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The Abacus: The Worlds First Computing System Where It Comes From, How It Works,and How to Use Itto Perform Matematical Feats Great and Smallby Jesse DilsonISBN 031210409X (0-312-10409-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Abacus: The Worlds First Computing System Where It Comes From, How It Works,and How to Use Itto Perform Matematical Feats Great and Small'Book summary:The abacus is as useful and effecient a machine today as it was when it was first created centures ago. Whether you're an expert in the latest computer technology or you're mastering arithmetic and word problems for the first time, it won't take long to learn the basics (and even the not-so-basics) of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing on this ingenious and fun-to-use mathematical tool.[via]More editions of The Abacus: The Worlds First Computing System Where It Comes From, How It Works,and How to Use Itto Perform Matematical Feats Great and Small:
The Age of Intelligent Machinesby Raymond KurzweilISBN 0262610795 (0-262-61079-5)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Intelligent Machines'Book summary:What is artificial intelligence? At its essence, it is another way of answering a central question that has been debated by scientists, philosophers, and theologians for thousands of years: How does the human brain - three pounds of ordinary matter - give rise to thought? With this question in mind, inventor and visionary computer scientist Raymond Kurzweil probes the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, from its earliest philosophical and mathematical roots through today's moving frontier, to tantalizing glimpses of 21st-century machines with superior intelligence and truly prodigious speed and memory. Lavishly illustrated and easily accessible to the nonspecialist, "The Age of Intelligent Machines provides the background needed for a full understanding of the enormous scientific potential represented by intelligent machines and of their equally profound philosophic, economic, and social implications. It examines the history of efforts to understand human intelligence and to emulate it by building devices that seem to act with human capabilities. Running alongside Kurzweil's historical and scientific narrative, are 23 articles examining contemporary issues in artificial intelligence by such luminaries as Daniel Dennett, Sherry Turkle, Douglas Hofstadter, Marvin Minsky, Seymour Papert, Edward Feigenbaum, Allen Newell, and George Gilder. Raymond Kurzweil is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Kurzweil Music Systems, and the Kurzweil Reading Machines division of Xerox. He was the principal developer of the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and other significant advances in artificial intelligencetechnology. [via]
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Algorithms in Cby Robert SedgewickISBN 0201756080 (0-201-75608-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Art Of Computer Programming, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples And Permutationsby Not AvailableISBN 0201853930 (0-201-85393-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The art Of Computer Virus Research And Defenseby Peter SzorISBN 0321304543 (0-321-30454-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Art of the Metaobject Protocolby Daniel G. Bobrow, Gregor Kiczales, Jim Des RivieresISBN 0262610744 (0-262-61074-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Metaobject Protocol'Book summary:This book details the meta-object protocol, the framework on which the Common Lisp object system (CLOS) is based. The philosophy behind the meta-object protocol is that different applications may require different kinds of object models, and so the object model itself should be subject to program control. The Art of the Meta-Object Protocol provides a wonderful working example of how Lisp can be extended and how it can evolve to incorporate new language constructs. First, the book describes how CLOS is actually implemented by working through a subset. Then it goes on to develop the meta- object protocol in great detail. The Art of the Meta-Object Protocol is useful for the advanced CLOS user as well as for anyone interested in object-oriented programming and language design. [via]
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The Atlas of Cyberspaceby Martin Dodge, Rob KitchinISBN 0201745755 (0-201-74575-5)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Bringing Design to Softwareby Terry Winograd, John Bennett, Laura De Young, Bradley HartfieldISBN 0201854910 (0-201-85491-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bringing Design to Software'Book summary:Design of software has often taken place in isolation from the many lessons learned in the design of objects or non-computer processes. Continuing in the tradition of Donald Norman's highly influential Design of Everyday Things, this collection of essays provides essential inspiration for reflective software designers driven by practical concerns of what works, what doesn't--and why. Contains contributions by such insightful software engineers as David Liddle, Donald Norman, John Bennett, and Michael Schrage. [via]
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Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Wayby Gary McGraw, John ViegaISBN 020172152X (0-201-72152-X)
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C++ Templates: The Complete Guideby David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. JosuttisISBN 0201734842 (0-201-73484-2)
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Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy, Power, and the Information Superhighwayby Steven E. MillerISBN 0201847604 (0-201-84760-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War Americaby Paul N. EdwardsISBN 0262550288 (0-262-55028-8)
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Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business As Usualby Rick Levine, Christopher LockeISBN 0273650238 (0-273-65023-8)
Softcover, FT.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business As Usual'Book summary:How would you classify a book that begins with the salutation, "People of Earth..."? While the captains of industry might dismiss it as mere science fiction, The Cluetrain Manifesto is definitely of this day and age. Aiming squarely at the solar plexus of corporate America, authors Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger show how the Internet is turning business upside down. They proclaim that, thanks to conversations taking place on Web sites and message boards, and in e-mail and chat rooms, employees and customers alike have found voices that undermine the traditional command-and-control hierarchy that organizes most corporate marketing groups. "Markets are conversations," the authors write, and those conversations are "getting smarter faster than most companies." In their view, the lowly customer service rep wields far more power and influence in today's marketplace than the well-oiled front office PR machine.
