS
1. New Perspectives on Computer Concepts by J. Parsons (Personal Computers)
2. The Graphic Designer's Digital Toolkit by Allan B. Wood (Desktop Publishing)
3. Essentials of Using and Understanding Mathematics by Jeffrey O. Bennett (Mathematics)
4. Maya 6 for Windows and Macintosh by Danny Riddell (Multimedia)
5. Cascading Style Sheets by Eric A. Meyer (Internet)
6. Illustrated AutoCAD by Ralph Grabowski (Engineering)
7. The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book by Sharon Steuer (Graphics)
8. QuarkXPress 6 for Windows and Macintosh by Elaine Weinmann (Windows)
9. An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield (Psychology)
10. Sound for Film and Television by Tomlinson Holman (Communications)
1. New Perspectives on Computer Concepts by J. Parsons (Personal Computers)
2. The Graphic Designer's Digital Toolkit by Allan B. Wood (Desktop Publishing)
3. Essentials of Using and Understanding Mathematics by Jeffrey O. Bennett (Mathematics)
4. Maya 6 for Windows and Macintosh by Danny Riddell (Multimedia)
5. Cascading Style Sheets by Eric A. Meyer (Internet)
6. Illustrated AutoCAD by Ralph Grabowski (Engineering)
7. The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book by Sharon Steuer (Graphics)
8. QuarkXPress 6 for Windows and Macintosh by Elaine Weinmann (Windows)
9. An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield (Psychology)
10. Sound for Film and Television by Tomlinson Holman (Communications)
Technica
By Steven and Amber
By Steven and Amber
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