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Title: BIG, but half empty
Review: I've used this book (I don't actually READ technical books) a few times and find it helped me some times, I admit. However I find very vague and frankly, I quickly get tired of this self-advertising both her and Siegel make all the time about themselves. Every other line we have to read her tale of "I did this" and "read my other book" and of course, "here is my URL". Sure it is necessary and honest if one talks about one's experience, but I believe this is too much. I also find that Weinman's objective is on quantity and not quality: a lot of things here are easily DISPENSABLE, even if you are a beginner, not to mention the useless Photoshop and Illustrator classes she gives (if I want to learn about Photoshop, I will buy a book about it). Finally, I agree with someone here that mentioned the (lack of) quality of her own site: I only trust Lynda on some technical info, never because of her (poor) design skills.
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