The Cluetrain Manifesto began as a Web site (www.cluetrain.com) in 1999 when the authors, who have worked variously at IBM, Sun Microsystems, the Linux Journal, and NPR, posted 95 theses that pronounced what they felt was the new reality of the networked marketplace. For example, thesis no. 2: "Markets consist of human beings, not demographic sectors"; thesis no. 20: "Companies need to realize their markets are often laughing. At them"; thesis no. 62: "Markets do not want to talk to flacks and hucksters. They want to participate in the conversations going on behind the corporate firewall"; thesis no. 74: "We are immune to advertising. Just forget it." The book enlarges on these themes through seven essays filled with dozens of stories and observations about how business gets done in America and how the Internet will change it all. While Cluetrain will strike many as loud and over the top, the message itself remains quite relevant and unique. This book is for anyone interested in the Internet and e-commerce, and is especially important for those businesses struggling to navigate the topography of the wired marketplace. All aboard! --Harry C. Edwards [via]
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The Complete Manual of Typography: A Guide to Setting Perfect Typeby James FeliciISBN 0321127307 (0-321-12730-7)
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The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems and Adaptionby Gary FlakeISBN 0262561271 (0-262-56127-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems and Adaption'Book summary:"Simulation," writes Gary Flake in his preface, "becomes a form of experimentation in a universe of theories. The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate this fact."In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction, and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting." From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation.Each of the book's parts can be read independently, enabling even the casual reader to understand and work with the basic equations and programs. Yet the parts are bound together by the theme of the computer as a laboratory and a metaphor for understanding the universe. The inspired reader will experiment further with the ideas presented to create fractal landscapes, chaotic systems, artificial life forms, genetic algorithms, and artificial neural networks.
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The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptationby Gary William FlakeISBN 0262062003 (0-262-06200-3)
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The Computer and the Brainby John Von Neumann, Paul M. Churchland, Patricia Smith ChurchlandISBN 0300084730 (0-300-08473-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Computer and the Brain'Book summary:Whether they think it's impossible or inevitable, most people have highly polarised views on artificial intelligence. John von Neumann, genius, mathematician and inventor of the nearly ubiquitous computer architecture bearing his name, blazed trails for both camps in The Computer and the Brain.
This short book, originally written for Yale's Silliman lectures but published posthumously, summarises his views on machine and biological intelligence with unprecedented clarity and precision. His understanding of neuroscience was that of a brilliant and strongly motivated amateur at the end of the 1950s, good enough to take on the problem but by no means matching his comprehension of the machines to which he had devoted much of his professional life. Still, his take on intracranial computation is stunningly prescient--he looks beyond the then-fashionable digital metaphors to suggest a semi-analogue strategy that uses parallel processing to make up for its deficiency in speed.
Prominent neuroscientific thinkers Paul M. Churchland and Patricia S. Churchland provide a brief, enlightening foreword to the second edition, placing the author's thinking in context and grounding the reader in the scientific milieu that gave rise to The Computer and the Brain. Though his computer architecture is slowly growing obsolete, von Neumann has given us a more lasting legacy in his thinking about thinking. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentialsby Jay G. Heiser, Warren G. KruseISBN 0201707195 (0-201-70719-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials'Book summary:Computer security is a crucial aspect of modern information management, and one of the latest buzz words is "incident response"--detecting and reacting to security breaches. Computer Forensics offers information professionals a disciplined approach to implementing a comprehensive incident-response plan, with a focus on being able to detect intruders, discover what damage they did and hopefully find out who they are.
There is little doubt that the authors are serious about cyber investigation. They advise companies to "treat every case like it will end up in court" and although this sounds extreme, it is good advice. Upon detecting a malicious attack on a system, many system administrators react instinctively. This often involves fixing the problem with minimal downtime, then providing the necessary incremental security to protect against an identical attack. The authors warn that this approach often contaminates evidence and makes it difficult to track the perpetrator. This book describes how to maximise system up-time while protecting the integrity of the "crime scene".
