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Underground

The Future of Ideas

Lawrence Lessig informs us about the downfalls of today's technological advancements and the emerging threat to our freedom as well as to our innovative spirit. The author and publisher of this book donated a digital copy to Bookshare.org. Join us in thanking Lawrence Lessig and Random House for providing this accessible digital book to this community.

Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology

The text offers a proven approach that has garnered student praise, increased IS enrollment, and engaged students to think deeper and more practically about the space where business and technology meet. Every topic is related to specific business examples, so students gain an immediate appreciation of its importance. Rather than lead with technical topics, the book starts with strategic thinking, focusing on big-picture issues that have confounded experts but will engage students. And while chapters introduce concepts, cases on approachable, exciting firms across industries further challenge students to apply what they've learned, asking questions like: Why was NetFlix able to repel Blockbuster and WalMart? How did Harrah's Casino's become twice as profitable as comparably-sized Caesar's, enabling the former to acquire the latter? How does Spain's fashion giant Zara, a firm that shuns the sort of offshore manufacturing used by every other popular clothing chain, offer cheap fashions that fly off the shelves, all while achieving growth rates and profit margins that put Gap to shame? What's an IPO and can a technology alternative push out investment bankers and insiders to the benefit of entrepreneurs and small investors? Why is Google more profitable than Disney? Is Facebook really worth $15 billion?

A First Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electrical and computer engineering textbook

Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology version 1.2

Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology V1.2 is intended for use in undergraduate and/or graduate courses in Management Information Systems and Information Technology. Version 1.2 of John's book retains the same structure and theory of version 1.1, but refreshes key statistics, examples, and brings case material up to date (vital when covering firms that move as fast as Facebook, Google, and Netflix). Adopting version 1.2 guarantees your students will have the most current text on the market, drawing real and applicable lessons from material that will keep your class offerings current and accessible.

Open-Advice

Open Advice is a knowledge collection from a wide variety of Free Software projects. It answers the question what 42 prominent contributors would have liked to know when they started so you can get a head-start no matter how and where you contribute.

The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Elegance, Evolution, and a Few Fearless Hacks

Architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study critiques of those buildings written by masters. In contrast, most software developers only ever get to know a handful of large programs well—usually programs they wrote themselves—and never study the great programs of history. As a result, they repeat one another's mistakes rather than building on one another's successes. Our goal is to change that. In these two books, the authors of four dozen open source applications explain how their software is structured, and why. What are each program's major components? How do they interact? And what did their builders learn during their development? In answering these questions, the contributors to these books provide unique insights into how they think. If you are a junior developer, and want to learn how your more experienced colleagues think, these books are the place to start. If you are an intermediate or senior developer, and want to see how your peers have solved hard design problems, these books can help you too.

Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology version 1.3

Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology V 1.3 is intended for use in undergraduate and/or graduate courses in Management Information Systems and Information Technology. Version 1.3 of John's book retains the same structure and theory of version 1.1 and V 1.2, but refreshes key statistics, examples, and brings case material up to date (vital when covering firms that move as fast as Facebook, Google, and Netflix). For example; the Netflix chapter - Updates address the major changes impacting Netflix in 2011, including the response to the firm's pricing changes, the failed Qwikster service split, recent developments impacting the streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses, a comparison table detailing the stark differences between the firm's two offerings (DVD & streaming), updated statistics, learning objectives, and additional exercises and updates to the Google chapter - Updated text/images for currency, additional sub-sections on the firm's Google+ launch and the acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Adopting version 1.3 guarantees your students will have the most current text on the market, drawing real and applicable lessons from material that will keep your class offerings current and accessible.

Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology version 1.4

Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology V 1.4 is intended for use in undergraduate and/or graduate courses in Management Information Systems and Information Technology. Version 1.4 of John's book retains the same structure and theory of the earlier versions, but Version 1.4 updates key statistics and examples, and includes up-to-date case material, such as Pinterest and Facebook’s Instagram acquisition. Adopting version 1.4 guarantees your students will have the most current text on the market, drawing real and applicable lessons from material that will keep your class offerings current and accessible.

How to Use Microsoft® Excel® version 1.1

How to Use Microsoft® Office Excel® The Careers in Practice Series V. 1.1 is an textbook appropriate for a course covering Microsoft Excel at a beginner to intermediate level. It is geared toward and will be accommodating for students and instructors with little to no experience in using Microsoft Excel. However, the approach is not at the expense of relevance. How to Use Microsoft® Excel® The Careers in Practice Series approaches Excel from the perspective of making personal and professional quantitative decisions. Personal decisions include big purchases such as homes and automobiles, savings for retirement, and personal budgets. Professional decisions include budgets for managing expenses, merchandise items to markdown or discontinue, and inventory management.

