Learning to Fly or Amazoncom

Learning to Fly: Practical Lessons from Some of the World's Leading Knowledge Companies

Author: Chris Collison

Today, no one is, nor can be, an expert in everything. In every challenge, it is easy to feel that you don't know enough to keep up with the accelerating pace of change inside our organisations, let alone the world outside. Start with the assumption that somebody somewhere has already done what you are trying to do. How can you find out whom, and learn from them? Learning to Fly shows exactly how to put knowledge management theory into practice, sharing the tools used and the experience and insights gained by two leading practitioners.

Completely updated for the second edition, Learning to Fly shares the authors’ experiences from BP and other leading knowledge organisations.and incorporates new material on implementation and best practice, including a CD-ROM with KM tools and exercises.

“Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell show how new ideas and tools are making working and learning inseparable.” Peter Senge.

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Amazon.com: Get Big Fast

Author: Robert Spector

In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce."

Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best-selling author, gives us this up-to-date, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes story of the company's creation and rise, its tumultuous present, and its uncertain future.

Publishers Weekly

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos declined to be interviewed for this book, relates Spector, a journalist who has written for USA Today and UPI. But Bezos had nothing to fear. Spector has taken an extremely benign look at the so-called e-commerce success story, beginning with Bezos's career as an investment banker, passing through Amazon.com's early days in a dingy warehouse, the search for investor dollars, the company's transformation from a virtual to a physical entity, skirmishes in the marketplaces and the courts and, finally, the improbable expansion into other products (besides books) and countries. Sometimes chronological, sometimes topical, this comprehensive overview is filled with interesting trivia (e.g., the company initially protected itself against credit card theft by walking a floppy disk from one PC to another instead of transmitting information over the Net). Unfortunately, Spector writes with a glibness that leaves the reader wondering exactly what he means: "Setting about to run a corporate culture from the ground up, Bezos focused on hiring the absolute best people he could find." In other cases, he starts down a promising road but never brings us to the end; for example, he writes that "in reality, in the quest to get big fast, the seemingly mild-mannered Bezos is a fierce, take-no-prisoners competitor," and proceeds to fuzzily document how Amazon gets closer to the consumer. Those looking for a quick primer on the growth of one of the world's most famous dot-coms will find this useful. Readers looking for a journalistically penetrating account, readers will be better served by the business press. (Apr) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Who Is Jeffrey Bezos?	1
Ch. 2	I'll Take Manhattan	12
Ch. 3	Seattle	33
Ch. 4	Garage In, Garage Out	47
Ch. 5	Out to Launch	64
Ch. 6	Get Big Fast	84
Ch. 7	Raise the Bar	105
Ch. 8	"Anal-Retentive" About Customer Service	126
Ch. 9	Toast of the Town ... or Amazon.toast?	158
Ch. 10	Poster Child for Internet Commerce	179
Ch. 11	Get Bigger Faster	207
	Notes	237
	Index	247

Apple Pro Training Series or Expert C Cli

Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Final Cut Server

Author: Matthew Geller

Tailor-made for the Final Cut editor, Final Cut Server takes the headache out of managing large collections of media files. The software delivers intuitive media asset management, plus tools for tracking job status, review and approval, and automating complex sequences of tasks in a busy production environment. In this handy reference guide, system integrator and author Matthew Geller shares essential workflows that will shave hours from your post-production jobs. Covers everything from how to search for, catalog, and find the right asset quickly, to handling large quantities of real-time HD video in a fast-paced production environment. The book’s compact size makes it easy to fit in a jacket pocket or computer case so that you have it handy when you need it most.

Table of Contents:

Lesson 1 Overview and Interface Basics 3

Lesson 2 Working with Assets 17

Lesson 3 Working with Final Cut Studio Projects 51

Lesson 4 Working with Productions 69

Lesson 5 Working with Devices 79

Lesson 6 Working with Jobs 87

Lesson 7 Basic Administration 97

Lesson 8 Advanced Administration 131

Lesson 9 Workflows and Final Cut Server 173

App Best Practices for Installation 195

Glossary 207

Index 210

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Expert C++/Cli

Author: Marcus Heeg

C++/CLI is Microsoft's latest extension to C++ that targets the heart of .NET 2.0, the common language runtime. Expert Visual C++/CLI is written by visual C++ MVP Marcus Heege, who examines the core of the C++/CLI language. He explains both how the language elements work and how Microsoft intends them to be used.

