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Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load
Author John Sweller , Frank Nguyen , Ruth C. Clark
Efficiency in Learning offers a road map of the most effective ways to use the three fundamental communication of training: visuals, written text, and audio. Regardless of how you are delivering your training materials—in the classroom, in print, by synchronous or a....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Author Ben Forta
MySQL is one of the most popular database management systems available, powering everything from Internet powerhouses to individual corporate databases to simple end-user applications, and everything in between. And this book will teach you all you need to know to b....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition
Author Ted Landau - with Dan Frakes
With every update, Mac OS X grows more powerful, more dependable, and easier to use--and Mac OS X Tiger is no exception. But along with the new features come fresh issues--new areas to troubleshoot, new functionality to unravel, and new glitches waiting to confound ....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity
Author Lynn E. Foster
Inside the Emerging Multibillion-Dollar Nanotechnology IndustrySuddenly, nanotechnology isn't science fiction or mere theory: It's becoming one of the world's fastest-growing, highest-impact industries. In Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, the....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Fire the Phone Company: A Handy Guide to Voice over IP
Author Dave Field
Longing to break free from the phone company’s tethers? This is the place to start! Realizing that VoIP is still just an acronym to many (and an intimidating one at that), author Dave Field speaks squarely to you, the consumer, demonstrating that you don’t have to b....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 04
Author Mark Frauenfelder
If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology, you'll love MAKE our quarterly publication for the inquisitive do-it-yourselfer.Every issue is packed with projects to help you make the most of all the technology in your life.....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Metrics for Project Management
Author Ginger Levin , Parvis F. Rad
Your Complete Guide to Project Management Metrics is Here!Metrics for Project Management: A Formalized Approach describes a comprehensive set of project management metrics in an easy-to-read format. Through a unique presentation of metrics through the categori....
Release Date 2005/10 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting And Running A Coffeebar
Author Susan Gilbert , W. Eric Martin , Linda Formichelli
Brew up your own business.This is a step-by-step guide to realizing what for many people is a cherished dream: opening a successful coffee bar. The Complete idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar includes the dirt on what it's really like to work behi....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Twisted Network Programming Essentials
Author Abe Fettig
Twisted Network Programming Essentials from O'Reilly is a task-oriented look at this new open source, Python-based technology. The book begins with recommendations for various plug-ins and add-ons to enhance the basic package as installed. It then details Twisted'....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Producing Open Source Software
Author Karl Fogel
The corporate market is now embracing free, "open source" software like never before, as evidenced by the recent success of the technologies underlying LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP). Each is the result of a publicly collaborative process among numerous devel....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Real World Adobe® Photoshop® CS2: Industrial-Strength Production Techniques
Author David Blatner , Bruce Fraser
Fooling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, fooling around won't cut it! You need results, and you need them n....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Service-Oriented Architecture Compass: Business Value, Planning, and Enterprise Roadmap
Author Rawn Shah , Keith Jones , Marc Fiammante , Sanjay Bose , Norbert Bieberstein
Praise for Service-Oriented Architecture Compass"A comprehensive roadmap to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). SOA is, in reality, a business architecture to be used by those enterprises intending to prosper in the 21st century. Decision makers who desire that the....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Author Peter Favaro
Identify What’s Setting You Off and Why Find the Calm While Navigating the (Inevitable) Storm Relinquish Toxic Anger in Your Life For Good!) From the introduction by the author: I am convinced that anger is an epidemic problem both in the larger world and in our hom....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Walter Foster Creative Team
This compilation of some of our most popular How to Draw and Paint and Artist’s Library series titles gives artists the perfect introduction to the basics of drawing. The Art of Basic Drawing contains fundamental information about tools and techniques, as well as a ....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for InfoSec Managers
Author James F. Ransome , PhD , CISM , CISSP , John Rittinghouse , PhD , CISM
Every year, nearly one in five businesses suffers a major disruption to its data or voice networks or communications systems. Since 9/11 it has become increasingly important for companies to implement a plan for disaster recovery. This comprehensive book addresses t....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Project Planning Techniques Book (with CD)
Author Vittal S. Anantatmula , Parviz F. Rad
A Comprehensive Framework for Project Planning in Any Industry!Project Planning Techniques is a comprehensive reference for project managers in any discipline, outlining the latest proven-effective methods based on solid research. Blending practical experience....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Linux® Kernel Primer, The: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures
Author Steven Smolski , Gordon Fischer , Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez
Learn Linux kernel programming, hands-on: a uniquely effective top-down approachThe Linux® Kernel Primer is the definitive guide to Linux kernel programming. The authors' unique top-down approach makes kernel programming easier to understand by systematically traci....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Essential People Skills for Project Managers
Author Ginger Levin , Steven W. Flannes
A Treasury of How-to Guidance for Project Success!People problems can really hurt your project, causing delays, eroding quality, increasing costs, and resulting in high levels of stress for everyone on the team. Yet if you're like most project managers, you'....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 4th Edition
Author Bill Pril , Steven Feuerstein
For the past ten years, O'Reilly's Oracle PL/SQL Programming has been the bestselling book on PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language. Packed with examples and helpful recommendations, the book has helped everyone--from novices to experienced developers, an....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Author Simson Garfinkel , Lorrie Faith Cranor
Human factors and usability issues have traditionally played a limited role in security research and secure systems development. Security experts have largely ignored usability issues--both because they often failed to recognize the importance of human factors and b....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 03
Author Mark Frauenfelder
If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses fortechnology, you'll love MAKE our new quarterly publication for theinquisitive do-it-yourselfer. Our third issue looks at how you can turn your car into a Wi-Fi blasting, computer-controlled,....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Author brian d foy , Tom Phoenix , Randal L. Schwartz
Learning Perl, better known as "the Llama book", starts the programmer on the way to mastery. Written by three prominent members of the Perl community who each have several years of experience teaching Perl around the world, this edition has been updated to account ....
Release Date 2005/07 -
2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews
Author Paul FALCONE
No managerial or administrative task is as universally dreaded as the performance review. Supervisors may know the points they need to get across, but putting them on paper is another matter. This book puts the right words at their fingertips, with ready-to-use....
Release Date 2005/06 -
Author Bill Ferguson
Get the Perfect Preparation and Review ResourceNetwork+ Fast Pass is the streamlined tool you need to hone in on the Network+ exam. The accompanying CD-ROM lets you practice, practice, practice, and you'll keep the book--packed with concise, objective-focused cover....
Release Date 2005/05 -
Magnetic Bearings and Bearingless Drives
Author David G Dorrell , Masatugu Takemoto , Masahide Oshima , Osamu Ichikawa , Tadashi Fuk
The application of bearingless drives is emerging as an important technique in the areas of high-speed machinery and motion-control, and this book aims to provide a thorough grounding in the principles behind this cutting-edge technology. Basic principles are ....
Release Date 2005/05 -
Author Micah Anderson , Eric Foster-Johnson , John C. Welch
Covering all major platforms-Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows-this guide shows programmers and power users how to customize an operating system, automate commands, and simplify administration tasks using shell scriptsOffers complete shell-scripting instructions, r....
Release Date 2005/04 -
Cyber Spying Tracking Your Family's (Sometimes) Secret Online Lives
Author Ted Fair , Sandra Ring , Michael Nordfelt , Eric Cole
Cyber Spying Tracking Your Family's (Sometimes) Secret Online Lives shows everyday computer users how to become cyber-sleuths. It takes readers through the many different issues involved in spying on someone online. It begins with an explanation of reasons and ethi....
Release Date 2005/03