Macromedia introduced Flex in 2004 so that developers could write web applications for the
nearly ubiquitous Flash platform. These applications benefited from the improved design,
usability, and portability that Flex made possible, dramatically changing the user experience.
These features are a cornerstone of Web 2.0, a new generation...
It is very difficult to observe the extraordinary creativity and fruitfulness of Nature without a sense of wonder. But wonder is at odds with reason. It has been said that humanity's schism with Nature was contrived so that we could develop our sense of reason to the extent that we now experience. One of the outcomes of this, because they are...
GNU-Linux is the ultimate hacker’s playground. It’s a toy for the imagination, not unlike a box of blocks or a bag of clay. Whether someone is an artist or a scientist, the possibilities are endless. Anything that you want to try to do and build and make with a computer is subject only to your creativity. This is why so many people are...
FreeMind is the powerful, free mind mapping software used by millions of people worldwide
to capture their ideas and communicate them visually.
Mind mapping with FreeMind will teach you how to develop different kinds of mind maps to
capture and arrange your ideas. You will learn how to combine FreeMind or Freeplane...
"Fusing digital technologies and cultural creativity, exploiting global networks of production and distribution with little regulation and embodying the liberal ideas of individual choice and agency, digital games seem to epitomize global post-industrial neo-liberal cultural products. Kerr finds reality a bit more complex. For all their...
Employees who possess problem-solving skills are highly valued in today's competitive business environment. The question is how can employees learn to deal in innovative ways with new data, methods, people, and technologies?
In this groundbreaking book, Arthur VanGundy—a pioneer in the field of idea generation and problem...
After a century of psychometric testing (Binet, 1903), the prediction of future achievement still remains a relatively unaddressed issue. In applied settings, workers in organizations and academic institutions are uncertain about the choice of robust instruments to maximize the prediction of success and failure. At a theoretical...
Mike Driscoll takes you on a journey talking to a hall-of-fame list of truly remarkable Python experts. You'll be inspired every time by their passion for the Python language, as they share with you their experiences, contributions, and careers in Python.
In 1995 I got a call from Keith Weiskamp, who wanted me to turn a bunch of notes I was putting out on the Internet into a book about game development. That book became the Ultimate Game Developer’s Sourcebook, and it was a chance for me to really document an industry I love. It will forever hold a special place in my life.
Those of you who know me (or my work) know that I am best known for the books and articles that I have written about enterprise networking products, such as Exchange Server and Office Communications Server. Even so, I decided to take a break from the norm and write a book on Microsoft Publisher 2010.
Editing is storytelling. It’s choosing from a sometimes vast array of video and audio clips,
and assembling them into a coherent experience that can educate, excite, motivate, or
move viewers. Built on that fundamental truth of video editing, Final Cut Pro X enables a
rich workflow that permits you to approach editing as a...
Computer programming is a skill that can bring great enjoyment from the creativity involved in designing and implementing a solution to a problem. This classroom-tested and easy-to-follow textbook teaches the reader how to program using Python, an accessible language which can be learned incrementally. Through an extensive use of examples and...
