The Little Mac Book, Lion Edition (Little Book)

Adopting a back-to-the-basics approach, this bestselling little Mac classic has been revised and overhauled to introduce users to OS X Lion. In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X Lion. This full-color little book walks readers through all of the key new features including Multi-Touch Gestures, Launchpad, Mission Control, the App Store, Mail, and much more. Using straightforward, jargon-free explanations delivered in logical, easy-to-follow sections, Robin is a new user's personal guide, coaching and encouraging readers as they learn their way around the magic of the Mac and OS X Lion.

ISBN: 9780321776587

Date: 2011-08-04

Author(s): Robin Williams

Pages: 216

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Web 2.0 and Social Networking for the Enterprise: Guidelines and Examples for Implementation and Management Within Your Organization

The Hands-On Guide to Thriving with Web 2.0 and Social Networking

• Deepen employee and coworker relationships, improve productivity, strengthen collaboration, and boost creativity
• Embrace, support, and manage social networking so it works for you, not against you
• Best practices and new case studies from IBM^® and many of its most innovative portal and social networking sites

This book provides hands-on, start-to-finish guidance for business and IT decision-makers who want to drive value from Web 2.0 and social networking technologies. IBM expert Joey Bernal systematically identifies business functions and innovations these technologies can enhance and presents best-practice patterns for using them in both internal- and external-facing applications. Drawing on the immense experience of IBM and its customers, Bernal addresses both the business and technical issues enterprises must manage to succeed. He offers insights and case studies covering multiple technologies, including AJAX, REST, Atom/RSS, enterprise taxonomies, tagging, folksonomies, portals, mashups, blogs, wikis, and more. He also presents practical guidance for building robust, secure, collaborative applications by using applications and services from multiple sources with powerful tools such as WebSphere^® Portal, Lotus^® Connections, and IBM Mashup Center.

ISBN: 9780137004898

Date: 2009-10-15

Author(s): Joey Bernal

Pages: 312

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Crapshoot Investing: How Tech-Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock Market into a Casino

In just the past few years, the equity markets have been transformed into a high-speed casino that’s a pure crapshoot: a white-knuckle rollercoaster ride that has left individual investors legitimately terrified of equities. The Flash Crash of May 6, 2010–when the DJIA plummeted 734 points in 17 minutes, and dozens of top companies traded as low as zero–was just a harbinger of disasters to come. In Crap Shoot Investing, Barron’s Washington Editor Jim McTague reveals the twin causes of this massive transformation: high-frequency traders using mathematical hocus pocus, and blundering regulators whose attempts to promote long-term investment have massively backfired. McTague takes you through the Flash Crash moment by moment, revealing what happened and how it happened. Next, he burrows “under the volcano” to uncover the titanic, uncontrolled forces now at work in equity markets, showing investors exactly what they’re jumping into when they buy and sell stock today. You’ll learn how new exchanges, desperate for cash, are attracting high-frequency traders at everyone else’s expense… how “dark pools” of hidden trades are tilting the playing field…how even small investors are promoting dangerous volatility. McTague explains why regulators continue to ignore the big picture as the markets accelerate towards chaos. Last but not least, he presents a rational strategy for investors who need to get ahead in markets that have become riskier than most casinos.

 

"A valuable read for anyone considering investing in equity markets."

Reprinted with permission from CHOICE http://www.cro2.org, copyright by the American Library Association.

ISBN: 9780132599689

Date: 2011-03-01

Author(s): Jim McTague

Pages: 256

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Search Engine Optimization for Flash: Best Practices for Using Flash on the Web

Some people believe that because search engines can't index all of the content in SWF files, Flash-based websites and Rich Internet Applications don't show up in web searches. This breakthrough book dispels that myth by demonstrating precisely what you can do to make your site fully searchable no matter how much Flash it contains. You'll learn best practices for using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build sites with Flash that will stand tall in search rankings.

Search Engine Optimization for Flash shows you how search engines work, what constitutes a search-engine-optimized (SEO) site, and what to watch out for in the way of SEO pitfalls. With this concise book, you will:

• Know what content is searchable, and why metadata, keywords, and links are so important
• Learn how to place HTML content in your Flash applications
• Create an SEO website by connecting Flash to JavaScript and CSS
• Work effectively with SWFObject by understanding its capabilities and limitations
• Discover the advantages of using the Adobe Flex framework for SEO

The first and most authoritative book on how to optimize Flash content for search engines, Search Engine Optimization for Flash is an invaluable resource if you develop with Flash and want to be sure your audience can easily find your site.

ISBN: 9780596522520

Date: 2009-03-24

Author(s): Todd Perkins

Pages: 288

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Canon PowerShot G12: From Snapshots to Great Shots

Now that you've bought the amazing Canon PowerShot G12, you need a book that goes beyond a tour of the camera's features to show you exactly how to use your camera to take great pictures. With Canon PowerShot G12: From Snapshots to Great Shots, you get the perfect blend of photography instruction and camera reference that will take your images to the next level! Beautifully illustrated with large, vibrant photos from the author and the Flickr community, this book teaches you how to take control of your photography to get the image you want every time you pick up the camera.

Follow along with your friendly and knowledgeable guide, Jeff Carlson, and you will:

• Learn the top ten things you need to know about shooting with the PowerShot G12
• Use the camera's Automatic modes to get better shots right away, and then take full control over the look and feel of your images with the Creative modes
• Master the photographic basics of composition, focus, depth of field, and much more
• Learn all the best tricks and techniques for getting great action shots, landscapes, and portraits
• Find out how to get great shots in low light
• Learn the basics behind shooting HD video and start making movies of your own
• Fully grasp all the concepts and techniques as you go, with assignments at the end of every chapter

And once you've got the shot, show it off! Join the book's Flickr group, share your photos, and discuss how you use your camera to get great shots at flickr.com/groups/canon_g12_from_snapshots_to_greatshots.