Even if you're new to C++/CLI but are planning to migrate to it from another language, this book will ground you in the core language elements and give you the confidence to explore further and migrate effectively. It provides concise, yet in-depth coverage of all major C++/CLI features: short code examples succinctly illustrate syntax and concepts, and more elaborate examples show how C++/CLI should be used.

Design to Sell Using Microsoft Publisher to Inform Motivate and Persuade or Visio 2007 Bible

Design to Sell Using Microsoft Publisher to Inform, Motivate and Persuade: Use Microsoft Publisher to Plan, Write and Design Great Marketing Pieces

Author: Roger C Parker

Not a designer? Don't have a big marketing budget? Now you can design effective marketing materials yourself with this guide written by best-selling author and design expert Roger C. Parker. This one-stop guide to marketing gives you the basics for creating effective messages and step-by-step instruction for using Publisher 2003 to design compelling, easy-to-read marketing materials that deliver your message successfully.

Even if you're not a designer or you have no marketing experience, you'll get expert advice and learn how to:

• Develop a market empathy, think like your market, and solve their problems using their language
• Format your message so it's attractive and easy to read-by taking a crash course in graphic design
• Save time and money by using Publisher to create several different types of effective marketing pieces-including postcards to promote your business and newsletters that keep you in touch with your customers
• Use techniques for quickly harnessing powerful Publisher capabilities
• Do it right from the start and avoid common pitfalls and design mistakes

Each chapter includes an interactive exercise as well as review questions with answers on the author's companion Web site. Also on the Web site are downloadable worksheets and templates, more illustrations of the projects in the book, additional before-and-after project makeovers, and other resources.

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Visio 2007 Bible

Author: Bonnie Biafor

Whether you’re designing a network, a business plan, or an office building, Visio 2007 can transform your vision into sophisticated diagrams and drawings and this comprehensive reference shows you how. You’ll discover how to use Visio for IT, architecture, engineering, and business projects; explore the new features of Visio 2007; learn to publish Visio diagrams to the Web; and much more. If you want to develop your skills in Visio, this is the book you need to succeed.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding Visio Fundamentals.

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visio.

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Drawings.

Chapter 3: Working with Visio Files.

Chapter 4: Working with Shapes.

Chapter 5: Connecting Shapes.

Chapter 6: Working with Text.

Chapter 7: Enhancing Diagram Appearance with Formatting.

Part II: Integrating Visio Drawings.

Chapter 8: Inserting, Linking, and Embedding Objects.

Chapter 9: Importing, Exporting, and Publishing to the Web.

Chapter 10: Linking Shapes with Data.

Part III: Using Visio for Office Productivity.

Chapter 11: Collaborating with Others.

Chapter 12: Building Block Diagrams.

Chapter 13: Constructing Charts and Graphs.

Chapter 14: Working with Organization Charts.

Chapter 15: Building Visio Flowcharts.

Chapter 16: Documenting Processes, Workflows, and Data Flows.

Chapter 17: Scheduling Projects with Visio.

Chapter 18: Documenting Brainstorming Sessions.

Chapter 19: Analyzing Results with PivotDiagrams.

Part IV: Using Visio in Information Technology.

Chapter 20: Modeling and Documenting Databases.

Chapter 21: Building UML Models.

Chapter 22: Building Software Development Diagrams.

Chapter 23: Mapping Web Sites.

Chapter 24: Creating Network Diagrams.

Part V: Using Visio for Architecture and Engineering.

Chapter 25: Working with Scaled Drawings.

Chapter 26: Creating and Managing Scaled Drawings.

Chapter 27: Laying Out Architectural and Engineering Plans.

Chapter 28: Planning Space and Managing Facilities.

Chapter 29: Integrating CAD and Visio.

Chapter 30: Working with Engineering Drawings.

Part VI: Customizing Stencils, Templates, and Shapes.

Chapter 31: Creating and Customizing Templates.

Chapter 32: Creating and Customizing Stencils.

Chapter 33: Creating and Customizing Shapes.

Chapter 34: Customizing Shapes Using ShapeSheets.

Chapter 35: Formatting with Styles.

Chapter 36: Customizing Toolbars and Menus.

Chapter 37: Automating Visio.

