Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

Understanding Context

Environment, Language, and Information Architecture

by Andrew Hinton ...

To make sense of the world, we’re always trying to place things in context, whether our environment is physical, cultural, or something else altogether. Now that we live among digital, always-networked products, apps, and places, context is more complicated than ever—starting with "where" and "who" we are.This practical, insightful book provides a powerful toolset to help information architects, ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

To make sense of the world, we’re always trying to place things in context, whether our environment is physical, cultural, or something else altogether. Now that we live among digital, always-networked products, apps, and places, context is more complicated than ever—starting with "where" and "who" we are.This practical, insightful book provides a powerful toolset to help information architects,
... Read more
Mixing with Impact

Learning to Make Musical Choices

by Wessel Oltheten ...

In Mixing with Impact: Learning to Make Musical Choices, Wessel Oltheten discusses the creative and technical concepts behind making a mix. Whether you’re a dance producer in your home studio, a live mixer in a club, or an engineer in a big studio, the mindset is largely the same.The same goes for the questions you run into: where do you start? How do you deal with a context in which all the ... Read more

$107.99 CAD

In Mixing with Impact: Learning to Make Musical Choices, Wessel Oltheten discusses the creative and technical concepts behind making a mix. Whether you’re a dance producer in your home studio, a live mixer in a club, or an engineer in a big studio, the mindset is largely the same.The same goes for the questions you run into: where do you start? How do you deal with a context in which all the
... Read more
Scratch 1.4: Beginners Guide

Learn to program while creating interactive stories, games, and multimedia projects using Scratch

by Michael Badger ...

This is a Packt Beginners Guide, which means it focuses on practical examples and has a friendly approach, with the opportunity to learn by experiment and play. We work through the project tutorials one block of code at a time, and we periodically pause to reflect on the relationship between our code blocks, our project, and Scratch programming in general. As you work through the book, you are ... Read more

$37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a Packt Beginners Guide, which means it focuses on practical examples and has a friendly approach, with the opportunity to learn by experiment and play. We work through the project tutorials one block of code at a time, and we periodically pause to reflect on the relationship between our code blocks, our project, and Scratch programming in general. As you work through the book, you are
... Read more
FreeRADIUS Beginner's Guide

Master authentication, authorization, and accessing your network resources using FreeRADIUS

by Dirk van der Walt ...

This is a fast-paced Beginner's Guide that will take you step by step through the fundamentals of FreeRADIUS and using it in your live projects. It has been structured in a way that will let you get maximum practical information out of it in setting up your own FreeRADIUS server. It will guide you on all the aspects of FreeRADIUS and do much more to get you all the 'A's right. If you are an ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a fast-paced Beginner's Guide that will take you step by step through the fundamentals of FreeRADIUS and using it in your live projects. It has been structured in a way that will let you get maximum practical information out of it in setting up your own FreeRADIUS server. It will guide you on all the aspects of FreeRADIUS and do much more to get you all the 'A's right. If you are an
... Read more
Unreal Development Kit Game Design Cookbook

Over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK book and ebook.

by Thomas Mooney ...

Over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK.Key FeaturesAn intermediate, fast-paced UDK guide for game artistsThe quickest way to face the challenges of game design with UDKAll the necessary steps to get your artwork up and running in gamePart of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK.Key FeaturesAn intermediate, fast-paced UDK guide for game artistsThe quickest way to face the challenges of game design with UDKAll the necessary steps to get your artwork up and running in gamePart of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as
... Read more
Starting an eBay Business For Dummies

by Marsha Collier ...

The gold standard for eBay users who want to get serious about sellingWant to turn your eBay use into a steady revenue stream? Come to where everyone starts, with a copy of the latest edition of Starting an eBay Business For Dummies. EBay superstar author Marsha Collier packs the fourth edition of her mega-selling book with everything you need to know, from how to tap the explosive power of social ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

The gold standard for eBay users who want to get serious about sellingWant to turn your eBay use into a steady revenue stream? Come to where everyone starts, with a copy of the latest edition of Starting an eBay Business For Dummies. EBay superstar author Marsha Collier packs the fourth edition of her mega-selling book with everything you need to know, from how to tap the explosive power of social
... Read more
Building Applications with AI Agents

Designing and Implementing Multiagent Systems

by Michael Albada ...

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with advanced foundation models, we can now sequence multiple model inferences together to solve ambiguous and ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with advanced foundation models, we can now sequence multiple model inferences together to solve ambiguous and
... Read more
Inside the Machine

An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture

by Jon Stokes ...

Computers perform countless tasks ranging from the business critical to the recreational, but regardless of how differently they may look and behave, they're all amazingly similar in basic function. Once you understand how the microprocessor—or central processing unit (CPU)—works, you'll have a firm grasp of the fundamental concepts at the heart of all modern computing.Inside the Machine, from the ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Computers perform countless tasks ranging from the business critical to the recreational, but regardless of how differently they may look and behave, they're all amazingly similar in basic function. Once you understand how the microprocessor—or central processing unit (CPU)—works, you'll have a firm grasp of the fundamental concepts at the heart of all modern computing.Inside the Machine, from the
... Read more
The Infinite Machine

How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum

by Camila Russo ...