The bulk of Computer Forensics details the technical skills required to become an effective electronic sleuth, with an emphasis on providing a well-documented basis for a criminal investigation. The key to success is becoming a "white hat" hacker in order to combat the criminal "black hat" hackers. The message is clear: if you're not smart enough to break into someone else's system, you're probably not smart enough to catch someone breaking into your system. In this vein, the authors use a number of technical examples and encourage the readers to develop expertise of UNIX/Linux and Windows NT fundamentals. They also provide an overview of a number of third-party tools, many of which can be used for both tracking hackers and for probing your own systems.
The authors explain their investigative techniques via a number of real-world anecdotes. It is striking that many of the same hacks detailed in Cliff Stoll's classic The Cuckoo's Egg are still in use over 10 years later--both on the criminal and investigative fronts. It is up to individual companies whether or not to pursue each attempted security violation as a potential criminal case, but Computer Forensics provides a strong argument to consider doing so. --Pete Ostenson [via]
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The Computer Music Tutorialby Curtis RoadsISBN 0262680823 (0-262-68082-3)
Softcover, MIT Press
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The Computer Music Tutorialby John Strawn, Curtis Roads, Philip Greenspun, John Gordon, Curtis AbbottISBN 0262181584 (0-262-18158-4)
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Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles And Patternsby Douglas LeaISBN 0321256174 (0-321-25617-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Connection Machineby Daniel W. HillisISBN 0262580977 (0-262-58097-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Connection Machine'Book summary:This book is essentially an edited version of Hillis's landmark thesis describing the design and implementation of the Connection Machine (CM), a massively parallel computer. The philosophy behind the CM's design is that the right kind of machine for many important computational tasks is a machine with vast numbers of simple processors doing the same thing on different data. This notion of one processor per important data element (one processor per pixel in image processing) is inspiring.
The Connection Machine is not a textbook and may be intimidating to beginners, but it provides a wonderful picture of the kinds of issues involved in designing a new machine. The book is well written and features a host of interesting discussions by Hillis on related topics (such as general philosophy of parallel computing). Anyone interested in the subject of computer architecture will enjoy and profit greatly from this book. [via]
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Creating a Presentation in Powerpoint: Visual QuickProject Guideby Tom NegrinoISBN 0321278445 (0-321-27844-5)
Softcover, Peachpit Pr
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Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Ageby Mike GodwinISBN 0262571684 (0-262-57168-4)
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Cyberreaderby Victor J. VitanzaISBN 0205290868 (0-205-29086-8)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Data Abstraction and Problem Solving With C++: Walls and Mirrorsby Frank Carrano, Janet J. PrichardISBN 0321247256 (0-321-24725-6)
Hardcover, Longman Pub Group
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Data Abstraction and Problem Solving With C++: Walls and Mirrorsby Paul Helman, Robert Veroff, Frank CarranoISBN 0201874024 (0-201-87402-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Data Abstraction and Problem Solving With C++: Walls and Mirrors'Book summary:Focusing on data abstraction and data structures, the second edition of this very successful books continues to emphasize the needs of both the instructor and the student. The book illustrates the role of classes and abstract data types (ADTs) in the problem-solving process as the foundation for an object-oriented approach. Throughout the text, the distinction between specification and implementation is continually stressed. The text covers major applications of ADTs, such as searching a flight map and performing an event-driven simulation. It also offers early, extensive coverage of recursion and uses this technique in many examples and exercises. Overall, the lucid writing style, widespread use of examples, and flexible coverage of the materia have helped make this a leading book in the field. New in this Edition *Uses recent enhancements to C++, such as data type bool and C++ strings *States ADT operations in English, specifies them in pseudocode, and finally implements them in C++. Students can see more clearly the progression from an informal statement of an operation to a more formal specification.* Offers new and revised examples of ADTs that clarify their relationships to classes as well as new coverage of dynamically allocated arrays and circuits *Provides more balance between numeric and nonnumeric examples of recursion *Contains many new exercises and programming problems ** Instructor's materials are available from your sales rep. If you do not know your local sales representative, please call 1-800-552-2499 for assistance, or use the Addison Wesley Longman rep-locator at http://hepg.awl.com/rep-locator. 0201874024B04062001 [via]
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Data Structures & Other Objects Using C++by Walter Savitch, Michael MainISBN 032119716X (0-321-19716-X)
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The Design of Everyday Thingsby Donald A. NormanISBN 0262640376 (0-262-64037-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Design of Everyday Things'Book summary:First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came service. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of California, reveals how smart design is the new competitive frontier. The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how--and why--some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. [via]
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Exploiting Software: How to Break Codeby Gary McGraw, Greg HoglundISBN 0201786958 (0-201-78695-8)
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Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processingby Christopher D. Manning, Hinrich SchutzeISBN 0262133601 (0-262-13360-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing'Book summary:Statistical approaches to processing natural language text have become dominant in recent years. This foundational text is the first comprehensive introduction to statistical natural language processing (NLP) to appear. The book contains all the theory and algorithms needed for building NLP tools. It provides broad but rigorous coverage of mathematical and linguistic foundations, as well as detailed discussion of statistical methods, allowing students and researchers to construct their own implementations. The book covers collocation finding, word sense disambiguation, probabilistic parsing, information retrieval, and other applications.
