Close to the Machine

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Close to the Machine
Ellen Ullman (Author)
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Bend, Not Break

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Bend, Not Break
by Ping Fu
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"Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times". (Ping Fu's Shanghai papa). Ping Fu is one of only three minority women running Fortune 500 companies. But her story begins long before. Born on the eve of China's Cultural Revolution, she was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the vindictive teenagers of Mao's Red Guard. At twenty-five she escaped to the United States; her only resources were $80 in traveller's checks and three phrases of English: Thank you, hello, and help. Yet Ping persevered. Within a year she had completed her English qualifications and started studying computer programming, rising to run the team behind Netscape. She then founded Geomagic, a company that has literally reshaped the world, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repairing NASA spaceships. "Bend, Not Break" tells the incredible personal story of a journey from imprisonment to freedom, from Mao's China to technology start-ups. It is a tribute to one woman's courage in the face of cruelty, and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience.

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• Published on: 2013-01-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Burn Rate

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Burn Rate
Michael Wolff (Author)
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Michael Wolff's wickedly funny chronicle of his rags-to-riches-to-rags adventure as a fledgling Internet entrepreneur exposes an industry powered by hype, celebrity, and billions of investment dollars -- and notably devoid of profit-making enterprises. As he describes his efforts to control his company's burn rate -- the amount of money the company consumes in excess of its income -- Wolff offers a no-holds-barred portrait of unaccountable successes and major disasters, including the story behind Wired magazine and its fanatical founder, Louis Rossetto; the rise of America Online, perhaps the most dysfunctional successful company in history, and the humiliating inability of people such as Bill Gates to untangle the intricacies of the Web.

• Rank: #231283 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-03-12
• Released on: 2013-03-12
• Number of items: 1

Softwar

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Softwar
Matthew Symonds (Author), Larry Ellison (Author)
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In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stands out as one of the most outspoken, driven, and daring leaders of the software industry. The company he cofounded and runs, Oracle, is the number one business software company: perhaps even more than Microsoft's, Oracle's products are essential to today's networked world.But Oracle is as controversial as it is influential, as feared as it is revered, thanks in large part to Larry Ellison. Though Oracle is one of the world's most valuable and profitable companies, Ellison is not afraid to suddenly change course and reinvent Oracle in the pursuit of new and ever more ambitious goals. Softwar examines the results of these shifts in strategy and the forces that drive Ellison relentlessly on.In Softwar, journalist Matthew Symonds gives readers an exclusive and intimate insight into both Oracle and the man who made it and runs it. As well as relating the story of Oracle's often bumpy path to industry dominance, Symonds deals with the private side of Ellison's life. From Ellison's troubled upbringing by adoptive parents and his lifelong search for emotional security to the challenges and opportunities that have come with unimaginable wealth, Softwar gets inside the skin of a fascinating and complicated human being. With unlimited insider access granted by Ellison himself, Symonds captures the intensity and, some would say, the recklessness that have made Ellison a legend.The result of more than a hundred hours of interviews and many months spent with Ellison, Softwar is the most complete portrait undertaken of the man and his empire -- a unique and gripping account of both the way the computing industry really works and an extraordinary life.Despite his closeness to Ellison, Matthew Symonds is a candid and at times highly critical observer. And in perhaps the book's most unusual feature, Ellison responds to Symonds's portrayal in the form of a running footnoted commentary.The result is one of the most fascinating business stories of all time.

• Rank: #134664 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-04-30
• Released on: 2013-04-30
• Number of items: 1

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents

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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents
Ellen Ullman (Author)

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The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age

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The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age
by Paul J. Nahin
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Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin combines engaging problems and a colorful historical narrative to tell the remarkable story of how two men in different eras--mathematician and philosopher George Boole (1815-1864) and electrical engineer and pioneering information theorist Claude Shannon (1916-us.html01)--advanced Boolean logic and became founding fathers of the electronic communications age.

