Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions
by Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher
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Author: Jeff Hammerbacher, Toby SegaranEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-07-28
ISBN: 0596157118
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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- ISBN13: 9780596157111
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions
Book Review: $35 for a "Beautiful _____" book printed in black and white?
Summary: 2 Stars
So, in full disclosure I have only read one chapter thus far (the book arrived this afternoon). This review is primarily about the binding and production quality and not the content, which I found to be interesting (hence any stars at all).
I find it completely atrocious that this book was printed in grayscale. Several of the authors' graphics (the "beautiful" purpose for the book's existence) make absolutely no sense when printed in low-resolution grayscale.
Come on, O'Reilly. I know you want to keep Sunlight Foundation and Creative Commons (the royalty beneficiaries) in business, but I would have paid an extra $5-10 for this book if I knew that small amount could cover this book's share of a high-res color production run.
Thus far it has been a big disappointment after reading Beautiful Visualization, Programming Collective Intelligence (by the editor), and Programming the Semantic Web (also by the editor). Luckily, I have 45 days to read this in color on Safari!
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