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From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industryby Martin Campbell-KellyISBN 026253262X (0-262-53262-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry'Book summary:From its first glimmerings in the 1950s, the software industry has evolved to become the fourth largest industrial sector of the US economy. Starting with a handful of software contractors who produced specialized programs for the few existing machines, the industry grew to include producers of corporate software packages and then makers of mass-market products and recreational software. This book tells the story of each of these types of firm, focusing on the products they developed, the business models they followed, and the markets they served.By describing the breadth of this industry, Martin Campbell-Kelly corrects the popular misconception that one firm is at the center of the software universe. He also tells the story of lucrative software products such as IBM's CICS and SAP's R/3, which, though little known to the general public, lie at the heart of today's information infrastructure.With its wealth of industry data and its thoughtful judgments, this book will become a starting point for all future investigations of this fundamental component of computer history.
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From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, And the Rise of Digital Utopianismby Fred TurnerISBN 0226817415 (0-226-81741-5)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Hacker's Delightby Henry S. WarrenISBN 0201914654 (0-201-91465-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hacker's Delight'Book summary:A collection useful programming advice the author has collected over the years; small algorithms that make the programmer's task easier. * At long last, proven short-cuts to mastering difficult aspects of computer programming * Learn to program at a more advanced level than is generally taught in schools and training courses, and much more advanced than can be learned through individual study/experience. * An instant cult classic for programmers! Computer programmers are often referred to as hackers -- solitary problem solvers engrossed in a world of code as they seek elegant solutions to building better software. While many view these unique individuals as "madmen," the truth is that much of the computer programmer's job involves a healthy mix of arithmetic and logic. In Hacker's Delight, veteran programmer Hank Warren shares the collected wisdom -- namely tips and tricks -- from his considerable experience in the world of application development. The resulting work is an irresistible collection that will help even the most seasoned programmers better their craft. Henry S. Warren Jr. has had a 40-year career with IBM, spanning the computer field from the IBM 704 to PowerPC. He has worked on various military command and control systems, and on the SETL project under Jack Schwartz at NYU. Since 1973 he has been in IBM's Research Division at Yorktown Heights, New York. Here he has done compiler and computer architecture work on the 801 computer and its several variants through PowerPC. Presently he is working on the Blue Gene petaflop computer project. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Courant Institute at New York University in 1980. [via]
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The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Worldby Haruki MurakamiISBN 0241131448 (0-241-13144-8)
Hardcover, Hamish Hamilton
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How to Build a Beowulf: A Guide to the Implementation and Application of PC Clustersby John Salmon, Donald J. Becker, Daniel F. Savarese, Thomas L. SterlingISBN 026269218X (0-262-69218-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Build a Beowulf: A Guide to the Implementation and Application of PC Clusters'Book summary:How to Build a Beowulf covers the essentials of today's "cheap supercomputing" that is available with off-the-shelf PC hardware running Linux. Filled with advice from the experts, this book is a working guide to the essentials of planning, installing, and running a Beowulf cluster.
After an introduction to Beowulf and parallel computing in general, the authors describe the advantages to and organization of a typical Beowulf setup. They next describe the basic PC hardware (which will be familiar to many Intel users). The do-it-yourself impulse in Beowulf supercomputing is strong, and the authors show how to choose everything from a CPU and memory to networking options (including TCP/IP basics and Fast Ethernet). They cover hardware and software installation and the basics of configuring Linux on Beowulf nodes (which do the work of parallel processing).
Next the book covers issues of security and system administration of a Beowulf cluster. (Here the authors strike a balance between accessibility and security with the concept of a "guarded Beowulf.") They cover a variety of Linux utilities for remote computing and administration.
