Once you catch the user experience bug, the world changes. Doors open the wrong way, websites don't work, and companies don't seem to care. And while anyone can learn the UX remedies usability testing, personas, prototyping and so on unless your organization 'gets it', putting them into practice is trickier. Undercover User...
The first author, Said Elnashaie, and his wife, Shadia Elshishini, moved next door to
the second author, Frank Uhlig, and his family in 2000. The two families became good
neighbors and friends. Their chats covered the usual topics and occasionally included
random teaching, departmental, and...
The classic, best-selling Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with C++: Walls and Mirrors book provides a firm foundation in data abstraction that emphasizes the distinction between specifications and implementation as the basis for an object-oriented approach. This new edition offers the latest C++ features and an introduction to using...
"Frank Coyle's XML,Web Services, and the Data Revolution does a great job of explaining the XML phenomenon by clearly describing where it came from, why it has proved so useful, and where it is likely to take us."—Michael Champion
XML, Web Services, and the Data Revolution presents a...
"Chris is one of the industry's most important thinkers on database design . . . I would strongly recommend this book to readers trying to get past the buzzwords and focus on what really makes a difference in achieving high-performance distributed systems." —David Stodder Editor-in-Chief, Database Programming & Design...
Sex, intimacy, and love remain taboo topics in many Muslim circles today. Some believe such intimate subjects should not be discussed at all, and others see no need for restrictions being placed on either their discussion or practice. Let’s Talk About Sex and Muslim Love is a collection of some of the most widely read essays and...
Marketing is the function within an organization that focuses directly on the customer. Strategic Marketing in the Customer Driven Organization places a unique emphasis on the reason for the existence of the firm -- to provide, communicate and deliver value to the customer. Through the use of many international examples,...
Many books have written about the black gangster. They have been, for the most part, lengthy tomes focusing on the kingpins of the gangland scene, gangsters with names like Nicky Barnes, Frank Lucas, Lorenzo Fat Cat Nichols and Kenneth Supreme McGiff. Yet there are many stories about the black gangsta that have not received much press...
No-nonsense advice for building a rock-solid retirement account and making your money last through your retirement years
In the Internet age, information is less expensive than ever before. Wisdom, however, remains at a premium. Retire Sooner, Retire Richer provides you with the wisdom you need to make...
The Latest Tips and Techniques for Getting the Maximum from Blu-ray Technology
Blu-ray Disc Demystified provides the most current information and applications available for this popular high-definition optical disc format. Written by a team of experts with a wide range of experience in DVD and high-definition...
This volume is the first in a planned series of thematic volumes for Advances in Virus Research. It covers the etiology, pathogenetic mechanisms, and clincial consequences of human neurotropic viruses. Buchmeier is a virologist, Campbell an immunologist, and both are extremely well known in their fields.
This book distils years of work on the mobile telecommunications industry. I became interested in this industry for professional reasons during the mid-1990s, a period when the industry was making the jump from a premium service industry for mostly professional users to a truly mass market. In my capacity as an applied...
