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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Experts are constantly telling us what we need to be doing to improve our businesses. There are hundreds of books in the market filled with advice from these experts, each of which insisting that its ideas are the best, and that we need to be implementing them now. But how can you filter out all of the bad advice, misinformation, and misuse of business tools that is out there? None of us needs another list of what we should be doing. This is a book...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Colier sounds the call for wakefulness, reminding us that we can use technology in a way that promotes, rather than detracts from, our well-being. This book provides a resource for anyone wanting to create a more empowered relationship with technology in the digital age.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others. In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including...
Author
Publisher
Cengage
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Thorough coverage highlights notable technology developments and their impact on business. Students examine professional codes of ethics, cyberattacks and cybersecurity, security risk assessment, privacy, electronic surveillance, and freedom of expression. They also study Internet censorship, protection of intellectual property, quality software systems, IT's impact on society, social networking, and ethics of IT corporations. Unlike other introductory...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological and emotional crisis, but solid science on the subject is surprisingly hard to come...
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Language
English
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America is in trouble. We face four major challenges on which our future depends, and we are failing to meet them-and if we delay any longer, soon it will be too late for us to pass along the American dream to future generations. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, offer both a wake-up call and a call to collective action. They analyze...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Voice is the next technology--remarkably similar in potential impact to the Internet and mobile computing--poised to change the way the world works. Tobias Dengel is in the vanguard of this breakthrough, understanding the deep, wide-ranging implications voice will have for every industry. And here he connects the dots about this emerging paradigm to vividly illustrate how business leaders can stay ahead of the game, rather than scrambling to catch...
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Language
English
Description
If you have ambitions to be a game developer, this guide is a must. Covering all the fundamentals of the Unity game engine, it will help you understand the different elements of 3D game creation through practical projects.
This book follows an informal, demystifying approach to the world of game development with the Unity game engine. With no prior knowledge of game development or 3D required, you will learn from scratch, taking each concept at a...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is very easy and straightforward to follow, and takes a hands-on approach, using practical examples to illustrate techniques and explain concepts using a fictitious company called "The Party People" to help you master the content administration of your web site. With each task outlined, simple explanations are offered on similar subject areas and links to further information are provided. If you are someone who wants to quickly and easily...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is an easy-to-follow tutorial that will show you how to install and implement ADempiere. You will be shown how to set-up and use the features of ADempiere through plenty of step-by-step instructions with lots of examples and screenshots, and you will have a feature-rich, working version of ADempiere by the end of the book. If you want to easily implement ADempiere in your organization, this book is for you. This book will also be beneficial...
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Language
English
Description
This book takes a step-by-step approach to building Flash applications for use with the Drupal Content Management System. In each chapter, you walk through the evolution of a real Flash application designed for Drupal. Every chapter builds on the previous one by presenting a more challenging feature for each additional chapter. This book is written for developers who wish to build dynamic flash applications. Although we will be using Drupal for our...
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Language
English
Description
This book presents practical tutorials and focuses on fun projects. It contains a lot of serious training material, but is presented in a fun and entertaining way. This book targets game designers/developers, artists, and product designers who want to create realistic images, 3D models, and videos of machines. You are expected to have experience with basic Blender operation, as the book is not a 'getting started' tutorial.
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Language
English
Description
The book is written as a step-by-step, example-driven tutorial designed to be worked through step by step working on the example code as you learn. A fun example scenario is used throughout the book and of course all source code is available to download from the author's web site. The book is packed with tips and tricks, based on experience with MyFaces in real-life projects. This book is intended for Java developers who want to develop web frontends...
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Language
English
Description
Asterisk is the world's leading open-source PBX, telephony engine, and telephony applications toolkit with immense flexibility.
This book will give you a firm understanding of Asterisk Gateway Interface (AGI) development and proper AGI development practices. You will learn how to formulate Atomic AGI-enabled scripts, enabling rapid development within a well-defined Asterisk execution and runtime environment.
This book builds from the simplest form...
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Language
English
Description
In Detail Funambol is a free and open source mobile synchronization server that provides push email, address book and calendar (PIM) data synchronization, and device management for wireless devices. Are you looking to sync your email and other data with mobile devices for easy access? This book will show you how to do that via the Internet cloud. With the help of this complete, practical guide you will learn how to access your email, calendar, contacts,...
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Language
English
Description
In Detail Koha is the first full-featured open source library management system that is widely used for efficiently managing libraries. However, setting up and maintaining Koha is no walk in the park. It is not as straightforward as setting up the other popular LAMP applications.
This practical guide provides all the essential information that is needed to make the task of installing and configuring Koha really seem simple and easy. It demonstrates...
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