ISBN: 9780321771612

Date: 2011-01-26

Author(s): Jeff Carlson

Pages: 240

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Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives (2nd Edition)

More than ever before, HR practitioners must empirically demonstrate a clear link between their practices and firm performance. In, Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives, Wayne F. Cascio and John W. Boudreau show exactly how to choose, implement, and use metrics to improve decision-making, optimize organizational effectiveness, and maximize the value of HR investments. They provide powerful techniques for looking inside the HR "black box," implementing human capital metrics that track the effectiveness of talent policies and practices, demonstrating the logical connections to financial and line-of-business, and using HR metrics to drive more effective decision-making. Using their powerful "LAMP" methodology (Logic, Analytics, Measures, and Process), the authors demonstrate how to measure and analyze the value of every area of HR that impacts strategic value. Among the areas covered in depth are:

 

·    Hiring

·    Training

·    Leadership Development

·    Health and Wellness

·    Absenteeism

·    Retention

·    Employee Engagement

 

Readers will master crucial foundational principles such as risk, return, and economies of scale and use them to evaluate investments objectively in everything from work/life programs to training. Also included are powerful ways to integrate HR with enterprise strategy and budgeting and for gaining commitment from business leaders outside HR.

 

ISBN: 9780137070923

Date: 2010-12-08

Author(s): Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau

Pages: 384

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Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success

Once, there was a remarkable person who led with love. Her company succeeded where its competitors struggled. Its customers were loyal, its employees loved to work there, and it was profitable year after year, for decades. This loving leader began her career as an executive secretary, yet the company's founder chose her to succeed him as president. When asked why, he said, "Because she knows how to love people to success." She is Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines. Lead with LUV is an extraordinary, wide-ranging conversation between Barrett and the legendary Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager. Drawing on personal experience, Barrett and Blanchard reveal why leading with love is the most powerful way to lead and how it can help you achieve truly amazing levels of performance. Discover:

• What "love" really means in the organizational context.
• Why leading with love is not "soft" management!
• How to use redirection and tough love to handle inappropriate behavior or performance.
• Why "servant leadership" is love in action, and how to make it work.
• How to build the compelling vision and culture that sustains leadership with love.

ISBN: 9780137039746

Date: 2010-11-29

Author(s): Ken Blanchard, Colleen Barrett

Pages: 192

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Aided Navigation: GPS with High Rate Sensors

Design Cutting-Edge Aided Navigation Systems for Advanced Commercial & Military Applications

Aided Navigation is a design-oriented textbook and guide to building aided navigation systems for smart cars, precision farming vehicles, smart weapons, unmanned aircraft, mobile robots, and other advanced applications. The navigation guide contains two parts explaining the essential theory, concepts, and tools, as well as the methodology in aided navigation case studies with sufficient detail to serve as the basis for application-oriented analysis and design.

Filled with detailed illustrations and examples, this expert design tool takes you step-by-step through coordinate systems, deterministic and stochastic modeling, optimal estimation, and navigation system design. Authoritative and comprehensive, Aided Navigation features:

• End-of-chapter exercises throughout Part I
• In-depth case studies of aided navigation systems
• Numerous Matlab-based examples
• Appendices define notation, review linear algebra, and discuss GPS receiver interfacing
• Source code and sensor data to support examples is available through the publisher-supported website

Inside this Complete Guide to Designing Aided Navigation Systems

• Aided Navigation Theory: Introduction to Aided Navigation • Coordinate Systems • Deterministic Modeling • Stochastic Modeling • Optimal Estimation • Navigation System Design • Navigation Case Studies: Global Positioning System (GPS) • GPS-Aided Encoder • Attitude and Heading Reference System • GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (INS) • Acoustic Ranging and Doppler-Aided INS

ISBN: 9780071493291

Date: 2008-03-25

Author(s): Jay Farrell

Pages: 530

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VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration

“With this book, Eric has created a roadmap through the intricacies of VMware Infrastructure 3. From initial requirements gathering to advanced configuration topics, the logical progression of the chapters allows readers to jump in at whatever point makes the most sense in their own environment. Beginners and veterans alike will find themselves using it as both a guide and a reference.”

--Mark Chandler, Infrastructure Engineer Principal, VMware Certified Professional and vExpert 2009

 

“Through his work at Boston Market, his involvement as a community moderator on the VMTN forums, his management of his own vmware-land.com website, and his active blogging, Eric Siebert has established himself as an expert in the field of virtualization. In this book, he shares his knowledge of VMware virtualization in a manner that will benefit the novice and the expert alike.”

--Ken Cline, Technical Director, Virtualization, Wells Landers

 

The Definitive Guide to Planning, Implementing, Securing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3

This is the most comprehensive guide to planning for, implementing, securing, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting VMware VI3 in any IT environment. Written by Eric Siebert, a veteran VMware system administrator and one of only 300 vExperts named by VMware in 2009, this book will help IT professionals make the best possible decisions about VMware every step of the way.

 

Siebert presents extensive coverage of the upfront planning and architectural tasks that can make or break VMware deployments, sharing practical insights you’ll never find in the official documentation. Next, he presents dozens of tips, tricks, and best practices for everything from migration and configuration to backup. Along the way, Siebert introduces advanced techniques for optimizing both the efficiency of VMware system administration and the effectiveness of VMware virtual environments. Coverage includes

• Understanding your current infrastructure--and all the ways virtualization will change it
• Building VI3 environments for maximum reliability and performance
• Choosing the right software, servers, storage, and network infrastructure
• Constructing your virtualized environment
• Configuring virtual networking, storage, and resources to maximize host and guest performance
• Systematically securing hosts, VMs, networks, and vCenter Servers
• Mastering best practices for populating virtual environments, including P2V migration, templating, and the use of ISO files
• Monitoring your virtual environment, analyzing metrics, and proactively eliminating bottlenecks
• Applying patches to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities without introducing problems caused by unexpected dependencies
• Troubleshooting virtual environments: identifying and resolving specific problems, one step at a time
• Improving administration with snapshots, scripting, and other advanced techniques

 

VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration is an invaluable guide for every professional working with VMware, including architects designing virtual infrastructures, as well as managers and administrators who must implement and support them.

 

Foreword    ix

Introduction    1

Chapter 1   Assessing Your Current Environment    3

Chapter 2   Planning Your Virtual Environment     25

Chapter 3    Building Your Virtual Environment     75

Chapter 4   Configuring Your Virtual Environment     119

Chapter 5   Securing Your Virtual Environment     219

Chapter 6   Populating Your Virtual Environment    263

Chapter 7   Monitoring Your Virtual Environment    335

Chapter 8   Maintaining Your Virtual Environment    365

Chapter 9   Backing Up Your Virtual Environment    399

Chapter 10  Troubleshooting Your Virtual Environment    409

Chapter 11  Advanced Topics    435

Index    467

ISBN: 9780137007035

Date: 2009-05-18

Author(s): Eric Siebert

Pages: 512

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BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 Implementation Guide

This book combines clear factual information with easy-to-use step-by-step instructions. There are chapters with background information on the architecture and features of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and chapters with specific installation and configuration instructions. This combined approach gives you the knowledge to make the best implementation decisions for your environment. This book is written for IT professionals and network administrators who need to implement a BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The text assumes basic familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server administration, but provides detailed instructions for administrators with varying levels of experience.

