http://www.twitter.com/bdmclaughlin
Author, educator, curious and driven geek
Areas of Expertise:
- java
- xml
- object-oriented analysis and design
- learning theory
- cognitive science
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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Recent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
- What is HTML5?, July 13 2011
- What is Node.js?, July 06 2011
- We are iPad. Resistance is (not) futile, April 09 2010
- Is the "e" in ebooks the new blink tag?, March 30 2010
- Where's the continuity?, August 18 2009
- "Brain Power" Up Close, June 24 2009
- Where are the learners?, June 22 2009
- When do your beliefs become knowledge?, June 08 2009
- Your brain really is forgetting... a LOT, April 27 2009
- Where do I start if I want to write for Head First?, March 11 2009
- What does it take to be a Head First author?, March 06 2009
- What's coming in 2009 for Head First?, February 10 2009
- Ask... no, wait... TELL Tim, February 10 2009
- Our brains are sort of... well... stupid, February 02 2009
- Choose your own adventure... er... learning path, January 14 2009
- The dreaded EJB question... addressed, January 13 2009
- It's 2009... learn like it!, January 06 2009
- Special Announcement: Head First PDFs, December 19 2008
- Did you read the book from that movie?, November 26 2008
- Pressure isn't always a bad thing, November 26 2008
- Getting to know you, November 26 2008
- Don't I know you?, November 26 2008
- Head First or Head Rush?, November 26 2008
- So you wanna be a servlets stud? Or a JSP jedi?, November 26 2008
- In search of a few good authors..., November 26 2008
- Why don't you TELL us what you want, November 26 2008
- Anticipating Anticipation, November 26 2008
- Anticipation (for a book, a box, a blog...), November 26 2008
- Presents for under your tree (for next year), November 26 2008
- When the box (or book) finally arrives..., November 26 2008
- My three children, November 26 2008
- More on Hello World, November 26 2008
- I hate Hello, World, November 26 2008
- Fly away, fly away, Head First C#, November 26 2008
- Making the connection, November 26 2008
- The brain is a camera, November 26 2008
- We still read for enjoyment, November 26 2008
- That great big voice in the sky, November 26 2008
- They're so smart, they're telepathic..., November 26 2008
- More voices == better books, November 26 2008
- We are gawered herwe togewer..., November 26 2008
- Tail Wags Dog? Not so much..., November 26 2008
- Did you read the book from that movie?, October 09 2008
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