This is the book we wish we’d had when we were first introduced to agile
methods. We want to show how design and agile are a natural fit together.
How bringing together the people who build the products you design with the
people who use the products you design will lead to better decisions and better
customer...
Apple has a history of alternating its releases between user-focus and developer-focus. The good news about iOS 5 is that it's all about the developers. The
addition of Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) alone is worth the upgrade for developers. In one move, Apple has eliminated the number one cause of
crashes in iOS applications,...
How do you make the point that the iPhone has changed the
world? The easy answer is “use statistics”—100 million sold,
500,000 downloadable programs on the iPhone A pp Store, 15
billion downloads…. Trouble is, those statistics get stale almost before
you’ve finished typing them....
Business intelligence is made possible by the existence of Information Technology. Business intelligence
aims to support better business decision-making. To use agile methodologies and to develop Information
Technology faster and cheaper is to put an icing on the cake. I doubt that Hans Peter Luhn was aware
of the consequences of...
With the advent of the internet , the proliferation of mobile phones, and the rapid development
of wireless technologies, we are truly living in a digital age.
It seems like only yesterday that we were using dial-up, and that awful scream from the
modem meant that we were online at data speeds that would seem like a...
Photoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you’re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style—without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you’ll delve deep into Photoshop’s secrets...
The ultimate guide to WebKit from the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers
As the default browser for both iPhone and Android, WebKit has become a major player in the mobile arena, offering a wider array of HTML5 and CSS3 support than any other major engine. Written by expert author Jon Raasch,...
Line of Business applications. Think about this term for a moment—Line of
Business. Yes, Business. Business means change. Changes are happening faster
than we usually think it is possible. How can we deal with it? With the right set
of knowledge and tools, of course!
Reporting Services is a report design and enterprise-class information delivery tool that has aged and matured for more than nine years now. And this book has grown along with the product. We fi rst started writing Professional Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services before the product was released, back in 2003. After four new versions of...
The story of the Sony A35/A55 begins with two other camera manufacturers, Konica and Minolta. These storied names in camera history merged in 2003, and then decided to leave the camera business in 2006 and focus on other, more business-oriented technologies. They transferred all their camera assets to Sony, which continued developing the...
The iPad 2 and the original iPad, taken together, are the biggest thing to
hit computing in years. Drawing on the best of Apple’s iPhone and iPod
touch products, and Apple’s Macintosh personal computers, while introducing
a whole new way of seeing and interacting with information, the
two new devices have grabbed the...
Two experienced HR communications consultants show how to dramatically improve the effectiveness of every HR message. HR professionals know their programs are pivotal to organizational success, but they also know how difficult it is to communicate those programs effectively. Hampered by legal restrictions, highly complex...