An essential piece of Beowulf technology is the Message Passing Interface (MPI), a set of APIs that permit programmers to develop parallel programs in C/C++ and FORTRAN. With MPI, programs running on different CPUs can pass messages and share the same data. The samples that round out this book are excellent--a ray-tracing example, a parallel sorting algorithm, and a cellular automata program. The authors do a good job of explaining the issues of taking advantage of parallelism within Beowulf software. --Richard Dragan [via]
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How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzleby William PoundstoneISBN 0316919160 (0-316-91916-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle--How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkersby William PoundstoneISBN 0316778494 (0-316-77849-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle--How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers'Book summary:For years, Microsoft and other high-tech companies have been posing riddles and logic puzzles like these in their notoriously grueling job interviews. Now "puzzle interviews" have become a hot new trend in hiring. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, employers are using tough and tricky questions to gauge job candidates' intelligence, imagination, and problem-solving ability -- qualities needed to survive in today's hypercompetitive global marketplace. For the first time, William Poundstone reveals the toughest questions used at Microsoft and other Fortune 500 companies -- and supplies the answers. He traces the rise and controversial fall of employer-mandated IQ tests, the peculiar obsessions of Bill Gates (who plays jigsaw puzzles as a competitive sport), the sadistic mind games of Wall Street (which reportedly led one job seeker to smash a forty-third-story window), and the bizarre excesses of today's hiring managers (who may start off your interview with a box of Legos or a game of virtual Russian roulette). How Would You Move Mount Fuji? is an indispensable book for anyone in business. Managers seeking the most talented employees will learn to incorporate puzzle interviews in their search for the top candidates. Job seekers will discover how to tackle even the most brain-busting questions, and gain the advantage that could win the job of a lifetime. And anyone who has ever dreamed of going up against the best minds in business may discover that these puzzles are simply a lot of fun. Why are beer cans tapered on the end, anyway? [via]
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Indesign 2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual Quickstart Guideby Sandee CohenISBN 0201794780 (0-201-79478-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Information Ecologies: Using Technology With Heartby Bonnie A. Nardi, Vicki O'DayISBN 0262640422 (0-262-64042-2)
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Introduction to Programming Using Java: An Object-Oriented Approachby Gerald Weiss, David M. Arnow, Scott DexterISBN 0321200063 (0-321-20006-3)
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Javascript for the World Wide Web Visual Quickstart Guide: Visual Quickstart Guideby Tom Negrino, Dori SmithISBN 032119439X (0-321-19439-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall Ptr
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John Von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computingby William AsprayISBN 0262011212 (0-262-01121-2)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing'Book summary:In the mid 1940s, John von Neumann revolutionized the nascent field of computing by showing that program instructions could be stored in a computer's memory instead of on external panels or punch cards. In John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing, William Aspray details the design and construction of von Neumann's computer systems and explains the broader implications of von Neumann's contributions. Aspray discusses von Neumann's fame in the realms of mathematics, physics, and economics and his remarkable career, which included work as an atomic energy commissioner and as principal scientific adviser to the U.S. Air Force on ballistic missile development. By examining the interplay of science, military, and business, which formed the background for von Neumann's work, Aspray does an excellent job of placing von Neumann's accomplishments in computer science into the context of his other achievements. [via]
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The Little Lisperby Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen, Duane BibbyISBN 0262560380 (0-262-56038-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Lisper'Book summary:There are surprises in store for the diligent reader of this masterful introduction to recursion as a fundamental tool for expressing and solving problems. With wit and wisdom, The Little LISPer unfolds some of the most beautiful concepts in mathematics, computer science, and logic.
The authors' goal is to show that recursive thinking is first of all fun, that it is powerful, and that the programming language Lisp allows one to express ideas recursively and naturally. There are hard problems along the way, but their solution brings mastery of recursive, functional, and meta-linguistic abstractions, developing skills in the underlying creative programming in Lisp. The Little LISPer is self-contained: an interpreter for the language is developed using the tools of the book itself . [via]More editions of The Little Lisper:
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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther: Visual Quickstart Guideby Maria LangerISBN 0321213513 (0-321-21351-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mac OS X 10.3 Panther: Visual Quickstart Guide'Book summary:So you're finally ready to find out what all the fuss is about! Whether you're switching from a Windows system or upgrading from an older Mac OS, this task-based guide represents the surest way to go from 0 to 60 in no time flat with Apple's much anticipated Mac OS X Panther--more mature, powerfully enhanced, and with an improved GUI that will knock your socks off! In this thoroughly revised volume--which includes an expanded iApps section and new chapters on networking (including AirPort networking), security, Unix, Classic Environment, and System Preferences--you'll find the task-based, step-by-step instructions that have become the hallmark of Peachpit's enormously popular Visual QuickStart series. Veteran author Maria Langer uses plenty of visual aids and clear, concise instructions to step you through the process of installing and configuring the new OS before moving on to explore its many capabilities and bundled apps. Tips, tricks, and sage advice round out the package.
