- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S. (1 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312363338
- ISBN-13: 978-0312363338
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 2.4 x 23.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 982,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Today, web companies like Flickr and Google are making it possible for users to search, create, and discuss in ways never imagined, unlocking a universe of imagination and creative potential. We are witnessing the birth of a new, vastly more useful Internet. "Rule of the Web" is the user's manual. Uberblogger Mark Frauenfelder is a tech writer in a league of his own, with cutting edge web savvy and the ability to translate geek-speak into plain English. The blog he founded, Boing Boing, is an online tastemaker with two million regular readers. In "Rule of the Web", Mark points out the best tools and resources for doing everything from browsing anonymously to using disposable credit card accounts to shop online. The book includes: basic and advanced solutions for every problem; avoiding scams, safeguarding your privacy, and protecting your children; getting news and blog posts delivered automatically; generating the perfect stock portfolio and then tracking your finances online; setting up your own blog or podcast; and, everything Web 2.0: YouTube, MySpace, Flickr, and more.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I pick up something new from this book every time I read it. It's one of those that you won't want to rush through, but get out every now and then.
Somewhat USA-focused, but that's not a huge problem. The stuff that's irrelevant to the UK is more than compensated for by the huge amount of useful and usable information.
If you are thinking of buying it, however, do so now. It's all about the latest stuff on the web, so will probably be obsolete before very long.
Somewhat USA-focused, but that's not a huge problem. The stuff that's irrelevant to the UK is more than compensated for by the huge amount of useful and usable information.
If you are thinking of buying it, however, do so now. It's all about the latest stuff on the web, so will probably be obsolete before very long.
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
might be the most valuable reference book I own
15 Jun 2007
Format:Paperback
Create your owk wiki? Find coupon codes? Music way cheaper than Itunes? Bittorrent files? Want to text your friend money? Skype? Bluetooth?
How are we supposed to know everything we can get out of the internet? We didn't learn it in school and one would feel dorky for buying Internet For Dummies.
The cool thing about this book is it answers every question you ever had about using the internet, and the cooler thing is it answers questions you wished you ask. The tone is breezy - never boring or didactic. There's a lot in here for web neophytes and a lot for people that consider themselves web experts. You can tell the author's labour of love is getting the most out of the internet, and he's filtered that love into a mind opening reference book.
It'll be next to my computer for a long time.
How are we supposed to know everything we can get out of the internet? We didn't learn it in school and one would feel dorky for buying Internet For Dummies.
The cool thing about this book is it answers every question you ever had about using the internet, and the cooler thing is it answers questions you wished you ask. The tone is breezy - never boring or didactic. There's a lot in here for web neophytes and a lot for people that consider themselves web experts. You can tell the author's labour of love is getting the most out of the internet, and he's filtered that love into a mind opening reference book.
It'll be next to my computer for a long time.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
For beginners only
23 Sep 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
While the author is a very successful blogger the blog he is famous for founding is a non-technical one, Boing Boing - it does feature some techie news links but if you bother following the tech news the ones at Boing Boing are always a few days old. The tips and tools he presents are all things that anyone with technical common sense can find within ten minutes doing a simple search. I do recommend it if you are the type of person who likes dead trees. I would not have bought it had I known the information would be this light. From a positive point of view the book is clear and well written and it is good to have recommendations from someone with an honest perspective.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Enlightening For the Newest of Users, But Much "Already Knew That" for Old Hands
29 July 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Maybe it's gratifying to know that I could already have done much of what's in Mark's book, but I don't think I'm all that savvy compared to a couple of million other people who regularly use the Web for our work and home lives. I have dog-eared a number of pages that I intend to go up and try, which is why this is definitely worth it even for me, but I think the value would be even greater for the people who don't already consider themselves marginally power Web-Heads.
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