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Author, educator, curious and driven geek
Areas of Expertise:
- java
- xml
- object-oriented analysis and design
- learning theory
- cognitive science
Biography
Brett McLaughlin is a bestselling and award-winning non-fiction author. His books on computer programming, home theater, and analysis and design have sold in excess of 100,000 copies. He has been writing, editing, and producing technical books for nearly a decade, and is as comfortable in front of a word processor as he is behind a guitar, chasing his two sons and his daughter around the house, or laughing at reruns of Arrested Development with his wife.
Brett spends most of his time these days on cognitive theory, codifying and expanding on the learning principles that shaped the Head First series into a bestselling phenomenon. He's curious about how humans best learn, why Star Wars was so formulaic and still so successful, and is adamant that a good video game is the most effective learning paradigm we have.
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August 18 2009
I've recently resumed a childhood love affair with comics. In particular, I'm a fan of the Uncanny X-Men. While they're not as edgy as the Dark Knight, and not as hip as a Dark Horse mini-series, they're what got me started on comics, and what I continually go back to.… read moreJune 24 2009
Over the next few weeks, I thought we'd take a close look at some of the common Head First elements. A lot of folks love getting into the pedagogy of Head First, so this is almost a mini-primer to how... read moreJune 22 2009
I tend to browse around Flickr a lot, and came across this image: So what's missing here? Well, it would seem obvious... except to many technical book authors. See, for most folks, the obvious answer here is, "There are no students!" But for the average technical book author -- and… read moreWhen do your beliefs become knowledge?
June 08 2009
I've been reading a lot of philosophy lately -- Kierkegaard and Dawkins, Lewis, Hume, Calvin and Augustine, you name it -- for a class I'm taking, as well as for my own enjoyment. One of the interesting things about philosophy is that it's a discipline that takes the understanding of… read moreYour brain really is forgetting... a LOT
April 27 2009
I'm currently reading Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life by Dr. Sandra Aamodt and Dr. Sam Wang. The enormity of the title notwithstanding, I'm enjoying the book, and ran across this rather amazing quotation:… read moreWhat does it take to be a Head First author?
March 06 2009
Do you ever wish you could write a Head First book? Wondering what it takes? Check out what Brett, the series editor, has to say about writing a Head First book. read moreFebruary 10 2009
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with Tim. He mentioned that he'd recently taken his first ride on a Jet Ski. Several torturous minutes later, he got off, still alive and capable of detecting faint signals. But his back was suffering... badly. read moreOur brains are sort of... well... stupid
February 02 2009
I've long heard people complain about how commercials represent the basest forms of humanity. Yesterday, I was reminded this, as Twitter was all ablaze with people in outrage over the latest GoDaddy.com commercial. read moreChoose your own adventure... er... learning path
January 14 2009
There's a lot to be said that's positive about our declining economy. (Yeah, it's an odd beginning. But hang in there with me.) In the publishing industry, for example, we're having to be a lot more careful about what products we release. We're also having to be more efficient in… read moreThe dreaded EJB question... addressed
January 13 2009
Lots of folks have been clamoring to know about the second edition of Head First EJB. Click Play on the video below to get a direct answer... I promise. read moreJanuary 06 2009
So here we are, a new year. Unsurprisingly, we're getting lots of questions here at the Labs about what's coming in 2009. What books are in progress? What about Rough Cuts and Safari... what's going on there? And where, oh... read moreSpecial Announcement: Head First PDFs
December 19 2008
Hey there, Head First fans. It's been a crazy year for us here at Head First, and we've been working hard to end the year on an amazing, Joe-Frank-and-Jim would-love-this note. You've already seen our latest newsletter, where we've made... read moreDid you read the book from that movie?
November 26 2008
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that media is changing the way books are viewed. In fact, video — and YouTube in particular — has already changed how books are sold. Most big fiction releases are heralded by... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
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Webcast - Effective Communication: Making your point in a video-game culture
May 19, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free The book is dead; the play is dead; the lecture is dead. Everywhere you turn, you've heard about the demise of classic forms of communication, from the written word to the spoken. So how do you communicate...
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