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Scott structures Mindfire around his three ultimate takeaways: motivation ("gasoline"), leveraging catalysts ("sparks") and building long-term success ("fire").

I saw a quick demo and what I found most interesting were the new Map and Book modules.

Why was Adobe's app renamed after only a few months? And what does the name change suggest for the future of Adobe's photography apps for tablets and mobile devices?

Some apps really stand out for their usefulness; others are not as helpful and robust. Despite this, I'm really glad to see Adobe stake a claim in the tablet market for creative professional apps.

Many changes have happened this year in the computer hardware industry as tablets continue to affect the form factor of our computers. The EliteBook remains a thick and durable piece of hardware.

The Book of Ruby is a good primer on Ruby for the average beginner but there are some things that keep it from really standing out against all the other Ruby books on the market.

I give kudos to Miran for making what could have been an opaque and difficult subject actually quite interesting and fun.

It's pretty rare to read a photography book that discusses denatured alcohol, emulsions and other hands-on techniques that bring back memories of the darkroom.

Fans of the Macintosh, Apple, or the PC industry in general should have a copy of this book, even if they have folklore.org bookmarked on their browser.

Today Adobe officially released their lineup of Touch Apps for Android tablets, deepening their dive into products for mobile devices

Welcome to Oz 2.0 is a book for advanced and intermediate readers, and Vincent's tutorials are not simple or quick but constitute a "deep dive" into many features at once and produce great results.

The book is unique in that it combines a university-level topic like relativity with a storytelling format like manga.

While the content and the delivery is good, I think the production quality of the DVD can be improved.

Carousel looks like a fun product to me but the photo management market already has a lot of solutions. Can it find a niche, especially among iOS devices?

Compared to the first day's MAX keynote, the second day's keynote was much more focused on hard-core development.

TypeKit, WoodWing and Nitobi customers are all affected by Adobe's announcements today.

After all these announcements, I wasn't sure if life will be easier or harder now for the traditional creative professional.

The Inspiration Guide might be a hard sell for illustrators—after all, why buy the book when you can see the work online?

I really enjoy the Nomad Brush and would recommend it to anyone painting on the iPad.

There are entire sections of the CSS3 spec that I never really appreciated until I read this book.