ISBN: 9781849690485

Date: 2011-02-24

Author(s): Mitesh Desai

Pages: 216

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The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript

For any professional designer or developer working in the world of web technologies or multimedia, Flash is the must-have application, and knowing how to use it effectively is vital. Add in ActionScript 3.0, and Flash becomes an even more powerful tool for the development of high-performance web applications.

The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript introduces and explores the possibilities available to you by using Flash CS4. You will learn the basics of Flash's working environment and, using a step-by-step approach, work through the features of Flash and ActionScript needed to quickly achieve results. From navigating the interface to using graphic tools to write scripts and troubleshoot, you'll master deploying highly interactive applications with rich audio, video, and animation.

Written for the beginning-to-intermediate Flash user, this book uses complete examples that highlight best practices that you can apply to your daily work as a developer or designer in today's rich media world.

ISBN: 9781430218111

Date: 2009-03-11

Author(s): Paul Milbourne, Michael Oliver, Chris Kaplan

Pages: 568

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Solaris Application Programming

Solaris™ Application Programming is a comprehensive guide to optimizing the performance of applications running in your Solaris environment. From the fundamentals of system performance to using analysis and optimization tools to their fullest, this wide-ranging resource shows developers and software architects how to get the most from Solaris systems and applications.

Whether you’re new to performance analysis and optimization or an experienced developer searching for the most efficient ways to solve performance issues, this practical guide gives you the background information, tips, and techniques for developing, optimizing, and debugging applications on Solaris.

The text begins with a detailed overview of the components that affect system performance. This is followed by explanations of the many developer tools included with Solaris OS and the Sun Studio compiler, and then it takes you beyond the basics with practical, real-world examples. In addition, you will learn how to use the rich set of developer tools to identify performance problems, accurately interpret output from the tools, and choose the smartest, most efficient approach to correcting specific problems and achieving maximum system performance.

Coverage includes

• A discussion of the chip multithreading (CMT) processors from Sun and how they change the way that developers need to think about performance
• A detailed introduction to the performance analysis and optimization tools included with the Solaris OS and Sun Studio compiler
• Practical examples for using the developer tools to their fullest, including informational tools, compilers, floating point optimizations, libraries and linking, performance profilers, and debuggers
• Guidelines for interpreting tool analysis output
• Optimization, including hardware performance counter metrics and source code optimizations
• Techniques for improving application performance using multiple processes, or multiple threads
• An overview of hardware and software components that affect system performance, including coverage of SPARC and x64 processors

 

ISBN: 9780138134556

Date: 2007-12-27

Author(s): Darryl Gove

Pages: 496

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My New Mac, Lion Edition: Simple Projects to Get You Started

"Highly recommended for newbies and switchers."

—MacWorld

So you finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether it's a MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, an Air, or iMac--it's still your Mac, and it runs the Macintosh operating system, OS X. But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? How about setting up an email account, video-chatting with your relatives, or playing your favorite songs and movies? You need a book like My New Mac to make everything easy.

In the Lion edition of the best-selling My New Mac, you'll find 56 simple projects that will have you doing useful things right away--like surfing the Internet, sending email, listening to music, and playing with your digital photos. Fun stuff, if you know how to do it.

You'll also learn how to:

• Connect to the Internet, chat with your friends, and listen to online radio stations
• Install new software and customize your Mac
• Control your Mac with Mission Control and sweet touch-gestures
• View stocks, flights, and the weather at a glance
• Play and burn CDs and DVDs
• Use parental controls to limit your children's computer and Internet access
• Transfer photos from your digital camera to your computer
• Share songs, images, and documents wirelessly between Macs
• Use the Mac's security features to keep your computer safe from intruders

Don't put off learning how to use your new computer. Let Wallace Wang show you the ropes with My New Mac.

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Quick Tips for New Mac Users, from My New Mac, Lion Edition

1) Love a new program so much you want to store it in your Dock for easy access? While the program is running, right click its icon in the Dock, then choose Options > Keep in Dock. Voila! Learn all about the Dock in Chapters 4 and 5.

2) If you've got a disorganized mess of files, you have lots of options for finding what you need. Click on All My Files in the left pane of the Finder to show everything you've ever saved. You can also create a Smart Folder that gathers together all files of a particular type or that include a particular term. Just click File > New Smart Folder in the Finder, then enter a search term like Taxes, MP3, or Word. Learn all about wrangling your files in Part 2.

3) Annoyed by the ⌘ key or just miss your old Windows shortcuts? Make the ⌘ key and Control key switch places in System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys. Learn time-saving shortcuts in Chapter 16.

4) Start learning how to use your Mac's Trackpad one trick at a time. Pressing down with two fingers is equivalent to a right-click on a mouse. Glide on the surface with two fingers and you can quickly scroll long documents up-and-down (and left-to-right, too). You can also turn off the gestures you don't use: System Preferences > Trackpad. You'll learn all about your Trackpad's shortcuts in Chapter 2.

ISBN: 9781593273903

Date: 2011-10-05

Author(s): Wallace Wang

Pages: 504

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Fedora Bible 2010 Edition: Featuring Fedora Linux 12 (Bible (Wiley))

The perfect companion for mastering the latest version of Fedora

As a free, open source Linux operating system sponsored by Red Hat, Fedora can either be a stepping stone to Enterprise or used as a viable operating system for those looking for frequent updates. Written by veteran authors of perennial bestsellers, this book serves as an ideal companion for Linux users and offers a thorough look at the basics of the new Fedora 12.

Step-by-step instructions make the Linux installation simple while clear explanations walk you through best practices for taking advantage of the desktop interface. You'll learn how to use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor. Plus, the authors describe key system administration skills, such as setting up users, automating system tasks, backing up and restoring files, and understanding the latest security issues and threats.