Presenting the dual biographies of Boole and Shannon, Nahin examines the history of Boole's innovative ideas, and considers how they led to Shannon's groundbreaking work on electrical relay circuits and information theory. Along the way, Nahin presents logic problems for readers to solve and talks about the contributions of such key players as Georg Cantor, Tibor Rado, and Marvin Minsky--as well as the crucial role of Alan Turing's "Turing machine"--in the development of mathematical logic and data transmission. Nahin takes readers from fundamental concepts to a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of how a modern digital machine such as the computer is constructed. Nahin also delves into the newest ideas in quantum mechanics and thermodynamics in order to explore computing's possible limitations in the twenty-first century and beyond.

The Logician and the Engineer shows how a form of mathematical logic and the innovations of two men paved the way for the digital technology of the modern world.

• Rank: #101033 in Books
• Published on: 2012-10-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.13" h x 6.34" w x .91" l, 1.13 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 244 pages

Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction

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Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction
by Ryan G. Van Cleave, Mark Griffiths
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The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation

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The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation
by Jay Elliot, William L. Simon
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The former Senior Vice President of Apple Computer and close colleague of Steve Jobs’s throughout his tenure, Jay Elliot takes readers on a remarkable tour through Jobs’s astonishing career. From the inception of game-changing products like the Apple II and the Macintosh, to his stunning fall from grace,
and on to his rebirth at the helm of Apple, his involvement with Pixar, and the development of the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and much more, The Steve Jobs Way presents real-life examples of Jobs’s leadership challenges and triumphs, showing readers how to apply these principles
to their own lives and careers.

• Rank: #387239 in Books
• Published on: 2011-03-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 1.10" w x 6.10" l, .97 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists

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Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists
Dennis Shasha (Author), Cathy Lazere (Author)
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This best-selling book is now available in an inexpensive softcover format.
Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that eras greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its own Renaissance - informations technology has changed irrevocable the way we live, work, and think about the world. We are fortunate, therefore, that the authors of Out of Their Minds have been able to talk so candidly with the founders of computer science.

• Rank: #4524 in eBooks
• Published on: 1998-07-02
• Released on: 1995-09-14
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Steve Jobs: Edicion en Espanol (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)

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Steve Jobs: Edicion en Espanol (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)
by Walter Isaacson
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La biografía definitiva de Steve Jobs
 
La muerte de Steve Jobs ha conmocionado al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en más de cuarenta ocasiones en los últimos dos años, además de a un centenar de personas de su entorno, familiares, amigos, adversarios y colegas, Walter Isaacson nos presenta la única biografía escrita con la colaboración de Jobs, el retrato definitivo de uno de los iconos indiscutibles de nuestro tiempo, cuya creatividad, energía y afán de perfeccionismo revolucionaron seis industrias: la informática, el cine de animación, la música, la telefonía, las tabletas y la edición digital.
Consciente de que la mejor manera de crear valor en el siglo xxi es conectar la creatividad con la tecnología, fundó una empresa en la que impresionantes saltos de la imaginación van de la mano de asombrosos logros tecnológicos.
Aunque Jobs colaboró con el libro, no pidió ningún control sobre el contenido, ni siquiera el derecho a leerlo antes de la publicación. No rehuyó ningún tema y animó a la gente que conocía a hablar con franqueza. Jobs habla con sinceridad a veces brutal sobre la gente con la que ha trabajado y contra la que ha competido. De igual modo, sus amigos, rivales y colegas ofrecen una visión sin edulcorar de las pasiones, los demonios, el perfeccionismo, los deseos, el talento, los trucos y la obsesión por controlarlo todo que modelaron su visión empresarial y los innovadores productos que logró crear.
Su historia, por tanto, es el retrato de una fascinante vida: la de un genio capaz de enfurecer y seducir a partes iguales.

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Indisputably one of the biggest names in business, Steve Jobs and innovation have become practically synonymous. One of the early pioneers in the world of computers, Jobs is renowned for his work as head of Apple, helping to establish the company as a worldwide technological leader and standard bearer with a devoted consumer base. In this fascinating new book, bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson takes us inside the mind and life of Steve Jobs, touching on everything from his career to his family, friends, colleagues, and enemies. Drawing from over forty interviews, Isaacson’s biography is an unquestionably definitive portrait of one of the greatest icons of our age.
 

