An open source content management system (CMS) like WordPress can be a
great resource for anyone who would like to create a blog. It used to be that, to put
content online, you had to manually assemble all the files and develop a fair
amount of technical expertise; but a CMS can automate and significantly simplify
many parts of the...
The Unity Game Engine has been shaking things up. The engine is only a little
over five years old now and in 2010 they have earned Develop Magazine's
Grand Prix Award and surpassed 170,000 developers. The user base of
consuming Unity products has grown dynamically as well. There are over
30 million total Unity Web Player...
What makes a good slide show great? In reality, most of us have an intuitive idea of how
to create a basic slide show, but without careful study, most people underestimate the
number of tricks that make a great slide show. When you’re ready to go beyond the basics
and do more with your shows, when you’re ready to create a...
Determining the best way to pose a subject—a way that
is simultaneously flattering, appropriate, and visually
appealing—can be one of the biggest challenges in designing
a successful portrait. This is especially true when creating
portraits of brides, where the photographer may be called
on to create anything from a very...
Explore cutting-edge statistical methodologies for collecting, analyzing, and modeling online auction data
Online auctions are an increasingly important marketplace, as the new mechanisms and formats underlying these auctions have enabled the capturing and recording of large amounts of bidding data that are used to make...
A recent CBS poll revealed that, as a result of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom,
Adelphia Communications, and others, a whopping two-thirds of Americans believe that
corporate executives are dishonest. This overall assessment is even worse now than during
the last financial crises, the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s....
Welcome to the book Wizards and Warriors. This book is aimed at anyone who
wishes to make an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. This book will
show you what anMMOis comprised of, how to design your game ideas, and give
you an extensive tour of an MMO creation package called Realm Crafter.
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...
The Definitive Guide to Governing Shared Services and SOA Projects
SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA...
Being an effective analyst or a well-informed consumer of analyses requires that you know how to properly define the problem, apply suitable statistical techniques, and clearly and honestly communicate the results. Being a well-informed consumer of analyses requires the same skills so that you can recognize them in action. Robert Carver's...