Coverage includes:

• An Overview of Fedora
• Installing Fedora
• Getting Productive with the Desktop
• Using Linux Commands
• Accessing and Running Applications
• Publishing with Fedora
• Music, Video, and Images in Linux
• Using the Internet and the Web
• Understanding System Administration
• Setting Up and Supporting Users
• Automating System Tasks
• Backing Up and Restoring Files
• Computer Security Issues
• Connecting to the Internet
• Setting Up Printers and Printing
• Setting Up a File Server
• Setting Up a Mail Server
• Setting Up an FTP Server
• Setting Up a Web Server
• Setting Up an LDAP Address Book Server
• Setting Up a DHCP Server
• Setting Up a MySQL Database Server
• Making Servers Public with DNS
• Setting Up Virtual Servers

Whether a new or power user of Fedora, you'll benefit from Fedora Bible 2010 Edition: Featuring Fedora Linux 12.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

ISBN: 9780470554197

Date: 2010-02-15

Author(s): Christopher Negus, Eric Foster-Johnson

Pages: 1032

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Trading from Your Gut: How to Use Right Brain Instinct &Left Brain Smarts to Become a Master Trader

EARN SERIOUS TRADING PROFITS BY USING YOUR WHOLE BRAIN!

 

Legendary traders like Jesse Livermore, George Soros, Richard Dennis, and Steven Cohen use their full range of powers that encompass both instinct and analysis. That’s how they made their fortunes–and that’s how you can, too. In Trading from Your Gut, Curtis Faith, renowned trader and author of the global bestseller Way of the Turtle, reveals why human intuition is an amazingly powerful trading tool, capable of processing thousands of inputs almost instantaneously. Faith teaches you how to harness, sharpen, train, and trust your instincts and to trade smarter with your whole mind.

 

Just as important, you’ll learn when not to trust your gut–and how to complement your intuition with systematic analysis.

 

You’ve got a left brain: analytical and rational. You’ve got a right brain: intuitive and holistic. Use them both to make better trades, and more money!

 

“Whole Mind” trading: the best of discretionary and system approaches

How winning traders use analysis and disciplined intuition together

 

How to profit from other traders’ “Wrong Brain Thinking”

Understand other traders, without acting like them

 

How to provide a firm intellectual framework for your trades

What successful traders have discovered about the market’s structure and laws

 

The unique value of intuition in swing trading

Use your intuition to trade patterns that computer technology can’t recognize

ISBN: 9780137047680

Date: 2009-12-02

Author(s): Curtis Faith

Pages: 224

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The People CMM: A Framework for Human Capital Management (2nd Edition)

Organizations are now competing in two markets, one for their products and services and one for the talent required to produce or perform them. Success in the former is determined by success in the latter. The ability to compete is directly related to the ability to attract, develop, motivate, organize, and retain the talented people needed to accomplish strategic business objectives.

 

The People CMM, as documented in this authoritative book, is a framework for human capital management. Broadly adopted by small and large organizations worldwide, it provides proven tools for addressing strategic workforce and critical people issues. It helps organizations: 

• Establish workforce practices aligned with current and future business objectives
• Characterize the maturity of workforce practices
• Guide a program of continuous workforce development
• Integrate workforce development with continual process improvement

People CMM®, Second Edition, documents Version 2 of the People CMM and 

• Describes practices for each maturity level, with guidance on how to interpret and apply them
• Explains capabilities for workforce development at each maturity level
• Shows how to apply the framework as a workforce assessment standard and a guide in planning and implementing improvement
• Presents case studies to illustrate how the People CMM has lead organizations to effective, repeatable, and lasting success in workforce development

The book is aimed at people responsible for developing and implementing human capital strategies and plans in their organizations, managing or developing the workforce, implementing advanced workforce practices, nurturing teams, and transforming organizational culture. It is especially useful for businesses undergoing critical organizational changes.

ISBN: 9780321553904

Date: 2009-07-17

Author(s): Bill Curtis, William E. Hefley, Sally A. Miller

Pages: 696

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Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 (FirstPress)

Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 is an introduction to developing widgets for the Internet using the features of Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. Many social-networking sites, blogs, and personal home pages have adopted the use of widgets and Flash developers can create and distribute their own widgets for others to use. A step-by-step example demonstrates how to design and develop your own Flash widgets and integrate them with XML. In addition, publishing, promoting, and capitalizing on your Flash widgets is discussed.

What you’ll learn

• Using the tools in Flash CS4
• Basic differences of ActionScript 3.0
• Designing and developing widgets
• Utilizing XML with widgets
• Publishing widgets to the Internet
• Promoting and capitalizing on widgets

Who this book is for

Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 targets novice to intermediate Flash designers/developers interested in learning how to create and publish widgets for the Internet.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Flash Widgets
2. Migrating to Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0
3. Developing Your First Widget
4. Taking Flash Widgets to the Next Level
5. Publishing, Promoting, and Capitalizing on Your Widgets

ISBN: 9781430215844

Date: 2008-12-02

Author(s): John Arana

Pages: 96

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Beginning Joomla!: From Novice to Professional

Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web, but don't want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group? You're not alone. For thousands of like-minded users around the globe, the answer is Joomla!, an open-source content management system used to manage all sorts of data over the Web.

While Joomla! is relatively easy to install, a fair amount of knowledge is required in order to configure the application to your specific needs. Beginning Joomla! answers many of the questions you're sure to have, guiding you through the process of creating your own design templates, adding and managing content, and adding popular community features such as article commenting, user profile management, and forums. Later chapters discuss e-commerce integration, explore search engine optimization, and show you how to extend Joomla! by creating your own plug-ins.

ISBN: 9781590598481

Date: 2007-07-24

Author(s): Dan Rahmel

Pages: 475

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Perl Medic: Transforming Legacy Code

This book is about taking over Perl code, whether written by someone else or by yourself at an earlier time. Developers regularly estimate that they spend 60 to 80 percent of their time working with existing code. Many problems of code inheritance are common to all languages, but the nature of the language makes Perl especially tricky. The reason why is that Perl is similar to English - bursting with irregular verbs, consistent only when it's convenient, borrowing terms from other languages, and providing many ways to say the same thing. In fact, Perl developers have a motto with the abbreviation TMTOWTDI: There's More Than One Way To Do It. While this flexibility is one of the language's strengths, it also makes it extremely difficult when you are faced with an existing piece of code. There are millions of lines of Perl code being used all over the Web; much of it was built on an ad hoc basis, the creators never imagining that the code would still be in use months or years later. This book will be the resource all Perl programmers need to understand someone else's code, even when it's bad; repair it; convert it to a better style; upgrade it to the latest version of Perl; maintain it; and find and fix its bugs.

