2007, ISBN: 9781593761509

Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2005. Softcover. New. 20 x 25 cm. If you believe the sky really is the limit when it comes to creating unparalleled user experiences and applications for the… Meer...

Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2005. Softcover. New. 20 x 25 cm. If you believe the sky really is the limit when it comes to creating unparalleled user experiences and applications for the Web--then Macromedia Flash MX is sure to be your tool of choice. With Flash, you can integrate video, text, audio, and graphics into distinctive and compelling web content, stunningly interactive and expressive user interfaces, and rich applications for the Internet. Flash is all about helping you dramatically enhance the user experience. And Flash Out of the Box is all about helping you think outside of the box to get there--first, by diving into the Flash box and then becoming intimately acquainted with every nook and cranny of it. In Flash Out of the Box, you`ll follow and work with a simple box through a "day in the life" style journey. You`ll study, use, abuse, and transform the box as you move through exercises that teach you the basics of Flash, and much more, in an entertaining, unforgettable, task-oriented fashion. You`ll learn to animate, work with video, load external assets, draw, mask, modularize, and many other things that will be essential as you move into more advanced techniques with other books. It`s just you, Flash, and the box, mastering each technique along the way and adding others in a fashion that will let you practice and learn simultaneously. Most Flash tutorials you`ve looked at are tool-centric, focusing on Flash`s individual features and how to use them (an approach that can quickly become tedious), whereas this innovative, engaging, and motivating book is uniquely user-centric. That means it concentrates on you and what you want and need to learn. Each successive lesson anticipates and builds upon your needs, capabilities, and questions as you evolve from Flash beginner to Flash master. Written in a fun and conversational tone, the highly accessible Flash Out of the Box makes learning Flash MX 2004 intuitive, logical, and, most of all, fun. Printed Pages: 264., Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2005, 6, Emeryville, CA: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. True skepticism is an attitude of constant questioning, a mode of thinking Frederick Crews held so dear he applied it to Freudian psychoanalytic theory, an intellectual tradition he initially believed to be empirically sound. But as his examination of the logical structure and institutional history of psychoanalysis revealed ever more cracks in the field's empirical framework, Crews broke with Freudian theory, eventually labeling it the very model of a modern pseudoscience.This collection features essays chronicling his rejection of Freudian psychoanalysis and our recent recovered memory movement, including such controversial and widely quoted pieces as “The Unknown Freud” and “The Revenge of the Repressed.” Crews also tackles new subjects as diverse as UFO abduction reports, American Buddhism, contemporary literary criticism, and theosophy. A single theme animates these bracing and witty discussions: the temptation to reach for facile wisdom without attending to the little voice that asks, “How might I be deceiving myself here?” "Let's be clear about this: "Follies of the Wise" is one sharp book. Comprised of essays written from 1993 and onwards, it includes `The Unknown Freud' and `The Revenge of the Repressed'. Even though Frederick Crews is widely regarded as the fiercest Freud-basher around, these essays by no means deal exclusively with his perception of psychoanalysis as being largely unscientific and the dangers of the recovered memory movement. Writing extensively on UFO's, theosophy and creationism as well as post-structuralism, he dissects anything unscientific, superstitious and snobbish. The last two essays beautifully conveys his love for Kafka and Melville. Furthermore there are two appendixes containing interviews with the author. To be critical is sometimes equated with being offensive. Granted, his style can perhaps hardly be characterized as being mild-mannered, but there is nothing rancorous in it either. There is a difference between being acute and being acrimonious. To me, Frederick Crews is an intrepid advocate of critical thinking and he just happens to be a gifted writer as well. Highly recommended." -- review by Niklas Anderberg. Book is near fine with minor edge wear, corner tips bumped ., Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007, 4<