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The Best of The Joy of Tech

By Nitrozac and Snaggy
First Edition November 2003
Pages: 192 (More details)
(Average of 3 Customer Reviews)

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This book is a collection of the very best from The Joy of Tech online series, and features several new, never-before-seen comics, exclusive notes from the artists about their work, an appendix of the JoyPolls, a lexicon of JoyWords, and an introduction by David Pogue. The Best of The Joy of Tech is an oasis of top-notch humor and images sure to refresh the mind's page and reboot the will to live.
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Frustrated and frazzled by technology? Or perhaps your cynicism is starting to wane? The Joy of Tech is just the boost you need to get a fresh and funny look at the geek world and restore your sense of humor along the way. With a style that's simultaneously retro and modern, smart and sexy, The Joy of Tech comics poke fun at the latest cultural and technological trends, including those mired deep within the recesses of the IT world. From geeks to corporate giants to the funny world of Macintosh® culture, nothing is sacred, and The Best of The Joy of Tech will have you laughing at it all. This book is a collection of the very best from The Joy of Tech online series, the hilarious technology-centric comics created by the dual processing powers of Nitrozac and Snaggy. Long a favorite of those in the know--from the techies in the trenches to those who lead and shape the IT industry--these comics are appearing for the first time in the time-proven and stable "book" interface. The Best of the Joy of Tech features several new, never-before-seen comics, exclusive notes from the artists about their work, an appendix of the JoyPolls, a lexicon of JoyWords, and an introduction by David Pogue, bestselling author and creator of O'Reilly's Missing Manual Series. Printed in glorious full color, it'll be the one thing on a techie's desktop guaranteed not to crash, freeze, or go "poof!" The Best of the Joy of Tech will be a welcome addition to any techie's library of geeky books. Amid the often mind-numbing brain fodder of coding how-tos, user manuals, and hardware reviews, The Best of The Joy of Tech is an oasis of top-notch humor and images sure to refresh the mind's page and reboot the will to live. The Joy of Tech celebrates our love of technology, as well as the frustrations we have with it. It empowers everyone--from cubical workers to those who work at home, from teenagers and students to full-time IT geeks, to get the last laugh on technology. Includes a foreword by the legendary Steve Wozniak, creater of Apple Computer.

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Book details

Title: The Best of The Joy of Tech
First Edition: November 2003
ISBN 10: 0-596-00578-4
ISBN 13: 9780596005788
Pages: 192
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 3 Reviews)

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A dose of laughter at hand. Rating:
2006-12-06 09:49:02 Anonymous Reader [Reply | View]
The Best of The Joy of Tech
By Nitrozac and Snaggy

Reviewed by Brian M Oldham, for the East Bay Macintosh User Group
(ebmug.org)

One of the common diseases of the 21st century is computer-induced stress. We've all suffered from it, but now there is medicine for this malady in the form of "The Best of The Joy of Tech," a book collection of comic strips from the intelligent and very funny online comic strip, "The Joy of Tech" (geekculture.com).

The comics in this book touch on all aspects of life with computers, and range from laugh out loud funny to thoughtful, and the situations flow from absurd to so spot-on real that you might think that the authors were secretly watching you.

Buy this book if you'd like to keep a dose of laughter at hand.

"The Best of The Joy of Tech" receives and EBMUG rating of Five Bridges out of
five.

The Best of The Joy of Tech Review Rating:
2004-03-11 10:24:36 . [Reply | View]
Thanx for the link George to longer review, I appreciate it because I still dont know wheter buy it or not... Tell me!

Emur

The Best of The Joy of Tech Review Rating:
2003-12-08 20:12:47 George Woolley of Oakland.pm [Reply | View]
This book is a compilation of geek humor comic strips

with beautiful drawing, to kill for babes,

and a sense of poetry.

If you have a soul, get this book.

If you don't have a soul, borrow one (a soul, that is),

so you can grok this book.

Best viewed by lovers of Macs and Linux.

If you wish, check out my longer review.

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Media reviews

"If nothing else brings together die-hard users of disparate operating systems, The Best of the Joy of Tech certainly does. A book not to be missed."
--Major Keary, Book Notes, 2004:18

"In short, this book is the finest slice of geek humour out there, so go out and buy a copy now. You won't be disappointed."
--Dr. Neale Monks, Applelust.com, July 2004
http://www.applelust.com/reviews/books/archives/040723_spam_joy.shtml

"Artistically speaking, this is as good as it gets, and it's good to see that O'Reilly has pulled out all the stops to make the book high quality...the sooner you start reading the better! This is geek culture at its finest – some of which will even be accessible for nongeeks – and we can't get enough of it! Three cheers for Nitrozac and Snaggy! Rating 10/10 Linux Format Top Stuff Award"
--Linux Format, April 2004

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