The true story of the rise of Ethereum, the second-biggest digital asset in the world, the growth of cryptocurrency, and the future of the internet.Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, but few know about the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, which has been heralded as the "next internet."The story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gifted nineteen-year-old autodidact who saw the ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The true story of the rise of Ethereum, the second-biggest digital asset in the world, the growth of cryptocurrency, and the future of the internet.Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, but few know about the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, which has been heralded as the "next internet."The story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gifted nineteen-year-old autodidact who saw the
... Read more
OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue ...

With Yosemite, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his expertise and humor to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.10 includes more innovations from the iPad and adds a variety of new features throughout the operating system. This updated edition covers it all with something new on practically every page.Get the scoop on Yosemite’s big ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

With Yosemite, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his expertise and humor to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.10 includes more innovations from the iPad and adds a variety of new features throughout the operating system. This updated edition covers it all with something new on practically every page.Get the scoop on Yosemite’s big
... Read more
The Human Factor

Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology

by Kim J. Vicente ...

In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vincente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology. He investigates every level of human activity - from simple matters such as our hand-eye coordination to complex human systems such as government regulatory agencies, and why businesses would benefit from making consumer goods easier to use. He shows us ... Read more

$81.99 CAD

In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vincente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology. He investigates every level of human activity - from simple matters such as our hand-eye coordination to complex human systems such as government regulatory agencies, and why businesses would benefit from making consumer goods easier to use. He shows us
... Read more
Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies

by Aaron Nicholson, Joel Elad, Damien Stolarz ...

How to create a profitable, sustainable business developing and marketing iPhone appsiPhone apps are hot; the average app is downloaded more than 30,000 times. If you have some great apps in mind, Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies will show you how to produce and market them effectively.Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies provides clear, reliable business ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

How to create a profitable, sustainable business developing and marketing iPhone appsiPhone apps are hot; the average app is downloaded more than 30,000 times. If you have some great apps in mind, Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies will show you how to produce and market them effectively.Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies provides clear, reliable business
... Read more
MapReduce Design Patterns

Building Effective Algorithms and Analytics for Hadoop and Other Systems

by Donald Miner, Adam Shook ...

Until now, design patterns for the MapReduce framework have been scattered among various research papers, blogs, and books. This handy guide brings together a unique collection of valuable MapReduce patterns that will save you time and effort regardless of the domain, language, or development framework you’re using.Each pattern is explained in context, with pitfalls and caveats clearly identified ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Until now, design patterns for the MapReduce framework have been scattered among various research papers, blogs, and books. This handy guide brings together a unique collection of valuable MapReduce patterns that will save you time and effort regardless of the domain, language, or development framework you’re using.Each pattern is explained in context, with pitfalls and caveats clearly identified
... Read more
Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide

All You Need to Manage and Administer Windows Server 2008

by Jonathan Hassell ...

This practical guide has exactly what you need to work with Windows Server 2008. Inside, you'll find step-by-step procedures for using all of the major components, along with discussions on complex concepts such as Active Directory replication, DFS namespaces and replication, network access protection, the Server Core edition, Windows PowerShell, server clustering, and more. All of this with a ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

This practical guide has exactly what you need to work with Windows Server 2008. Inside, you'll find step-by-step procedures for using all of the major components, along with discussions on complex concepts such as Active Directory replication, DFS namespaces and replication, network access protection, the Server Core edition, Windows PowerShell, server clustering, and more. All of this with a
... Read more
Oracle Essbase 11 Development Cookbook

Over 90 advanced development recipes to build and take your Oracle Essbase Applications further with this book and ebook

by Jose R. Ruiz ...

This cookbook is full of immediately useable recipes showing you the advanced development techniques when building Essbase Applications and how to take these applications further. This cookbook offers practical, task-based, and immediately usable recipes covering a wide range of advanced development techniques to build Essbase Applications and take them further. In addition to its cookbook style, ... Read more

$55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This cookbook is full of immediately useable recipes showing you the advanced development techniques when building Essbase Applications and how to take these applications further. This cookbook offers practical, task-based, and immediately usable recipes covering a wide range of advanced development techniques to build Essbase Applications and take them further. In addition to its cookbook style,
... Read more
Using CiviCRM

Develop and implement a fully functional, systematic CRM plan for your organization Using CiviCRM

by Joseph Murray ...

Develop and implement a fully functional, systematic CRM plan for your organization Using CiviCRMKey FeaturesBuild a CRM that conforms to your needs from the ground up with all of the features that you wantDevelop an integrated online system that handles contacts, donations, event registration, bulk e-mailing, case management and other functions such as activity tracking, grants, reporting, and ... Read more

$55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Develop and implement a fully functional, systematic CRM plan for your organization Using CiviCRMKey FeaturesBuild a CRM that conforms to your needs from the ground up with all of the features that you wantDevelop an integrated online system that handles contacts, donations, event registration, bulk e-mailing, case management and other functions such as activity tracking, grants, reporting, and
... Read more
Advances in Financial Machine Learning

by Marcos Lopez de Prado ...

