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GO! with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory (Go! Series)

Shelley Gaskin, Robert L. Ferrett, Alicia Vargas, Suzanne Marks

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

No registration code 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This item came with the CD as advertised, but no registration code to allow its use.

Very Satisfied 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Well, what is there to say? It's a textbook and it is what it is. It's not like a book you read to enjoy but the book WAS in perfect condition and it's everything that you expect it to be.

That is the risk we take 3 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Well the book was not in as a good condition as i thought it would have been.i taped the edges so it would look nicer.The cd was in worse shape than the book.The book was not how it was described.

Editorial Review:

The primary goal of GO! with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory, 1/e, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation, with an approach that is based on clearly-defined projects for students and a one of a kind supplements package. Thorough coverage of Office 2007 applications, from getting started to project-based skills application. MARKET: Ideal for students and professionals seeking a conclusive introduction to Microsoft Office 2007 applications.

 

 

The New New Thing

Michael Lewis

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A distorted view of Silicon Valley technology startups 3 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

"The New New Thing" tells two stories. The first is the story of Jim Clark, a technical entrepreneur who founded three companies -- Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon -- that achieved phenomenal heights during the Internet boom of the 1990's. Clark is, to say the least, an interesting character; at least two of Clark's business associates are quoted in the book calling him a "maniac". Clark is driven almost entirely by an unending greed, so for me at least, he quickly became an unsympathetic character around which to hang an entire book. Another criticism I have is that far too many pages of the book are spent on Clark's quest to build and debug Hyperion, the world's largest computer-controlled sailboat. These sections were a distraction from the rest of the narrative. (By the way, it's pretty clear that although they may have been smart, the people writing the software for Hyperion -- including Clark himself -- were all pretty lousy software engineers.)

The second story is that of Silicon Valley, and it doesn't come off looking much better than Clark. Lewis seems to have been granted incredible access to Clark's life, which included the ability to interview and attend meetings with the Valley's top movers and shakers -- the engineers, senior managers, and venture capitalists who fund them. As a computer scientist who has lived and worked in the Valley since 1991, I found this material to be enlightening, and certainly the strongest part of the book. Perhaps most fascinating is the way the decisions of the venture capital (VC) firms and investment banks are based so much on perception rather than sound reasoning. For example, one minute the VCs are writing off their Healtheon investments as a total loss, but the next minute -- when Clark offers to invest $40M of his own money in the failing venture -- they all clamor to invest more in it. Sadly, during the "irrational exuberance" of the late 1990's, this was actually a winning strategy.

One danger in writing a book about the new new thing -- at the height of the Internet bubble no less -- is that it can quickly become old. And this book has not aged well. Yes, Jim Clark was the first person in Silicon Valley to have founded three companies with a market capitalization exceeding $1 billion, and yes, he made himself and many others around him obscenely rich. But most of the companies he started have not been lasting successes: as of this writing in 2007, Silicon Graphics is dying, having lost tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in each of the last four fiscal years; Netscape was acquired by AOL, whose subsequent acquisition by Time Warner nearly killed the latter company; Healtheon merged with WebMD, whose business model is substantially less ambitious than Clark's original concept for the company; and myCFO, the newest new enterprise mentioned at the end of the book, morphed into a company that offered illegal tax shelters to wealthy clients, came under investigation by the IRS, and was eventually sold for only one third of the original money poured into it. Toward the end of the book, Lewis also wryly mocks John Doerr's VC firm Kleiner Perkins for paying $25M for a 33% stake in Google, which he writes "consisted of a pair of Stanford graduate students who had a piece of software that might or might not make it easier to search the Internet." Poor Kleiner Perkins. Their Google investment was obviously a terrible mistake.

Michael Lewis is a great writer, but I enjoyed two of his other books far more: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street and Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.

All in all, "The New New Thing" does a good job of exposing the underbelly of Silicon Valley capitalism. But its focus on Clark and companies born out of the Internet bubble gives a distorted picture of the challenges in founding and running a technical startup. For a more accurate depiction, I recommend Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure.

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans

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Excellent book 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

If your process for writing an application is to start with the database, or to start designing UI, you should read this book.

There is nothing new in this book -- but you really should read it.

This book details the way many architects and analysts have been creating their applications for years, and for good reason. They start by creating domain classes that help represent data in a way that is understandable to both developer and customer. Then building out the application from there.

Read this book.

Mind blowing 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book radically changed the way I design software. Domain modeling gets to the heart of object-oriented programming. The book is a bit academic and long-winded, but very deep and complete.

This is an immediate classic and required reading for any serious engineer.

Review 5 out of 5 stars.
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In my idea, it represents "The book" that each developer who wants approach Domain Driven Design methodology must have in his own books collection.

Useful principles, but very difficult to get through 3 out of 5 stars.
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This book has a lot of useful design principles, but they can be hard to garner and retain because the writing is very dry. I almost wish the suggestions were of lower quality, so that I would have had an excuse to stop reading the book. In the end, it took 2 renewals from my library to get through Domain Driven Design.