How to Use Microsoft® Excel®

How to Use Microsoft® Excel® The Careers in Practice Series is an textbook appropriate for a course covering Microsoft Excel at a beginner to intermediate level. It is geared toward and will be accommodating for students and instructors with little to no experience in using Microsoft Excel. However, the approach is not at the expense of relevance. How to Use Microsoft® Excel® The Careers in Practice Series approaches Excel from the perspective of making personal and professional quantitative decisions. Personal decisions include big purchases such as homes and automobiles, savings for retirement, and personal budgets. Professional decisions include budgets for managing expenses, merchandise items to markdown or discontinue, and inventory management.

Leveling the Playing Field: Improving Technology Access and Design for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities is honored to advise the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services about the role of technology in improving the quality of life for people with ID and ensuring their full citizenship rights. A new generation of technologies continues to redefine, at an accelerated pace, how we all live, grow, and excel. The same should be true for people with ID. Access to technology is critical for people with ID to fully engage in the everyday life of our society.

National 5 Design and Manufacture: Success Guide (PDF)

National 5 Design amp; Manufacture Success Guide provides easy-to-use and value-for-money revision for all abilities and learning styles. Guidance on how the new National 5 course and assessments are structured is included. All the popular features of this tried and trusted series are retained in the new National 5 Guides.

National 5 Computing Science (Success Guide) (PDF)

National 5 Computing Success Guide provides easy-to-use and value-for-money revision for all abilities and learning styles. Guidance on how the new National 5 course and assessments are structured is included. All the popular features of this tried and trusted series are retained in the new National 5 Guides.nbsp;

AQA A2 Computing: Student Book (PDF)

AQA Computing is the only set of resources to have been developed with, and exclusively endorsed by AQA, making them the first choice to support the 2008/2009 AQA specifications for AS and A2. AQA Computing offers complete coverage and support through a variety of truly blended printed and online resources.

AQA Information and Communication Technology A2: Student Book (PDF)

AQA ICT is the only set of resources to have been developed with, and exclusively endorsed by AQA, making them the first choice to support the 2008/2009 AQA specifications for AS and A2. AQA ICT offers complete coverage and support through a variety of truly blended printed and online resources.

Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science: Programming Book for Microsoft Visual Basic (PDF)

This programming book accompanies Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science introducing and developing the practical skills that will help readers to develop coding solutions to the tasks contained within. Starting from simple skills to more complex challenges, this book shows how to approach a coding problem using Structure Diagrams and Flow Charts, explains programming logic using pseudocode, and gives full solutions to the programming tasks set. This programming book accompanies Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science introducing and developing the practical skills that will help readers to develop coding solutions to the tasks contained within. Starting from simple skills to more complex challenges, this book shows how to approach a coding problem using Structure Diagrams and Flow Charts, explains programming logic using pseudocode, and gives full solutions to the programming tasks set.

Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science: Revision Guide (PDF)

Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science Revision Guide follows the Cambridge IGCSE (0478) and O-Level (2210) Computer Science syllabuses. Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science Revision Guide follows the Cambridge IGCSE (0478) and Cambridge O Level (2210) Computer Science syllabuses, matching the syllabus for examination from 2015. The book instils confidence and thorough understanding of the topics learned by the students as they revise for examinations, and is written in a clear and straightforward tone to assist learning concepts and theories. This revision guide is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations.

AQA Information and Communication Technology GCSE - The Essential Guide: Student Book (PDF)

This book has been planned and written alongside the AQA GCSE ICT specification by a team of senior examiners and teachers.

Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science (PDF)

Endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations. Develop your students computational thinking and programming skills with complete coverage of the latest syllabus from experienced examiners and teachers.

Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science (PDF)

Endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations. Develop your students computational thinking and programming skills with complete coverage of the latest syllabus from experienced examiners and teachers.

Managing IT Outsourcing (PDF)

Outsourcing is a major international phenomenon in business today. The areas of Information Technology and Management represent a unique case for outsourcing, both in terms of benefits and potential interorganizational problems.

How to Pass Higher Computing Science for CfE (PDF)

Get your best grade with the SQA endorsed guide to Higher Computing Science for CfE. This book contains all the advice and support you need to revise successfully for your Higher (for CfE) exam. It combines an overview of the course syllabus with advice from a top expert on how to improve exam performance, so you have the best chance of success.

BTEC Level 3 National IT Student Book 1: Student book 1 (PDF)

Resources designed to support learners of the 2010 BTEC Level 3 National IT specification. Student Book 1 covers 14 units including all the mandatory units, giving learners the breadth to tailor the course to their needs and interests, when combined with Student Book 2.nbsp; Contents include: Communication and employability skills for IT Computer systems Information systems Impact of the use of IT on business systems Managing networks Software design and development Organisational systems security E-Commerce Computer networks Communication technologies Systems analysis and design Event driven programming nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;

Learning to Program in Pascal and Delphi (PDF)

This book is designed to help students on the AQA 'AS' Level Computing course to learn the programming covered in Unit 1, and to enable the Unit 3 Practical Exercise to be tackled using either Pascal or Delphi.