Our Projects
Halfwit to Hero
Our Halfwit to Hero series uses short chapters and online exercises to help you master tech topics like Excel and WordPress.
CodeQuest
Our (upcoming) CodeQuest series teaches programming to kids by wrapping the concepts in fantasy and science-fiction stories.
Cthulhu for Kids
Our Cthulhu Halloween project abridges a selection of stories by cosmic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft into more kid-friendly versions.
Other Publishers
If you’re looking for the books Matthew MacDonald has written for other publishers, including the Missing Manuals series for O’Reilly and .NET programming books for Apress, you can find them here.
What’s New
My favorite color illusion
10 years ago I wrote a book for O’Reilly that remains one of my favorites to this day. The book—Your Brain: The Missing Manual—is still in print, and every once[…]
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Cthulhu for Kids
Here’s something a bit different this Halloween: Three of H. P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror tales (and one bonus) adapted for young readers. There’s no snark. There’s no cutesiness. Just gothic[…]
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Take “Excel Formulas” for a test drive
Curious how Halfwit to Tutorials work? Need to learn Excel, but not sure if you should invest hours watching Excel videos or chewing over Excel theory in a reference book?[…]
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