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Perl ranks among hackers' favorite languages--there's always another approach to a problem, always optimization to be done, and forever new techniques to try. Perl's a hoot. But the culture of tinkering that surrounds Perl has resulted in a large body of hard-to-understand legacy code. That legacy code has to be maintained, extended, and adapted to new conditions--often without the help of the person who originally created it. Perl Medic considers Perl from the perspective of a programmer looking at code written by someone else and trying to answer the ancient question: "What were they thinking?"

It's a creative approach, and one that makes good reading for someone well-versed in Perl programming (author Peter Scott makes the analogy of becoming fluent in a human language, such as French, then studying its various accents and dialects). He shows, for example, a kludgy piece of code that's meant to catch CGI form uploads, then indicates that the obvious replacement is the CGI.pm module. Elsewhere, Scott shows why symbolic references are bad, and how to avoid them by means of hashes. Some of the value in this book is in the form of documentation of the differences among Perl versions; other useful coverage deals with warnings and strictness control as debugging tools. Read this straight through to improve your own code; use the index to help decipher and improve what someone else has written. --David Wall

Topics covered: How to write good Perl code, read bad Perl code, and convert bad Perl code into good in less time that would be required to write an equivalent replacement program from scratch. Testing, debugging, documenting, replacing custom code with CPAN modules, and embracing features that became available in later versions of Perl are all covered. Overall, the author endorses and generally explains the principles of Extreme Programming (XP) for Perl work.



ISBN: 9780201795264

Date: 2004-03-05

Author(s): Peter J. Scott

Pages: 336

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Perl Programming for Biologists

Working on the assumption that the reader has no formal training in programming, Perl Programming for Biologists demonstrates how Perl is used to solve biological problems. Each chapter opens with a set of learning objectives, provides numerous review questions and self-study exercises, and concludes with a bulleted summary of key points. The author incorporates numerous real-life examples throughout the text. Upon completing the book, readers are able to quickly perform such tasks as correcting recurring errors in spreadsheets, scanning a Fasta sequence for every occurrence of an EcoRI site, adapting other writers' scripts to one's own purposes, and most important, writing reusableand maintainable scripts that spare the rote repetition of code.

ISBN: 9780471430599

Date: 2003-07-14

Author(s): D. Curtis Jamison

Pages: 208

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iLife '11 For Dummies

Get the most out of the latest iLife suite with this full-color, friendly guide!

The iLife software suite from Apple is comprised of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, all of which assist with organizing, viewing, and publishing digital content such as photos, movies, music, and Web pages. This fun, friendly, and full-color guide will help you easily and efficiently organize all your digital materials. Veteran author Tony Bove reviews the latest enhancements to the latest version of iLife and presents you with clear explanations and step-by-step instructions for keeping track of everything digital.

• Popular author Tony Bove shows you how to organize your digital photos, movie clips, audio, Web pages, and much more with the newest version of iLife
• Features full-color images, clear explanations, and step-by-step instructions to demonstrate how iLife can make your life easier and more organized
• Walks you through the capabilities of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb

With iLife '11 For Dummies, Tony Bove shows you how to organize your digital life!

ISBN: 9780470581728

Date: 2011-02-22

Author(s): Tony Bove

Pages: 448

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OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials

This is a very visual book with more than 750 illustrations and screenshots, never leaving any intermediate steps out from the tutorials. It contains precise tutorials that explain the various tools, how to use them, and the visual results. The examples used in the book are an excellent starting point for your own diagrams, both as ideas and as true diagrams – all the diagrams in the book can be downloaded for your own use. This book is written for both beginners and seasoned users of OmniGraffle. If you are new to the software, then this book will teach you everything you need to know to make stunning diagrams. For seasoned OmniGraffle users, this book contains a lot of tricks and techniques that will save their work and time.

ISBN: 9781849690768

Date: 2010-10-26

Author(s): Ruben Olsen

Pages: 380

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Asterisk 1.4 - the Professional's Guide

Employing a comprehensive handbook-style approach, this easy-to-follow book shows the reader various means of implementing the power of Asterisk in a commercial environment. In next to no time, the reader will gain a deeper understanding of many of the issues faced by Asterisk consultants and the solutions they believe work best. Primarily aimed at Asterisk Professionals, this book provides real-world insight for Asterisk Network Administrators and System Implementers in the commercial environment. This book is not for newcomers to Asterisk. Readers are expected to be experienced with installing and administering Asterisk systems.

ISBN: 9781847194381

Date: 2009-07-31

Author(s): Colman Carpenter, David Duffett, Nik Middleton, Ian Plain

Pages: 250

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Content Syndication with RSS

RSS is sprouting all over the Web, connecting weblogs and providing news feeds. Originally developed by Netscape in 1999, RSS (which can stand for RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format that allows web developers to describe and syndicate web site content. Using RSS files allows developers to create a data feed that supplies headlines, links, and article summaries from a web site. Other sites can then incorporate them into their pages automatically. Although RSS is in widespread use, people struggle with its confusing and sometimes conflicting documentation and versions. Content Syndication with RSS is the first book to provide a comprehensive reference to the specifications and the tools that make syndication possible.

Content Syndication with RSS offers webloggers, developers, and the programmers who support them a thorough explanation of syndication in general and RSS in particular. Written for web developers who want to offer XML-based feeds of their content, as well as developers who want to use the content that other people are syndicating, the book explores and explains metadata interpretation, different forms of content syndication, and the increasing use of web services in this field.

This concise volume begins with an introduction to content syndication on the Internet: its purpose, limitations, and traditions, and answers the question of why would you consider "giving your content away" like this? Next, the book delves into the architecture of content syndication with an overview of the entire system, from content author to end user on another site. You'll follow the flow of data: content, referral data, publish-and-subscribe calls, with a detailed look at the protocols and standards possible at each step. Topics covered in the book include:

• Creating XML syndication feeds with RSS 0.9x and 2.0
• Beyond headlines: creating richer feeds with RSS 1.0 and RDF metadata
• Using feeds to enrich a site or find information
• Publish and subscribe: intelligent updating
• News aggregators, such as Meerkat, Syndic8, and Newsisfree, and their web services
• Alternative industry-centric standards

If you're interested in producing your own RSS feed, this step-by-step guide to implementation is the book you'll want in hand.

ISBN: 9780596003838

Date: 2003-04-01

Author(s): Ben Hammersley

Pages: 256

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Mining Google Web Services: Building Applications with the Google API

Google Brings Data Mining to the People!

