My so-called office is getting smaller and smaller, because my books no longer fit on the shelves, and I don't really have room for more shelves. I'm making some progress clearing out old stuff, but it's hard because I still use some books from 20 and even 30 years ago. It's actually easier for me to discard old computers and software than old books. This was to my benefit a couple of years ago when I My so-called office is getting smaller and smaller, because my books no longer fit on the shelves, and I don’t really have room for more shelves. I’m making some progress clearing out old stuff, but it’s hard because I still use some books from 20 and even 30 years ago. It’s actually easier for me to discard old computers and software than old books. This was to my benefit a couple of years ago when I was working on an intellectual property case that hinged on computer technology from the 1980s, but that’s another story entirely.Anyway, the newer books are in piles on the floor; the tallest pile is about 4 feet high. One of the shortest piles contains half a dozen books about AJAX: AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, Edmond Woychowsky, Prentice-Hall, 2006, $44.99, ISBN 0-13-227267-9 Ajax Design Patterns: Creating Web 2.0 Sites with Programming and Usability Patterns, Michael Mahemoff, O’Reilly, 2006, $44.99, ISBN 0-596-10180-5 Ajax Hacks: Tips & Tools for Creating Responsive Web Sites, Bruce W. Perry, O’Reilly, 2006, $29.99, ISBN 0-596-10169-4 Build Your Own Ajax Web Applications, Matthew Eernisse, SitePoint, 2006, $39.95, ISBN 0-9758419-4-7 Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer, Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith, and Dion Almaer, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006, $29.95, ISBN 0-9766940-8-5 Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications, Joshua Eichorn, Prentice-Hall, 2006, $39.99, ISBN 0-13-221635-3Do you need any or all of these books? I’m not sure. I can only tell you what each book is about, once I’ve read them myself. Stay tuned. Software Development