Cloud computing is on everyone’s lips: as an innovative technology, as the next
generation of the Internet, as a fundamental transformation of the entire IT landscape,
and as an auspicious opportunity to introduce new business ideas. But what is
actually at the heart of this notion?
This is an unconventional book for an unconventional reader. It is intended
for those professionals who, in addition to their specialized knowledge,
would like to get a handle on life so they may put their special text into its
proper context. It speaks to those thinkers and practitioners who have
come to realize that learning to be...
Almost everyone has had the need at one point or another to keep a list of things that need to be
done. Many people pick up a piece of paper every day and write down the things they want to
attempt to accomplish that day. Such lists drive many people’s lives. Some people keep them in
their heads, but as we get older, we need to...
The telegraph, telephone, radio, and especially the computer
have put everyone on the globe within earshot— at the price of our
privacy. It may feel like we're performing an intimate act when,
sequestered in our rooms and cubicles, we casually use our cell
phones and computers to transmit our thoughts, confidences,...
I know you are interested in programming and using PIC microcontrollers. If
not, you would not have picked up this book and be reading this preface. The
first question one usually asks when choosing one book over another is,
"Which book offers me something more?" Since everyone is looking for some
thing a little different in...
Developing games for the iPhone or iPad can be a lot of fun. It is one of the few
things we can do to feel like a kid again. Everyone, it seems, has an idea for a game,
and what better platform to develop for than the iPhone and iPad?
What stops most people from actually developing...
I participate in a number of Internet forums related to video production and
often field questions about lighting issues. After a thread where several of us
explained to a beginner why he needed to light his videos, one wag posted:
“Remember, without lighting all you have is a black picture.”
When I was asked to update Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours, I was completely
thrilled. Seriously! The world of SAP and our world in general have gone through major
upheavals in the last few years, and I was excited to share with SAPlings and veterans
alike just how much had changed. In the same way, I was anxious to realign and...
Over the course of the past twenty years I have learned many things relevant to
this book while working in high-energy physics. As everyone in this field in the
yearly to mid-90s, I was analyzing experimental data collected by particle colliders
using the FORTRAN programming language. Then, gradually, I moved to C++
coding following...
"The first step in securing the Smart Grid is to fully understand the threat landscape. This book provides both a timely and relevant overview of the subject - a must-read for anyone responsible for securing the grid as well as consumers looking to implement the technology!."-- Dr. Patrick Engebretson, Assistant Professor of...
So you’ve decided to be a photographer. You studied photography in
college or went to art school, and you’ve come to the point of deciding
that it’s time to hang out your shingle. Or maybe you’re self-taught and
everyone loves your work and says, “Hey, you could make...
More than fifteen years ago, I was faced with the following problem in an assignment
for a class in computer science. A brewery had to deliver beer to five stores, and the task
was to write a computer program for determining the shortest route for the truck driver to
visit all stores and return to the brewery. All my attemps to find a...