Virtually everyone sees Google as, hands down, the best online search tool. Now you can use and improve on Google technology in your own applications.
Mining Google Web Services teaches you dozens of techniques for tapping the power of the Google API. Google already gives you fine-grained control over your search criteria, and this book shows you how to exert the same control in your own focused search and analysis applications. With just a little knowledge of JavaScript, VBA, Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio .NET, PHP, or Java, you will get better (and more relevant) search results--faster and more easily. Here's a little of what you'll find covered inside:

• Improving the speed and accuracy of searches
• Performing data mining across the Internet
• Using Google Web Services to search a single website
• Building search applications for mobile devices
• Using caching techniques to improve application performance and reliability
• Analyzing Google data
• Creating searches for users with special needs
• Discovering new uses for Google
• Obtaining historical data using cached pages
• Performing spelling checks on any text
• Reducing the number of false search hits

Whether your goal is to improve your own searches or share specialized search capabilities with others, this is the one resource that will see you through the job from start to finish.

ISBN: 9780782143331

Date: 2004-04-23

Author(s): John Paul Mueller, Sybex

Pages: 384

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HP Network Node Manager 9: Getting Started

This book is a step-by-step guide describing how to implement, maintain, and expand the NNMi management tool. It is a practical guide, based on experience managing networks in a wide scale of network operation centers. It shares best practices and explains a lot of non-technical issues that arise during implementations and operations. Each topic has practical examples where the reader can practice while reading the book. The book is written for the following audience: Monitoring solution designers, who plan how to implement NNMi, Network engineers, who plan to start managing their network, System administrators, who start administering NNMi, Network monitoring operators, who want to learn how to use NNMi. If you belong to any one of the above professions, then this book is for you. It's also for professionals who describe themselves as beginners, or intermediate-level professionals. The book is also suitable for old-version NNM users who wish to switch to NNMi.

ISBN: 9781849680844

Date: 2011-01-04

Author(s): Marius Vilemaitis

Pages: 584

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Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company

Thomas J Watson Sr’s motto for IBM was THINK, and for more than a century, that one little word worked overtime. In Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company , journalists Kevin Maney, Steve Hamm, and Jeffrey M. O’Brien mark the Centennial of IBM’s founding by examining how IBM has distinctly contributed to the evolution of technology and the modern corporation over the past 100 years.

 

The authors offer a fresh analysis through interviews of many key figures, chronicling the Nobel Prize-winning work of the company’s research laboratories and uncovering rich archival material, including hundreds of vintage photographs and drawings. The book recounts the company’s missteps, as well as its successes. It captures moments of high drama – from the bet-the-business gamble on the legendary System/360 in the 1960s to the turnaround from the company’s near-death experience in the early 1990s.

 

The authors have shaped a narrative of discoveries, struggles, individual insights and lasting impact on technology, business and society. Taken together, their essays reveal a distinctive mindset and organizational culture, animated by a deeply held commitment to the hard work of progress. IBM engineers and scientists invented many of the building blocks of modern information technology, including the memory chip, the disk drive, the scanning tunneling microscope (essential to nanotechnology) and even new fields of mathematics. IBM brought the punch-card tabulator, the mainframe and the personal computer into the mainstream of business and modern life. IBM was the first large American company to pay all employees salaries rather than hourly wages, an early champion of hiring women and minorities and a pioneer of new approaches to doing business--with its model of the globally integrated enterprise. And it has had a lasting impact on the course of society from enabling the US Social Security System, to the space program, to airline reservations, modern banking and retail, to many of the ways our world today works.

 

The lessons for all businesses – indeed, all institutions – are powerful: To survive and succeed over a long period, you have to anticipate change and to be willing and able to continually transform. But while change happens, progress is deliberate. IBM – deliberately led by a pioneering culture and grounded in a set of core ideas – came into being, grew, thrived, nearly died, transformed itself… and is now charting a new path forward for its second century toward a perhaps surprising future on a planetary scale.

ISBN: 9780132755108

Date: 2011-06-10

Author(s): Kevin Maney, Steve Hamm, Jeffrey O'Brien

Pages: 350

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Developing Facebook Platform Applications with Rails (Pragmatic Programmers)

Developing Facebook Platform Applications with Rails leads you through the steps necessary to build your first application. You'll get hands-on experience with Facebook technologies such as FBML and FQL, and master messaging and news feeds.

You'll do more than just study the Facebook API-you'll get practical tips from an experienced Facebook developer. We'll cover advanced techniques such as AJAX and asynchronous messaging, and you'll see how to slash development time with facebooker, the leading Ruby library for Facebook Platform development.

Together, we'll build Karate Poke, a real Facebook Platform application, from configuration to deployment. You'll get deep into Facebook requests right off the bat. From there, you'll build the core of Karate Poke and then get a detailed look at the Facebook canvas and social features. We'll finish by looking at advanced features and tips for handling millions of users.

Developing for the Facebook Platform can seem like a different world at first. Developing Facebook Platform Applications with Rails is your tour guide.

ISBN: 9781934356128

Date: 2008-11-04

Author(s): Michael J. Mangino

Pages: 196

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Mac OS X Lion on Demand (2nd Edition)

Need answers quickly? Mac OS X Lion on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.

 

Inside the Book

• Find and preview everything you need with Spotlight

• Master the Mac OS X Lion user interface and file management

• Use the App Store and full-screen apps for maximum efficiency

• Explore the Internet with Safari and send e-mail with Mail

• Manage and play digital music with iTunes and iPod or iPhone

• Chat online instantly with iChat and FaceTime

• Manage and share your schedule with iCal

• Send files wirelessly to anyone around you with AirDrop

• Keep your files backed up with Time Machine

• Automatically save document changes as you work with Auto Save

• Use multi-touch gestures and keyboard shortcuts to save time

• Customize and fine-tune Mac OS X Lion

• Use Microsoft Windows along with Lion

 

Bonus Online Content

Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to:

• Workshops and related files

• Keyboard shortcuts

 

Visit the author site: perspection.com

 

ISBN: 9780789748195

Date: 2011-08-07

Author(s): Steve Johnson, Perspection Inc.

Pages: 576

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Dreamweaver CS5 All-in-One For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Everything Web designers need to build sites with Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is the leading Web site creation tool, with 90 percent of the market share. The nine minibooks that make up this guide cover getting started with Dreamweaver CS5, creating and publishing great sites, making pages dynamic, building Web applications, and much more, including all the upgrades in the newest version.

