The challenge of this book is thinking critically about media practices in a setting where they are fast, fun, and ubiquitous. As an avowedly engaged and political approach to thought, critical theory of any sort encounters challenges. Attempting to analyze and intervene in the present, it nonetheless adopts a backward gaze, an idea G.W.F....
The term "multidimensional data" generally refers to data in which a given fact is quantified by a set of measures, obtained by applying one more or less complex aggregative function (from count or sum to average or percent, and so on) to raw data. Such measures are...
Teach yourself to use SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services for business intelligence?one step at a time. You'll start by building your understanding of the business intelligence platform enabled by SQL Server and the Microsoft Office System, highlighting the role of Analysis Services. Then, you’ll create a simple...
It is not customary to start a foreword with an admission that the writer of the foreword has only recently come to personally know the author of the book. I started hearing about Adatis, the company for which Jeremy works, a few years ago. The context was always around Business Intelligence implementations in the United Kingdom, always made...
Oracle Essbase 11 Development Cookbook will help you learn the tools necessary for the development of Essbase databases in Oracle Essbase version 11.1.2.1. Here you will find over 90 recipes that explain everything from how to use a relational data model to building and loading an Essbase database in Essbase Studio. The book also goes over...
In 1985 I brought home a new shiny Commodore Amiga 1000, about one week after
they were released. Coming with a whopping 512K of memory, programmable
colormaps, a Motorola 68K CPU, and a modern multitasking operating system, it had
“awesome” writ all over it. Metaphorically speaking, of course. I thought it might
make a...
Focusing exclusively on light modifiers and making the most of the least equipment, this in-depth handbook is ideal for use by the beginner and advanced amateurs who wish to take their photography to the next level. Including diagrams and lighting set scenes to facilitate learning and adapting technique, step-by-step critiques of...
AutoCAD, developed by Autodesk Inc., is the most popular PC-CAD system available in the
market. Today, over 7 million people use AutoCAD and other AutoCAD based design products.
100% of the Fortune 100 firms are Autodesk customers and 98% of the Fortune 500 firms are
Autodesk customers. AutoCAD’s open architecture has allowed...
AutoCAD, developed by Autodesk Inc., is the most popular PC-CAD system available in
the market. Today, over 7 million people use AutoCAD and other AutoCAD based design
products. 100% of the Fortune 100 firms are Autodesk customers and 98% of the Fortune
500 firms are Autodesk customers. AutoCAD's open architecture has allowed...
MDX-related books often dedicate a significant part of their content to explaining the concepts of multidimensional cubes, the MDX language and its functions, and other specifics related to working with Analysis Services. And that's perfectly fine, there should be books like that, the tutorials that teach the concepts. However, that also...
Storage technologies have fundamentally changed the landscape
of digital media in a profound way. Gone are the days of using
a single hard disk drive on a workstation as the sole means to
store digital content. Nearly vanished is the practice of capturing
video and audio only on videotape. The practice of transferring
videotape...
Away3D is an impressive technology, and this book is focused on showing you how to create practical and fun 3D Flash applications with plenty of step-by-step examples, tips to help you avoid common mistakes, plain English explanations of the concepts and techniques used by Away3D, and honest advice to help you understand some of the...