The other downside to the book is that it did not provide a clear path for me to incorporate many of the practices that it lays out. It seems like one would need an extremely high functioning and close knit team and organization to implement the suggestions in the book, and it's unclear to me how much one could do without such an ideal situation. While I can apply many of the specific design principles to my own tasks, I do not know how to leverage the larger practices of domain driven design in my organization.

Implementing SAP ERP Sales & Distribution

Glynn C. Williams

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Your Hands-On Guide to SAP ERP Sales & Distribution  

Written by senior SAP consultant Glynn Williams, Implementing SAP ERP Sales & Distribution is packed with tested, time-saving tips and advice. Learn how to use SAP ERP Central Component 5.0 and 6.0 to create sales documents and contracts, control material and customer master data, schedule deliveries, and automate billing. You'll also find out how to deliver robust financial and transactional reports, track customer and credit information, and interoperate with other SAP modules.

• Configure and manage the SAP ERP SD module
• Track sales, shipping, and payment status using master records
• Create multi-level sales documents and item proposals
• Develop contracts and rebate agreements
• Deliver materials and services requirements to the supply chain
• Plan deliveries, routes, and packaging using Logistics Execution
• Perform resource-related, collective, and self billing
• Generate pricing reports, incompletion logs, and hierarchies
• Handle credit limits, payment guarantees, and customer blocks
• Integrate user exits, third-party add-ons, and data sharing
• Configure pricing procedures and complex pricing condition types

Perfect Digital Photography

Jay Dickman, Jay Kinghorn

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Good Information 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 9 people found this review helpful.

First off, this is written for the more "serious" amateur. It does, therefore, figure that you are probably something of a photographer to begin with. He refers to f/stops and other "more technical" photographic terms. I am just beginning to get into photography, so some of what he was talking about was above my head. This is not a bad thing. While I may not use all this information at this stage (I only have a Point & Shoot Kodak), if I decide to get into this more and get a true SLR or DSLR, this will come in handy.

Having said that, there is a lot of good information for a lowly beginner such as myself. It is written in a fairly easy to understand way so even us true amateurs can understand. The addition of the section on Photoshop is also a wonderful thing. One may as well learn to use all of the 'tools' of the trade. Some may see Photoshop as a crutch; I feel it is a good way to perfect the picture you took to get it to be more of what you saw when you first snapped it. Why suffer with a picture that is less than perfect when you did everything correctly when you can contrast it better or sharpen it up?

All in all, this is a book very worth picking up, whether you are a true beginner, a harder core amateur, or a total professional. It will teach everyone something, regardless of skill level.

Editorial Review:

Written by photography experts--including a Pulitzer-Prize winning National Geographic photographer--this full-color book is a must-have for amateur photographers serious about improving both the quality of their photographs and their proficiency in the digital darkroom. The book is the perfect combination of a technical treatise on digital imaging and an artistic exploration of light, composition, and form, allowing you to glean the essential techniques needed for digital photography without losing sight of the artistic and aesthetic aspects of the craft. Using an easy-to-follow approach, the authors explain the image conceptualization process through shooting, editing, and image correction to finished print. In addition, top photographers from a variety of disciplines offer real-world advice on how they use digital photography to create compelling images for high-profile magazine articles, advertising campaigns, and fine art prints.

Killer Web Content: Make the Sale, Deliver the Service, Build the Brand

Gerry McGovern

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This Book Delivers! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I work for a Fortune 500 company and was first introduced to Gerry McGovern through one of his workshops that my company was hosting. I really connected with Gerry's passion for both the customer's perspective, as well as his message to get the fundamentals right. Armed with his book Killer Web Content, I left the workshop inspired with new ideas for solving some of the UX issues we were having with our Careers website (strategic business tool for talent recruiting).

I started to read his book the next week and learned enough useful information with each chapter that I finished it. I got a lot of value from some of the techniques described in Killer Web Content. I appreciated the information specific to generating good content using "Carewords" in the right way and at the right time. I also learned from this book that the web user is a different animal than traditional application users. Gerry has a good handle on the machinations that drive this new information hunter's behavior.

I can honestly say that I've quoted Gerry's work in UX meetings dozens of times since first attending his workshop. Since December, I've given away three copies of Killer Web Content to other UX professionals. All 3 have given it rave reviews! In addition to attending one of his live workshops (absolutely awesome!), I HIGHLY recommend getting this book!

Editorial Review:

"Genius! Gerry McGovern gets it! If you read one book on managing a website, this is it. A must read for any web manager in any organization, large or small, government or private."-Bev Godwin, director of FirstGov.gov

Written by an internationally acclaimed specialist in this field, Killer Web Content provides the strategies and practical techniques you need to get the very best out of your web content. The book helps readers to: provide visitors to their website with the right content at the right time, write compelling web content that users respond to and want more of, make sure their website has the best possible chance of getting into the first page of search results, and understand the benefits of blogs, RSS, and e-mail newsletters.