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Mac OS X 10.Xby Maria LangerISBN 0321158016 (0-321-15801-6)
Softcover, Peachpit Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mac OS X 10.X'Book summary:Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.2 promises to offer exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and easily master complex, new technologies. Whether you're a newbie or a Mac veteran, getting used to a new operating system can be a frustrating, and at times, frightening experience. Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide takes the fear out of upgrading for all levels of users. Beginning Mac users can use this book to get up and running on their new system, while seasoned Mac veterans can quickly reference the new features in this new OS release. [via] More editions of Mac OS X 10.X:
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Mac OS X: Visual Quickstart Guideby Maria LangerISBN 0201709007 (0-201-70900-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mac OS X: Visual Quickstart Guide'Book summary:Apple's Unix-based, industrial-strength operating system, OS X, is the biggest change ever faced by the Mac community. OS X looks different, feels different, offers new and different features, and is an order of magnitude more complex than any previous Mac operating system. Maria Langer's Mac OS X Visual QuickStart Guide from Peachpit Press is designed to quell the fears of those apprehensive users who are looking to make the switch, or have just switched and find themselves lost in a new world.
Starting with the best way to prepare your computer for OS X, and working it's way through installation and the interface changes, this book covers almost every basic aspect of the new operating system. Navigating with the new Finder, application basics, hooking up to the Internet--it's all here, in simple, concise terms.
If the book has a flaw, it is that only the bare basics are covered. Everything presented is clear and thorough, but there is not enough material. There is nothing about access rights, logging in or logging out, or getting around basic issues that might pop up. The book lays things out as they should be but offers little advice for those times when something goes wrong.
Since Mac OS X ships with minimal hardcopy documentation, the Mac OS X Visual QuickStart Guide is an ideal companion for the new user making the switch. There is plenty of information here, presented clearly and with countless screenshots. For the brand-new user looking for a well-illustrated manual, this is the one that Apple should ship with OS X. --Mike Caputo [via]
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The Macintosh Bibleby Cliff Colby, Cheryl EnglandISBN 0321213491 (0-321-21349-1)
Softcover, Pearson Technology Group Canada
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Me++: The Cyborg Self And The Networked Cityby William J. MitchellISBN 0262633132 (0-262-63313-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me++: The Cyborg Self And The Networked City'Book summary:With Me++ the author of City of Bits and e-topia completes an informal trilogy examining the ramifications of information technology in everyday life. William Mitchell describes the transformation of wireless technology in the hundred years since Marconi--the scaling up of networks and the scaling down of the apparatus for transmission and reception. It is, he says, as if "Brobdingnag had been rebooted as Lilliput"; Marconi's massive mechanism of tower and kerosene engine has been replaced by a palm-size cellphone. If the operators of Marconi's invention can be seen as human appendages to an immobile machine, today's hand-held devices can be seen as extensions of the human body. This transformation has, in turn, changed our relationship with our surroundings and with each other. The cellphone calls from the collapsing World Trade Center towers and the hijacked jets on September 11 were testimony to the intensity of this new state of continuous electronic engagement.Thus, Mitchell proposes, the "trial separation" of bits (the elementary unit of information) and atoms (the elementary unit of matter) is over. With increasing frequency, events in physical space reflect events in cyberspace, and vice versa; digital information can, for example, direct the movement of an aircraft or a robot arm. In Me++ Mitchell examines the effects of wireless linkage, global interconnection, miniaturization, and portability on our bodies, our clothing, our architecture, our cities, and our uses of space and time. Computer viruses, cascading power outages, terrorist infiltration of transportation networks, and cellphone conversations in the streets are symptoms of a dramatic new urban condition--that of ubiquitous, inescapable network interconnectivity. He argues that a world governed less and less by boundaries and more and more by connections requires us to reimagine and reconstruct our environment and to reconsider the ethical foundations of design, engineering, and planning practice.