Part VII: Quick Reference.

Chapter 38: Installing Visio 2007.

Chapter 39: Visio Help Resources.

Chapter 40: Additional Resources for Templates and Stencils.

Chapter 41: Keyboard Shortcuts.

Chapter 42: Template and Stencil Reference.

Index.

Google Apps or Professional Web Design

Google Apps: The Missing Manual

Author: Nancy Conner

Among its many amazing applications, Google now has web-based alternatives to many of the applications in Microsoft Office. This comprehensive and easy-to-follow new book enables you to explore Google's new office applications in detail. Once you do, you'll be in good company—more than 100,000 small businesses and some corporations are already looking to take advantage of these free Google offerings. Google Apps: The Missing Manual teaches you how to use three relatively new applications from Google: "Docs and Spreadsheets," which provide many of the same core tools that you find in Word and Excel; and Google Calendar and Gmail, the applications that offer an alternative to Outlook. This book demonstrates how these applications together can ease your ability to collaborate with others, and allow you access to your documents, mail and appointments from any computer at any location. Of course, as remarkable as these applications are, Google's office suite is definitely a work-in-progress. Navigating what you can and can't do and—more importantly—understanding how to do it isn't always easy. And good luck finding enough help online. Google Apps: The Missing Manual is the one book you need to get the most out of this increasingly useful part of the Google empire. This book: Explains how to create, save and share each of Google's web-based office applications Offers separate sections for Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, and Gmail Demonstrates how to use these applications in conjunction with one another Gives you crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations that will satisfy users of all technical levels Many of you already use Gmail, but do you knowits full potential? Do youknow how you can increase its power by using Gmail with Doc and Spreadsheets and Google Calendar? You'll find out with Google Apps: The Missing Manual. You'll also come to understand why large corporations such as General Electric and Proctor & Gamble are taking a long, hard look at these applications.

Table of Contents:

The Missing Credits

Introduction

Part I Docs: Google's Productivity Suite

1 Getting Started with Google Apps 3

Signing Up for a Google Account 3

You're All Signed Up-Now What? 9

Managing Your Google Account 12

The Google Toolbar 20

2 Word Processing with Google Docs 41

Before You Start: Browser Requirements 41

Welcome to Google Docs: A Quick Tour 42

Customize Your Setup with Google Docs Settings 47

Getting Your Docs into Google 51

Ready, Set, Write: Working with Documents 56

Editing Documents Offline 79

Sharing and Collaborating on Documents 86

Organizing and Finding Documents 105

3 Working with Docs Spreadsheets 115

Getting Started with Google Docs Spreadsheets 115

Creating a Spreadsheet 116

Formatting a Spreadsheet 126

Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns 129

Working with Multiple Sheets 131

Adjusting Cell Sizes 134

Timesaving Data Entry Tricks 135

Checking Your Spelling 139

Inserting Images 139

Sorting Data 141

Formulas and Functions 145

Labeling Cells and Columns with Range Names 152

Working with Charts 154

Displaying Data with Gadgets 161

Printing a Spreadsheet 163

Deleting a Spreadsheet 166

Sharing and Collaborating on Spreadsheets 166

Turn Back Time: Your Spreadsheet's Revision History 182

4 Creating Slideshow Presentations 185

Getting Started with Google Docs Presentations 185

Creating a Presentation 186

Editing a Presentation 192

Previewing a Presentation 213

Printing a Presentation 213

Deleting a Presentation 215

Sharing and Collaborating on Presentations 216

Turn Back Time: Your Presentation's Revision History 224

Part II Communicating and Scheduling

5 Gmail:Email Google-Style 229

Welcome to Gmail: A Quick Tour 229

Reading and Filtering Email 234

Writing and Sending Email 249

Organizing and Searching Your Email 262

Dealing with Spam 272

Contacts: Your Gmail Address Book 273

Customizing Gmail: Your Settings Options 284

6 Keeping in Touch with Google Talk 295

Getting Started with Google Talk 296

Launching Google Talk Manually 315

Working with Your Friends List 316

Sending and Receiving Messages 321

Transferring Files 326

Inviting Web Site Visitors to Chat with You 329

Signing Out of Google Talk 330

The Google Talk Gadget: Taking Talk with You 331

Google Talk and Gmail 338

Making Free Voice Calls over the Internet 342

7 Tracking Schedules with Google Calendar 349

Getting Started with Google Calendar 349

Creating a Calendar 353

Working with Calendars 375

Using Google Calendar with Other Calendar Programs 394

Google Calendar on the Go 400

Calendar Tricks for Google Apps Users 403

Part III Creating Web Pages

8 iGoogle: Google Your Way 411

Creating an iGoogle Page 411

Customizing iGoogle 414

Customizing, Sharing, and Creating Gadgets 429

Organizing iGoogle Pages with Tabs 437

Making iGoogle Your Home Page 442

iGoogle and Google Applications 445

9 One-Click Web Design with Page Creator 447

Getting Started with Page Creator 447

Creating Your First Web Page 450

Site Manager 452

Editing and Designing Web Pages 456

Publishing a Web Page 473

Creating Multiple Web Sites 477

Part IV Google Apps for Organizations

10 Putting Google Apps to Work 481

Signing Up for Google Apps 482

Signing In and Learning Your Way Around 498

Customizing Your Domain 507

Adding Users 526

Getting Started with Email 533

Adding Domain Aliases 539

Getting Support 540

11 Administering Google Apps 545

Managing Users 545

Managing Apps 555

Managing Your Domain 588

12 Bring Your Team Together with Google Sites 593

Signing In and Creating a Site 593

Adding Content to Your Pages 599

Moving a Page Within the Site 633

Change Notifications: Finding Out What's New 634

Printing a Page 635

Adjusting a Page's Settings 635

Deleting a Page 636

Customizing Your Site 636

Managing Your Sites 644

13 Beefing Up Google Apps 657

The Google Solutions Marketplace 657

Google Apps APIs 663

Part V Appendix

Appendix Keyboard Shortcuts 673

Index 681

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Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates (CSS and XHTML)

Author: Clint Eccher

Whether you are an intermediate Web designer looking to take your sites to the next level or a more experienced designer looking to improve your professional skills, you will find the tools to meet your needs in Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Second Edition. This completely updated version of the best-selling book features the 50 professional-quality, license-free Web design templates from the original, as well as 15 new templates, all of which can be easily customized and extended. Each ready-to-use design includes a homepage, and one second-level page, and the framework to build subsequent pages. All of the specific techniques that are required for building these and other highly usable sites have been updated to cover the latest technologies, including HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop CS, and PHP. Also included are five new HTML e-mail templates, an increasingly important marketing tool. Detailed tutorials and hands-on projects teach both basic and sophisticated design concepts, including how to create designs for low, medium, or high content sites and the strengths and weaknesses of each. The new edition also includes four new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, using client-side scripting, creating dynamic sites, and an overview of the new Web designs. It covers important topics such as client- and server-side scripting, security, and using databases to update a site's content.
 
KEY FEATURES
* Covers the entire design process, from gathering requirements and creating a comp, to enhancing usability, designing for scalability, developing architecture, and simplifying navigation
* Explains technical and aesthetic graphics issues, from when to use GIF or JPEG images to which design will best suit your content
* Teaches you how to upload your site to a server and test for compatibility with Web browsers
 
On The CD-ROM
* EXAMPLES - Includes all of the samples from the book
* SOFTWARE - Includes an Open Source Web server package (containing Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl), trial versions of Adobe Photoshop CS and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, and JavaScript CD Cookbook 3^rd Edition and The HTML/CSS Developer's Resource Guide software
* WEB SITE TEMPLATES - Provides the 50 license-free, ready-to-use templates from the original edition, 15 new templates, and 5 HTML e-mail templates
 
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
PC: 600 MHz Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent; Windows 98 SE (4.10.2222 A), Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003; 192MB RAM (256 MB recommended); 280MB available disk space; Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card; 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution; CD-ROM drive; MAC: Mac OS X 10.2.6 and later, 10.3; 500 MHz Power PC G3 processor; 192MB computer RAM (256MB recommended); 320MB available disk space; Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card; 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution; CD-ROM drive

Booknews

This book/CD-ROM package presents 50 ready-to-use, license-free Web design templates; the source files are on the CD-ROM along with two free software packages and demo versions of third party software. Coverage includes the entire design process and the technical issues. Numerous projects and case studies help readers—beginners to intermediate level—develop and enhance their skills. Eccher is an experienced Web designer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)