Gerry McGovern (www.gerrymcgovern.com) is managing partner at a consultancy that focuses on maximizing value from web content.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Unleashed

Marc J. Wolenik, Damian Sinay

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Microsoft® Dynamics CRM 4.0 Unleashed presents start-to-finish guidance for planning, customizing, deploying, integrating, and managing Dynamics CRM in your unique business and technical environment. Authored by two leading Microsoft Dynamics implementers, this book systematically explains how the system works, why it works that way, and how you can leverage it to its fullest advantage.

 

The authors present clear examples, proven best practices, and pitfalls to avoid in using every significant Dynamics CRM capability. The far-reaching coverage ranges from Dynamics CRM’s sales, marketing, and customer service features to its automated workflows; from Outlook and Office integration to reporting and security. The authors offer independent insight into Dynamics CRM’s most powerful new features, from its improved interface to its new mail merge and data migration tools.

 

This book is for every IT professional who intends to work with Dynamics CRM, regardless of their experience with Dynamics or other CRM solutions. The authors provide example-rich, realistic coverage of advanced Dynamics customization, extensibility, and integration: information that is available nowhere else.

 

Detailed information on how to…

• Set up, configure, and maintain all facets of Dynamics CRM in any organization or industry
• Thoroughly understand both the on-premise and hosted versions of Dynamics CRM
• Make the most of Dynamics’ new features, including email, the Outlook client, Internet Facing Deployment (IFD), and relationships
• Manage sales leads, opportunities, accounts, contacts, marketing lists, sales collateral, campaigns, quotes, orders, and invoices
• Improve customer service by integrating schedules, cases, contacts, product/service information, and more
• Build powerful automated workflows that streamline key sales tasks and liberate salespeople for more effective selling
• Efficiently administer and secure any Dynamics CRM implementation
• Drive greater value by integrating Dynamics CRM with Microsoft Office productivity tools
• Customize and extend Dynamics CRM using Visual Studio, .NET, and custom plug-ins and add-ons

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Networking for Dummies

Doug Lowe

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Company just hooked you up to a network and you’re wondering what the heck you’re supposed to do with it? Tired of burning spreadsheets onto CDs just so you can share them with coworkers, and you’re wondering what it’ll take to set up a network in your organization? Been tasked with setting up a network and you don’t have a clue about where to begin? Don’t fret, you’ll find all the answers you’re looking for in Networking for Dummies.

Written for even the most network-shy novice, it begins with the most basic of basics—“A network is nothing more than two or more computers connected by a cable (or wireless adapter) so that they can share information”—and progresses through all the essentials, from cables, routers and hubs to building a wireless network. In clear, simple language, peppered with enough wry quips and jabs at the cult of IT to make it fun, Doug Lowe walks you through:

• What a network is and how to use it
• How to build a wired or wireless network
• How to secure and optimize a network
• How to troubleshoot a network
• Safely connecting a network to the Internet
• Networking with all major operating systems

This new edition of the bestselling guide features extensive updates on the latest networking tools and trends—including new Windows Vista and Server 2003 R2—the latest broadband options, new storage and back-ups, and an all new-chapter on VoIP and Internet telephony.

The Official Photodex Guide to ProShow

James Karney

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With the amazing, easy-to-use features of ProShow, you can create polished multimedia productions that sizzle! Presentations are a growing part of everyday life, from the conference room to the living room, and today’s viewers want presentations that pop. "The Official Photodex® Guide to ProShow®" is the solution. A comprehensive guide to ProShow for everyone from graphics and photography professionals, to educators and business professionals, and even novice home users, this book provides step-by-step, how-to-do-it examples with ample screenshots for effective instruction. You’ll learn how to create stunning multimedia productions that can be shared using everything from optical media, to iPods, to streaming Web content, and more. Perfect your multimedia presentation skills as you cover the basics of design, the fundamentals of ProShow production techniques, and advanced tools to achieve professional results. Interviews with award-winning producers provide insight and ideas along with real-world examples and how-to tips from their work.

The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse

Norman Matloff, Peter Jay Salzman

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Debugging is crucial to successful software development, but even many experienced programmers find it challenging. Sophisticated debugging tools are available, yet it may be difficult to determine which features are useful in which situations. The Art of Debugging is your guide to making the debugging process more efficient and effective.

The Art of Debugging illustrates the use three of the most popular debugging tools on Linux/Unix platforms: GDB, DDD, and Eclipse. The text-command based GDB (the GNU Project Debugger) is included with most distributions. DDD is a popular GUI front end for GDB, while Eclipse provides a complete integrated development environment.

In addition to offering specific advice for debugging with each tool, authors Norm Matloff and Pete Salzman cover general strategies for improving the process of finding and fixing coding errors, including how to:

• Inspect variables and data structures
• Understand segmentation faults and core dumps
• Know why your program crashes or throws exceptions
• Use features like catchpoints, convenience variables, and artificial arrays
• Avoid common debugging pitfalls

Real world examples of coding errors help to clarify the authors' guiding principles, and coverage of complex topics like thread, client-server, GUI, and parallel programming debugging will make you even more proficient. You'll also learn how to prevent errors in the first place with text editors, compilers, error reporting, and static code checkers.

Whether you dread the thought of debugging your programs or simply want to improve your current debugging efforts, you'll find a valuable ally in The Art of Debugging.