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Microsoft Office Excel 2003 for Windowsby Maria LangerISBN 0321200381 (0-321-20038-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 for Windowsby Michael J. Young, Jim BoyceISBN 0321200411 (0-321-20041-1)
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Microsoft Office Word 2003 for Windowsby Maria LangerISBN 0321193946 (0-321-19394-6)
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Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Appliedby Andrei AlexandrescuISBN 0201704315 (0-201-70431-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied'Book summary:In Modern C++ Design, Andrei Alexandrescu opens new vistas for C++ programmers. Displaying extraordinary creativity and virtuosity, Alexandrescu offers a cutting-edge approach to software design that unites design patterns, generic programming, and C++, enabling programmers to achieve expressive, flexible, and highly reusable code. The book introduces the concept of generic components, reusable design templates that enable an easier and more seamless transition from design to application code, generate code that better expresses the original design intention, and support the reuse of design structures with minimal recoding. The author then shows how to apply this approach to recurring, real-world issues that C++ programmers face in their day-to-day activity. All code is available on the Web, along with Alexandrescu's downloadable Loki C++ library, which provides powerful out-of-the-box functionality for virtually any C++ project. For experienced C++ programmers who have at least some familiarity with the Standard Template Library (STL). [via]
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The Myth of the Paperless Officeby Abigail J. Sellen, Richard H. R. HarperISBN 026269283X (0-262-69283-X)
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The Official Pgp User's Guideby Philip ZimmermannISBN 0262740176 (0-262-74017-6)
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Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sourcesby Andrew Harnack, Eugene KleppingerISBN 0312150237 (0-312-15023-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Photoshop 6 for Windows and Macintoshby Elaine Weinmann, Peter LourekasISBN 0201713098 (0-201-71309-8)
Softcover, Peachpit Press
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The Photoshop Elements 3 Book For Digital Photographersby Scott KelbyISBN 0321269055 (0-321-26905-5)
Softcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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Portraits in Siliconby Robert SlaterISBN 0262691310 (0-262-69131-0)
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Problem Solving and Program Design in C: Updatedby Elliot B. Koffman, Jeri R. HanlyISBN 0201754908 (0-201-75490-8)
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The Sciences of the Artificialby Herbert A. SimonISBN 0262691914 (0-262-69191-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sciences of the Artificial'Book summary:Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools -- chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms -- for analyzing complexity and complex systems.There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important advances in cognitive psychology and the science of design while confirming and extending the book's basic thesis: that a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for intelligent action. The chapter "Economic Reality" has also been revised to reflect a change in emphasis in Simon's thinking about the respective roles of organizations and markets in economic systems.
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Slaves of the Machine: The Quickening of Computer Technologyby Gregory J. E. RawlinsISBN 0262681021 (0-262-68102-1)
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A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computingby Bonnie A. NardiISBN 0262140535 (0-262-14053-5)
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Software Engineeringby Ian SommervilleISBN 0321210263 (0-321-21026-3)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Software Engineering'Book summary:Software Engineering presents a broad perspective on software systems engineering, concentrating on widely used techniques for developing large-scale systems. The objectives of this seventh edition are to include new material on iterative software development, component-based software engineering and system architectures, to emphasize that system dependability is not an add-on but should be considered at all stages of the software process, and not to increase the size of the book significantly.
To this end the book has been restructured into 6 parts, removing the separate section on evolution as the distinction between development and evolution can be seen as artificial. New chapters have been added on:
Socio-technical Systems ¿ discussing the context of software in a broader system composed of other hardware and software, people, organisations, policies, procedures and laws.
Application System Architectures ¿ to teach students the general structure of application systems such as transaction systems, information systems and embedded control systems. The chapter covers 6 common system architectures with an architectural overview and discussion of the characteristics of these types of system.
Iterative Software Development ¿ looking at prototyping and adding new material on agile methods and extreme programming.
Component-based Software Engineering ¿ introducing the notion of a component, component composition and component frameworks and covering design with reuse.
Software Evolution ¿ revising the presentation of the 6th edition to cover re-engineering and software change in a single chapter.The book supports students taking undergraduate or graduate courses in software engineering, and software engineers in industry needing to update their knowledge.
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Software Requirements & Specifications: A Lexicon of Practice, Principles and Prejudicesby Michael JacksonISBN 0201877120 (0-201-87712-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Software Requirements & Specifications: A Lexicon of Practice, Principles and Prejudices'Book summary:Software Reqiuirements and Specifications is the latest book from Michael Jackson, one of the foremost contributors to software development method and practice. The book brings together some 75 short pieces about principles and techniques for requirements analysis, specification and design.
The ideas discussed are deep, but at the same time lightly and wittily expressed. The book is fun to read, rewarding the reader with many valuble and novel insights. Some sacred cows, including top-down development, dataflow diagrams and the distinction between What and How, are led to the slaughter. Readers will be provoked--perhaps to fury, perhaps to enthusiasm, but surely to think more deeply about topics and issues of central importance in the field of software development.
There are new ideas about problem structuring, based on the concept of a problem frame, leading to a clearer notion of complexity and how to deal with it. And other important topics include:
- Principles for evaluating development methods
- New approaches to capturing and describing requirements and specifications, based on the relationship between the software system and the problem context
- The technology of desciption in software, including new ideas such as designations, the separation of descriptive moods and the scope and span of description
- Incisive information about the proper role of mathematics and formalism.