Learn to understand and implement the latest machine learning innovations to improve your investment performanceMachine learning (ML) is changing virtually every aspect of our lives. Today, ML algorithms accomplish tasks that – until recently – only expert humans could perform. And finance is ripe for disruptive innovations that will transform how the following generations understand money and ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

Learn to understand and implement the latest machine learning innovations to improve your investment performanceMachine learning (ML) is changing virtually every aspect of our lives. Today, ML algorithms accomplish tasks that – until recently – only expert humans could perform. And finance is ripe for disruptive innovations that will transform how the following generations understand money and
... Read more
AI for Educators

AI for Educators

by Matt Miller ...

Artificial intelligence may change the world more than the iPhone, the internet, or even electricity. It’s bound to change education. (It already has.) But how? AI for Educators is a readable, relatable book about the impact of AI on the classroom -- today and in the future. It's super practical, giving you ideas and strategies you can use in class right away: It translates AI through a teacher ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Artificial intelligence may change the world more than the iPhone, the internet, or even electricity. It’s bound to change education. (It already has.) But how? AI for Educators is a readable, relatable book about the impact of AI on the classroom -- today and in the future. It's super practical, giving you ideas and strategies you can use in class right away: It translates AI through a teacher
... Read more
Podcasting as an Intimate Medium

by Alyn Euritt ...

Series series Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy itself and how the public sphere explores the relationships created and maintained through podcasts.The book situates textual analysis of specific American podcasts within podcast criticism, monetization, and production advice. Through analysis of these sources' self-descriptions, ... Read more

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This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy itself and how the public sphere explores the relationships created and maintained through podcasts.The book situates textual analysis of specific American podcasts within podcast criticism, monetization, and production advice. Through analysis of these sources' self-descriptions,
... Read more
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

The History and Future of Reading

by Leah Price ...

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggeratedDo you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggeratedDo you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness
... Read more
Quantum Chance

Nonlocality, Teleportation and Other Quantum Marvels

by Nicolas Gisin ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Quantum physics, which offers an explanation of the world on the smallest scale, has fundamental implications that pose a serious challenge to ordinary logic. Particularly counterintuitive is the notion of entanglement, which has been explored for the past 30 years and posits an ubiquitous randomness capable of manifesting itself simultaneously in more than one place.This amazing 'non-locality' is ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

Quantum physics, which offers an explanation of the world on the smallest scale, has fundamental implications that pose a serious challenge to ordinary logic. Particularly counterintuitive is the notion of entanglement, which has been explored for the past 30 years and posits an ubiquitous randomness capable of manifesting itself simultaneously in more than one place.This amazing 'non-locality' is
... Read more
SDL Game Development

by Shaun Ross Mitchell ...

Written as a practical and engaging tutorial, SDL Game Development guides you through developing your own framework and the creation of two engaging games.If you know C++ and you're looking to make great games from the ground up, then this book is perfect for you. ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Written as a practical and engaging tutorial, SDL Game Development guides you through developing your own framework and the creation of two engaging games.If you know C++ and you're looking to make great games from the ground up, then this book is perfect for you.
... Read more
Elgg 1.8 Social Networking

Create, customize, and deploy your very own social networking site with Elgg with this book and ebook

by Cash Costello ...

Create, customize, and deploy your very own social networking site with ElggKey FeaturesAn updated version of the very first book on ElggDetailed and easy-to-understand analysis on building your very own social networking site with ElggExplore the vast range of Elgg's social networking capabilities including communities, sharing, profiles and relationshipsLearn to create plugins and themes with ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create, customize, and deploy your very own social networking site with ElggKey FeaturesAn updated version of the very first book on ElggDetailed and easy-to-understand analysis on building your very own social networking site with ElggExplore the vast range of Elgg's social networking capabilities including communities, sharing, profiles and relationshipsLearn to create plugins and themes with
... Read more
Raspberry Pi User Guide

by Eben Upton, Gareth Halfacree ...

Learn the Raspberry Pi 3 from the experts!Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition is the "unofficial official" guide to everything Raspberry Pi 3. Written by the Pi's creator and a leading Pi guru, this book goes straight to the source to bring you the ultimate Raspberry Pi 3 manual. This new fourth edition has been updated to cover the Raspberry Pi 3 board and software, with detailed discussion on ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Learn the Raspberry Pi 3 from the experts!Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition is the "unofficial official" guide to everything Raspberry Pi 3. Written by the Pi's creator and a leading Pi guru, this book goes straight to the source to bring you the ultimate Raspberry Pi 3 manual. This new fourth edition has been updated to cover the Raspberry Pi 3 board and software, with detailed discussion on
... Read more

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