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Stories for Management Success
Author David Collins
We tend to assume that we may divide our activities into talk and action. In so doing we tend to suggest that talk is subordinate to action. Taking issue with these presumptions, Stories for Management Success: The Power of Talk in Organizations argues that talk is....
Release Date 2018/03 -
Author Eli Maor
The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters....
Release Date 2011/10 -
Dynamics in One Complex Variable. (AM-160), 3rd Edition
Author John Milnor
This volume studies the dynamics of iterated holomorphic mappings from a Riemann surface to itself, concentrating on the classical case of rational maps of the Riemann sphere. This subject is large and rapidly growing. These lectures are intended to introduce some k....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Author Paul J. Nahin
In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and even the occasional limerick. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula shares the fascinating story of th....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Programming as if People Mattered
Author Nathaniel S. Borenstein
Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of people in both camps.Originally published in 1991.The Princ....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy
Author Hal R. Varian , Carl Shapiro
In Information Rules, authors Shapiro and Varian reveal that many classic economic concepts can provide the insight and understanding necessary to succeed in the information age. They argue that if managers seriously want to develop effective strategies for competin....
Release Date 1998/10 -
True Story: How to Combine Story and Action to Transform Your Business
Author Ty Montague
Is your company a storyteller—or a storydoer?The old way to market a business was storytelling. But in today’s world, simply communicating your brand’s story in the hope that customers will listen is no longer enough. Instead, your authentic brand must be evident in....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Information Wants to Be Shared
Author Joshua Gans
Stewart Brand famously declared, “Information wants to be free.” Except he didn’t (not really). And it doesn’t.Information is much more complicated than that. What information really wants—what makes it more valuable, useful, and immediate, Joshua Gans argues—is to ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Steven Mandis
This is the story of the slow evolution of Goldman Sachs—addressing why and how the firm changed from an ethical standard to a legal one as it grew to be a leading global corporation.In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Steven G. Mandis uncovers the forces behind what....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Reputation, Stock Price, and You: Why the Market Rewards Some Companies and Punishes Others
Author Dr. Nir Kossovsky
"All of our working lives we have heard the mantra, 'a reputation lost is never regained.' Still, the firms we work for, admire and invest in seem to take costly reputation hits all too often. Everyone interested in managing, regulating or investing in public firm....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Beginning Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3
Author Jonathan Fielding
Beginning Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3is your step-by-step guide to learning how to embrace responsive design for all devices. You will learn how to develop your existing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills to make your sites work for the modern world. Web....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Information, Communication, and Space Technology
Author Mohammad Razani
Many books have covered the rapidly evolving fields of information and communication technology (ICT) and space technology separately. However, no single book has ever focused on how the integration of these two areas is creating a stronger platform for various scie....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Enterprise Integration and Information Architecture
Author Li Da Xu
Enterprise solutions have emerged as promising tools for integrating and extending business processes across business functions. Supplying a clear and comprehensive introduction to the field, this book provides a detailed description of enterprise information integr....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Author Matt Bird
You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the un....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Author Clay A. Johnson
The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Learning Responsive Web Design
Author Clarissa Peterson
Deliver an optimal user experience to all devices—including tablets, smartphones, feature phones, laptops, and large screens—by learning the basics of responsive web design. In this hands-on guide, UX designer Clarissa Peterson explains how responsive web design wor....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Building Web Reputation Systems
Author F. Randall Farmer , Bryce Glass
What do Amazon's product reviews, eBay's feedback score system, Slashdot's Karma System, and Xbox Live's Achievements have in common? They're all examples of successful reputation systems that enable consumer websites to manage and present user contributions mo....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Jump Start Responsive Web Design
Author Andrew Fisher , Craig Sharkie
Get a Jump Start on Responsive Web Design today!Responsive Web Design is redefining the way websites are designed, enabling you to craft websites that deliver exceptional experiences to your users - whether they happen to be using a desktop PC, tablet or mobile devi....
Release Date 2013/03 -
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, 3rd Edition
Author James George , Jason Beaird
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is the ideal book for people who can build websites, but are seeking the skills and knowledge to visually enhance their sites.This book will teach you how to:Understand what makes "good design," from discovery through to implem....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Author Jessica Enders
A recent study found that on average, designing a form to have a great user experience almost doubled the rate of successful first-time completions. For example, Ebay made an additional $USD 500 million annually from redesigning just the button on one of their mobi....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Author Meng-Chow Kang
Responsive Security: Be Ready to Be Secure explores the challenges, issues, and dilemmas of managing information security risk, and introduces an approach for addressing concerns from both a practitioner and organizational management standpoint. Utilizing a research....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Interview Questions in Business Analytics
Author Bhasker Gupta
Discover relevant questions—and detailed answers—to help you prepare for job interviews and break into the field of analytics. This book contains more than 200 questions based on consultations with hiring managers and technical professionals already working in anal....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Big Data and the Internet of Things: Enterprise Information Architecture for a New Age
Author Louis Nagode , Venu Mantha , Art Licht , Robert Stackowiak
Enterprise Information Architecture for a New Age: Big Data and The Internet of Things, provides guidance in designing an information architecture to accommodate increasingly large amounts of data, massively large amounts of data, not only from traditional sources, ....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Michelle Malcher
This book is about starting and sustaining a technology user group. User groups are a wonderful way to connect with local and like-minded professionals for networking and learning. All the forums and social media on the internet can’t replace face-to-face time spen....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Richard Bartle
This is an astonishing collection of ideas, information, and instruction from one of the true pioneers of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. MMOs from the Inside Out: The History, Design, Fun, and Art of Massively-Multiplayer Role-playing Games speaks....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Inayaili de León
Redesign your static website into a modern, fully responsive website. As the usage of mobile devices of all shapes and sizes increases exponentially every year, and dominates the manner in which many users access the web, it is now imperative for any business to ha....
Release Date 2016/08 -
UX Optimization: Combining Behavioral UX and Usability Testing Data to Optimize Websites
Author W. Craig Tomlin
Combine two typically separate sources of data—behavioral quantitative data and usability testing qualitative data—into a powerful single tool that helps improve your organization’s website by increasing conversion and ROI. The combination of the what is happe....
Release Date 2018/09 -
Voice User Interface Design: Moving from GUI to Mixed Modal Interaction
Author Ritwik Dasgupta
Design and implement voice user interfaces. This guide to VUI helps you make decisions as you deal with the challenges of moving from a GUI world to mixed-modal interactions with GUI and VUI. The way we interact with devices is changing rapidly and this book g....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Author Westley Knight
Become more mindful of the user when building digital products, and learn how to integrate a user-centered approach into your thinking as a web or app developer. This book shows you how the user experience is the responsibility of everyone involved in creating the ....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Mindful Design: How and Why to Make Design Decisions for the Good of Those Using Your Product
Author Scott Riley
Learn to create seamless designs backed by a responsible understanding of the human mind. This book examines how human behavior can be used to integrate your product design into lifestyle, rather than interrupt it, and make decisions for the good of those that are ....
Release Date 2018/12