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Test-Driven Development: By Exampleby Kent BeckISBN 0321146530 (0-321-14653-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Test-Driven Development: By Example'Book summary:Quite simply, test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development. While some fear is healthy (often viewed as a conscience that tells programmers to "be careful!"), the author believes that byproducts of fear include tentative, grumpy, and uncommunicative programmers who are unable to absorb constructive criticism. When programming teams buy into TDD, they immediately see positive results. They eliminate the fear involved in their jobs, and are better equipped to tackle the difficult challenges that face them. TDD eliminates tentative traits, it teaches programmers to communicate, and it encourages team members to seek out criticism However, even the author admits that grumpiness must be worked out individually! In short, the premise behind TDD is that code should be continually tested and refactored. Kent Beck teaches programmers by example, so they can painlessly and dramatically increase the quality of their work. [via]
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Text, ConText, and HyperText: Writing With and for the Computerby Edward BarrettISBN 0262022753 (0-262-02275-3)
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True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontierby James Frenkel, Vernor VingeISBN 0312862075 (0-312-86207-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontierby Vernor VingeISBN 0312944446 (0-312-94444-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworldsby Mitchel ResnickISBN 0262680939 (0-262-68093-9)
Softcover, Bradford Books
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Uml Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Languageby Martin FowlerISBN 0321193687 (0-321-19368-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uml Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language'Book summary:The second edition of Martin Fowler's bestselling UML Distilled provides updates to the Unified Modeling Language (UML) without changing its basic formula for success. It is still arguably the best resource for quick, no-nonsense explanations of using UML.
The major strength of UML Distilled is its short, concise presentation of the essentials of UML and where it fits within today's software development process. The book describes all the major UML diagram types, what they're for, and the basic notation involved in creating and deciphering them. These diagrams include use cases; class and interaction diagrams; collaborations; and state, activity, and physical diagrams. The examples are always clear, and the explanations cut to the fundamental design logic.
For the second edition, the material has been reworked for use cases and activity diagrams, plus there are numerous small tweaks throughout, including the latest UML v. 1.3 standard. An appendix even traces the evolution of UML versions.
Working developers often don't have time to keep up with new innovations in software engineering. This new edition lets you get acquainted with some of the best thinking about efficient object-oriented software design using UML in a convenient format that will be essential to anyone who designs software professionally. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: UML basics, analysis and design, outline development (software development process), inception, elaboration, managing risks, construction, transition, use case diagrams, class diagrams, interaction diagrams, collaborations, state diagrams, activity diagrams, physical diagrams, patterns, and refactoring basics. [via]
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Unix: Visual Quickstart Guideby Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. RayISBN 0321170105 (0-321-17010-5)
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Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sitesby Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah HortonISBN 0300088981 (0-300-08898-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites'Book summary:In 160 pages of expert instruction, authors Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton put the essence of the Yale University Center for Advanced Instructional Media's wonderful online site design guide into traditional print.
The book begins the presentation of its helpful and forward-looking advice with a discussion of the overall process of defining the objectives and users of your Web site, as well as the goals you will use to measure your progress. The authors then use time-tested, traditional print concepts to clearly illustrate how to make your site interface welcoming and efficient. High-quality illustrations show how to design for overall style and professional appeal. The sections on typography and editorial style set this manual apart from many Web style guides with attention to the fine details that separate the good sites from the great.
Multimedia elements and cascading style sheets (CSS) are covered, but within the overall context of building a fine site--not with the usual hype. Media compression and delivery are addressed at a high level with concrete suggestions on formats, frame rates, and image sizes for a well-balanced approach to multimedia.
One of the great things about using this guide is that the actual site it is based on is available. You can read about a thoughtfully-written topic and then go online to see the concepts in action. Web Style Guide delivers some of the most holistic coverage of site design you'll find. --Stephen W. Plain [via]
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Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hackingby Andrew Vladimirov, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko, Andrei A. MikhailovskyISBN 0321202171 (0-321-20217-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Xsl Companionby Neil BradleyISBN 0201770598 (0-201-77059-8)
Softcover, Addison Wesley Professional
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The XML Companion'Book summary:One of the most important technologies on the XML bandwagon is XSL, which really comprises separate XSL, XSLT and Xpath standards. The XSL Companion provides in-depth coverage of XSL and XSLT--the core technologies behind formatting XML data.
This book focuses on the details of how XSLT in particular can be used to mould information on the fly. The author breaks the standard apart into digestible chapters such as "contextual formatting" and "sorting". The content is fast moving and demands a technical reader comfortable with complexity. Those new to XML technologies should pick up a general tutorial prior to tackling this book.
Along with text explanations of all the magic XSLT and XSL can do, the author uses code snippets as well as numerous graphical diagrams to illustrate information processing, layout and tree navigation. These visual elements add much to the explanation of what would otherwise be very abstract concepts indeed.
The author addresses head on the fact that much of XSLT's job today is turning XML data into HTML-formatted documents compatible with the current batch of browsers. There is plenty of focus in this book on how that is done, but the chief purpose still remains the exploration of the powerful transformation and formatting features the XSL standards provide. --Stephen W. Plain [via]
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