• Dreamweaver is the gold standard for Web site development software; this complete reference covers what both beginners and intermediate-level users need to know to make the most of newest release and create professional-quality sites
• Nine minibooks cover getting started, mastering Dreamweaver basics, working like a pro, energizing your site, publishing your site, working collaboratively, building Web applications, making pages dynamic, and developing applications rapidly
• Teaches how to customize the workspace; understand the Panels and Properties Inspector; plan, design, and manage your site; work with text and graphics; add Flash, movies, and sound; work with Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, and Ajax, connect to a database, and much more

Dreamweaver CS5 All-in-One For Dummies gives Web designers essential information for creating, managing, and maintaining all types of Web sites.

ISBN: 9780470610770

Date: 2010-06-08

Author(s): Sue Jenkins, Richard Wagner

Pages: 864

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Optical System Design, Second Edition

Learn advanced optical design techniques from the field's most respected guide

Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, Optical System Design, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.

This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps. For twenty-first century optical design without the mystery, the authoritative Optical Systems Design, Second Edition features:

• Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems
• Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging, sensors, lasers, machine vision, and more
• New chapters on optomechanical design, systems analysis, and stray-light suppression
• New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information
• New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics
• Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations
• Testing, tolerancing, and manufacturing guidance
• Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design
• Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics
• Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems

ISBN: 9780071472487

Date: 2008-01-24

Author(s): Robert Fischer

Pages: 809

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Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition

You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework, with integrated support for unit, functional, and integration testing. It enforces good design principles, consistency of code across your team (and across your organization), and proper release management.

But Rails is more than a set of best practices. Rails makes it both fun and easy to turn out very cool web applications. Need Ajax support, so your web applications are highly interactive? Rails has it built in. Want an application that sends and receives e-mail? Built in. Supports internationalization and localization? Built in. Do you need applications with a REST-based interface (so they can interact with other RESTful applications with almost no effort on your part)? All built-in.

With this book, you'll learn how to use ActiveRecord to connect business objects and database tables. No more painful object-relational mapping. Just create your business objects and let Rails do the rest. Need to create and modify your schema? Migrations make it painless (and they're versioned, so you can roll changes backward and forward). You'll learn how to use the Action Pack framework to route incoming requests and render pages using easy-to-write templates and components. See how to exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails, implement web services, and create dynamic, user-centric web-pages using built-in Javascript and Ajax support. There is extensive coverage of testing, and the rewritten Deployment chapter now covers Phusion Passenger.

As with the previous editions of the book, we start with an extended tutorial that builds parts of an online store. And, of course, the application has been rewritten to show the best of Rails V2.

ISBN: 9781934356166

Date: 2009-04-04

Author(s): Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson

Pages: 850

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Waves Plus-Ins Workshop -- Mixing by the Bundle

The importance of plug-ins for adding and enhancing application functionality cannot be denied; they are present in every current Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) application today, giving them the power and functionality that they have today. However, they vary greatly, as they are often designed to address very specific market needs, and as a result, it is more important than ever before to have a solid knowledge of how plug-ins work. WAVES PLUG-INS WORKSHOP: MIXING BY THE BUNDLE introduces readers to a variety of valuable Waves plug-ins used in mixing. Each chapter presents them with the plug-ins in a specific bundle, detailing how they would be used in a mix. Beginning with the least expensive Waves bundle and building up to their most complete bundle, readers will build upon their knowledge with each successive chapter. Audio files and plug-in presets will be provided for download so they can literally hear the power of these tools. Whether seeking an understanding of what some of the bundles out there today can do, or looking for new ways to use the plug-ins they already have, readers will find this an invaluable addition to their libraries.

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Amazon.com Exclusive: Q&A with Author Barry Wood

• What made you gravitate towards Waves plug-ins?

  In the beginning, Waves plug-ins were literally the only game in town. I was using Digidesign's SoundDesigner II audio editor, and Waves was the first company to introduce the concept of third-party plug-ins. The fact that their original plug-ins--Q10, C1, S1, and L1--are still around today tells you something about their quality. They have continued to innovate and continue to create an impressive collection of useful and unique plug-ins.

• What is the advantage of buying a bundle vs. a lot of individual plug-ins?

  The obvious advantage is the discounted price. Bought individually, the plug-ins cost much more than if they're bought as part of a bundle. Waves has also done a good job of creating useful groupings of plug-ins in their bundles. The book shows you exactly how your plug-in palette expands as you move up the ladder to more complete bundles.

• What common mistakes have you found that new users tend to make when they first start using plug-ins, such as Waves bundles, when mixing their music?

  That's an excellent question. One of the biggest problems that I've seen is that an engineer will drop a plug on a track and then just cycle through presets until they get something that doesn't sound bad. Presets can be a useful starting point but understanding what all the controls do, how they interact, and exactly how they affect the audio is critical. Without this knowledge you're going to seriously limit yourself in what you can accomplish as an engineer.

• Did you find that writing this book affected the way you mix at all? Did you rediscover any plug-ins that you'd set aside for others?

  Definitely! Writing this book forced me to examine virtually every plug-in that Waves makes. Even though I've been using these plug-ins for years, I learned (and relearned) a number of things that had slipped by me. There were also some plug-ins that I had not used in some time because other, newer and shinier, plug-ins had taken their place. In reality these neglected plug-ins still had their own unique sound and features that were cool in their own right. So yes, writing this book has reintroduced me to a number of Waves plug-ins that I'm now using again on a regular basis.

• Many plug-ins these days from Waves and others attempt to model the sounds of classic hardware; do you like this trend?

  I love it. When I started my engineering career, digital recorders were just starting to become available; the idea of recording on a computer was still years away. Analog tape, processors, and mixing boards all introduce some very pleasant distortion that often make tracks sound better and larger than life. On the other hand I also love the accuracy and lack of noise that's the hallmark of modern digital audio interfaces. Being able to introduce some of that beautiful analog harmonic distortion without having to deal with the noise and the maintenance of analog hardware is a wonderful thing.

• What are your favorite Waves plug-ins?

  For effects I've always loved SuperTap and Enigma. SuperTap is very easy to set up and I can quickly get the delay sound that I'm looking for. Enigma is one of those plug-ins that just gets sounds that are different from any other. I'm also a big fan of all of the API plug-ins, which I particularly like to use on drums.

• Musicians and engineers have read a lot these days about the "loudness wars" in mixing and mastering; where do you come down on the issue of volume maximizing?

