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For lettering enthusiasts of all levels, learn easy ways to develop and adapt hand lettering skills and techniques to a variety of digital platforms.
Popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop instructor Shelly Kim (@lettersbyshells) offers lettering artists from beginner to advanced step-by-step instruction, along with ample photos and lettering examples. Start with lettering essentials that show how to create different styles...
Popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop instructor Shelly Kim (@lettersbyshells) offers lettering artists from beginner to advanced step-by-step instruction, along with ample photos and lettering examples. Start with lettering essentials that show how to create different styles...
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In Rewired, the world's most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, delivers a road-tested, how-to manual their own consultants use to help companies build the capabilities to outcompete in the age of digital and AI. Many companies are stuck with digital transformations that are not moving the needle. There are no quick fixes but there is a playbook. The answer is in rewiring your business so hundreds, thousands, of teams can...
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Our personal data, which Big Tech companies get for free, is the engine that drives the unregulated, free-for-all, Wild West world called the digital marketplace. These corporate giants may bring us information and entertainment, convenience and connection, but they also do a lot of harm... This eye-opening book provides vital information that has been out of reach to those who need it most--the millions of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft...
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"Since the dawn of the digital age, decision-making in finance, employment, politics, health and human services has undergone revolutionary change. Today, automated systems - rather than humans - control which neighborhoods get policed, which families attain needed resources, and who is investigated for fraud. While we all live under this new regime of data, the most invasive and punitive systems are aimed at the poor. In Automating Inequality, Virginia...
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"Broussard argues that the structural inequalities reproduced in algorithmic systems are no glitch. They are part of the system design. This book shows how everyday technologies embody racist, sexist, and ableist ideas; how they produce discriminatory and harmful outcomes; and how this can be challenged and changed"--
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"40% of small business executives say payroll, benefits, compliance, and people management is "the worst" part of their jobs. Legacy HR practices are outdated and risky, and most of their software is clunky and siloed. The reality is that there is no longer a need for a traditional HR department. Almost all its responsibilities can be automated. SMBs need only an individual or small team to do what robots can't: manage employee experience and make...
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"From the cofounder of the longest-running bitcoin exchange comes a compelling argument for how this digital currency will transform the global economy-and how it can work for you. Bitcoin may be the best investment opportunity of our time, yet most people have yet to understand its promise. In this book, Bobby Lee, one of the earliest, most successful pioneers in the cryptocurrency space, debunks myths and dispels fears that surround bitcoin, arguing...
11) Big data and you
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The collection, organization, and analysis of how people use information technology is commonly referred to as "Big Data." And companies, schools, the government, and other organizations are harnessing it to do their jobs more effectively. This volume is a complete guide to Big Data: what it is, how it is used, and how it will continue to be used. Readers can better understand how Big Data plays a part in their lives today and how it will continue...
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Readers determine what cloud computing looks like and how it is revolutionizing their education today. They evaluate its use in social collaboration, data storage and utility computing, Google Apps, Docs, and Maps, email, banking and shopping, pictures, movies, and music, mobile apps and services, and how the cloud is used in everyday life. The text explains the basics in this rapidly evolving technology along with its use in business applications....
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For decades now, companies big and small have embraced Agile software development methods. The rationale here is straightforward: Why take one or two years to fully deploy a system, app, or website when so many things can and do go wrong? Why try to cook one big batch and boil the ocean? Why not cook many smaller batches? Double that when the world changes faster than ever. Brass tacks: It's no coincidence that methods such as Scrum have exploded...
15) Genealogy online
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"In this edition, the author assumes you know most Internet technologies and programs, and that you want to know how to use them to do your genealogy. The potential for finding clues, data, and other researchers looking for your same family names has increased exponentially in the last decade. Since 2000, push technology, streaming video, blogs, podcasts, social networking, and indexed document scans have radically changed what can be found on the...
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"Turn jumbles of numbers into graphics, insights, and answers with Excel. With Microsoft Excel, you can, well, excel at data analysis. And Excel Data Analysis For Dummies can help, with clear and easy explanations of the mountain of features for creating, visualizing, and analyzing data. PivotTables, charts, what-if analysis, statistical functions -- it's all in here, with examples and ideas for Excel users of all skill levels. This latest edition...
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"Learn to crunch huge amounts of data with PowerPivot and Power Query. Do you have a ton of data you need to make sense of? Microsoft's Excel program can handle amazingly large data sets, but you'll need to get familiar with PowerPivot and Power Query to get started. And that's where Dummies comes in. With step-by-step instructions -- accompanied by ample screenshots -- Excel PowerPivot & Power Query For Dummies will teach you how to save time, simplify...
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Big Data can be a powerful tool for creating effective business solutions, but formulating and executing the right strategy requires a deep understanding of an increasingly complex subject. Big Data Revolution highlights the power, potential, and pitfalls of Big Data, providing the insight you need to improve business outcomes with innovation and the efficient use of technology. Companies are generating data faster than ever before, and that data...
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"In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally--hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners--that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a software developer and journalist, reminds us that there...
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