  I think it's a shame that so much music produced in recent years has had virtually all the dynamics sucked out of it. There are certain genres whose aesthetic includes hyper-limiting for a solid wall of sound; but that's really an exception. Most music benefits from varied dynamics. That being said, I'm also a huge fan of compression. Totally over-the-top compression, like that often used by engineer/producer Tchad Blake, can create an interesting texture in a mix by giving the track a great attitude. It's still all about contrast though; if all the tracks are compressed then you end up with a flat, boring mix.

• What do you hope readers will take away from this book?

  I think that beginning engineers will not only get a clear idea of how all of the Waves plug-ins work, but they will also have key mixing concepts explained as they proceed through the book. Even advanced engineers will likely learn something new about the tools that they may have already been using for years.

ISBN: 9781435457461

Date: 2011-04-01

Author(s): Barry Wood

Pages: 4

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Online Marketing Inside Out (Online Marketing: Sitepoint)

Online Marketing Inside Out is an invaluable book for anyone wanting to market products or services online - whether or not marketing is part of your job description. Small-business entrepreneurs and web-site owners will benefit from this information-packed book, as will traditional marketers with little or no experience of online marketing.

With so many potential customers online this book will show you how to reach and interact with them through podcasting, blogs, social networks, video, email, and contextual advertising. This book doesn't just cover the basics, it is inspiring reading for anyone looking for new ways to reach new and larger customer bases.

You will learn about:

• The changing face of marketing
• The new frontier of PR and media
• Using your web site to generate income
• Getting the most from the search engine crowd
• Promote your message through socializing
• Implementing profitable email marketing campaigns
• Getting others to sell your products for you
• Spreading your message through online advertising.

Editorial Reviews

"Online Marketing Inside Out is a great bridge between what's come before in online marketing and what's coming up and worth checking out. " Chris Brogan

"There's everything from social media to affiliate marketing to paid search knowledge there. Please do check it out. If you're hoping to use the Internet to promote your business, this book will come in handy." Jason Falls

"Online Marketing Inside Out" is a top-notch resource on the basics of online marketing. It provides a firm foundation from which ecommerce marketers can launch campaigns, and it can serve as a good starting place for more in depth research about any of the topics it covers." Practical E-Commerce

"If you've ever wanted to use social media to increase your traffic, set up your own affiliate program, or just explain the various online advertising options to clients, then Online Marketing Inside Out is a great starting point" Freelance Switch

"I highly recommend Online Marketing Inside Out as a reference point for people who want to get started with their online marketing efforts and for experienced marketers who might need a solid checklist to compare their existing campaigns against." Cory Huff - Sparkplugging

"Online Marketing Inside Out is a great book for those who want a no-hype understanding on the how and why of online marketing" Miles Burke

"The book explains that successful marketing involves steps summed up as: attract, engage and transact. However, equally important to executing a successful campaign is understanding the medium, whether it's email or FaceBook or a setting-up an affiliate program. A successful campaign will use that that knowledge and measure the results." yyztech

ISBN: 9780980576825

Date: 2009-06-04

Author(s): Brandon Eley, Shayne Tilley

Pages: 250

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Essential JavaFX

A complete introduction for beginners to Sun's powerful JavaFX scripting language

 

JavaFX is a scripting language which provides built-in properties for manipulating objects within a 2D coordinate system. A competing technology to Microsoft's Silverlight, JavaFX provides the tools to fill and pen stroke colors, and create special effects, shapes and lines. It also manipulates images and play videos and sound and defines animations that affect objects over time. This complete introduction for any level doesn't bury you with details. It starts quickly with an introduction to the power of JavaFX key features--scene node graphs, nodes as components, the coordinate system, layout options, colors and gradients, custom classes with inheritance, animation, binding, and event handlers. It then shows step-by-step how these features could be used in a real JavaFX application and will help an application look professionally designed. Commissioned by JavaFX product team and reviewed by renowned Java author, Brian Goetz, this guide is intended as the first and most accessible book for people new to JavaFX.

 

The Andersons are working directly with the JavaFX team at Sun for a complete and authoritative guide

Gets you started on building rich Web apps quickly without having to sort through unnecessary details or search the Web for answers

Focuses on most useful features and shows how to build apps that tap the full potential of JavaFX

ISBN: 9780137042791

Date: 2009-06-01

Author(s): Gail Anderson, Paul Anderson

Pages: 360

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Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook

Written in a cookbook style, this book offers learning and techniques through recipes. It contains step-by-step instructions for developers who want to build rich data-driven business applications using Silverlight. The book is designed in such a way that you can refer to things chapter by chapter, or read them in no particular order.If you are a .NET developer who wants to build professional data-driven applications with Sliverlight, then this book is for you. Basic experience of programming Silverlight and familiarity with accessing data using ADO.NET in normal .NET applications is required.

ISBN: 9781847199843

Date: 2010-04-26

Author(s): Gill Cleeren, Kevin Dockx

Pages: 476

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WordPress 24-Hour Trainer: Watch, Read, and Learn How to Create and Customize WordPress Sites (Book & DVD)

Don't let WordPress intimidate you. WordPress 24-Hour Trainer is a unique lesson-based book that walks you through the essential parts of WordPress. Each lesson is streamlined to teach a specific aspect of WordPress, helping you to focus on just what you need in order to get the task accomplished. If you learn better visually, this book provides you with a video to accompany each lesson.

This book is the perfect guide to

• Planning and preparing your site for WordPress
• Installing WordPress
• Writing, tagging, and publishing a post
• Working with the text editor
• Styling paragraphs and creating lists
• Working with media files
• Linking, aligning, and sizing an image
• Working with image galleries
• Adding video and audio
• Naming, scheduling, and managing posts
• Making your site stand out
• Helping others connect to your site
• Becoming search engine friendly
• Optimizing your site
• Backing up your site
• Installing and activating plugins

ISBN: 9780470554586

Date: 2009-11-23

Author(s): George Plumley

Pages: 336

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IBM Lotus Domino: Classic Web Application Development Techniques

Chapters present principles and techniques in an order that roughly mirrors the application development process itself, from gathering requirements through final testing. The focus is on understanding and enhancing applications using classic techniques, in circumstances where it is impractical to rewrite applications using XPages. Each chapter focuses upon a particular aspect of Domino Web applications and provides guidance, recommendations, illustrations, and sample code. This book is for novice to moderately experienced Domino developers who are new to the task of Web-enabling traditional Domino applications. Readers should be familiar with using Domino Designer to develop applications for the Lotus Notes client. It is also assumed that readers have, or can acquire, at least rudimentary knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

ISBN: 9781849682404

Date: 2011-03-23

Author(s): Richard G. Ellis

Pages: 344

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