• Rank: #58295 in Books
• Published on: 2011-11-01
• Released on: 2011-11-01
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.01" h x 1.52" w x 5.18" l, 1.50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 752 pages

GO! with Concepts Getting Started (Custom Phit: The Pearson Custom Program for Cis)

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GO! with Concepts Getting Started (Custom Phit: The Pearson Custom Program for Cis)
by Shelley Gaskin, Victor Giol
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This is a one-chapter supplement that provides a basic overview of Computer Concepts.  It is typically bundled with an Office Applications textbook

• Rank: #27667 in Books
• Published on: 2010-01-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.75" h x .12" w x 8.50" l, .41 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Prisoner's Dilemma

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Prisoner's Dilemma
by William Poundstone
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John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes a biography of this controversial genius and an exploration of his greatest idea--one that nearly triggered a nuclear war in 1950. Photographs.

• Rank: #50879 in Books
• Published on: 1993-01-01
• Released on: 1993-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x .75" w x 5.08" l, .59 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 294 pages

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• William Poundstone
• Prisoner's Dilemma

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

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The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
by Ben Mezrich
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“The Social Network, the much anticipated movie…adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires.” —The New York Times

Best friends Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg had spent many lonely nights looking for a way to stand out among Harvard University’s elite, comptetitive, and accomplished  student body. Then, in 2003, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computers, crashed  the campus network, almost got himself  expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook, the social networking site that has since revolutionized communication around the world.
 
With Saverin’s funding their tiny start-up went from dorm room to Silicon Valley. But conflicting ideas about Facebook’s future transformed the friends into enemies. Soon, the undergraduate exuberance that marked their collaboration turned into out-and-out warfare as it fell prey to the adult world of venture capitalists, big money, lawyers.

• Rank: #42930 in Books
• Published on: 2010-09-28
• Released on: 2010-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.95" h x .77" w x 5.14" l, .60 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon

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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon
Steve Wozniak (Author), Gina Smith (Contributor)
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“‘The Woz’ built the first [personal computer]—by hand, by himself.”—USA Today

Before slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange vending machines, with cryptic switches and pages of encoded output. But in 1977 Steve Wozniak revolutionized the computer industry with his invention of the first personal computer. As the sole inventor of the Apple I and II computers, Wozniak has enjoyed wealth, fame, and the most coveted awards an engineer can receive, and he tells his story here for the first time.

• Rank: #32394 in eBooks
• Published on: 2007-10-17
• Released on: 2007-10-17
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Animated Life: A lifetime of tips, tricks, and stories from an animation Legend

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Animated Life: A lifetime of tips, tricks, and stories from an animation Legend
by Floyd Norman



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A well designed, well written animated film has warmth, humor and charm. Since Steamboat Mickey, animators have been creating characters and films that are charming, warm and humorous, allowing people to connect with the animated medium. Animaton fans love the characters for a lifetime. This is the legacy of the countless animators and artists who created the classic characters and fun stories and the legacy of Disney Legend, Floyd Norman.  Written with wit and verve, Animated Life is a guided tour through an entire lifetime of techniques, practical hands-on advice and insight into an entire industry. A vital tutorial in animation's past, present and future for students who are now poised to be part of another new generation in the art form. Apply artistic magic to your own projects and garner valuable insight and inspiration from a True Disney legend. With valuable advice, critical comment, and inspiration for every student of the arts, Animated Life is a classic in the making with completely relevant techniques and tools for the contemporary animation or fine arts professional.

• Build your skill-set of acclaimed professional animation tools, techniques and strategies covering story development, voice-work, and animation production, pitching and storyboarding.
• Take a tour through a lifetime of professional techniques, practical hands-on advice and insight into an entire industry with legendary lessons from master animator - collected for the first time ever.
• Start your mentorship today with Floyd Norman, featuring in-depth explanations and examples from some of the greatest animation classics and contemporary favorites.

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• Published on: 2012-08-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 7.52" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (Vintage)

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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (Vintage)
by George Dyson
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012

In this revealing account of how the digital universe exploded in the aftermath of World War II, George Dyson illuminates the nature of digital computers, the lives of those who brought them into existence, and how code took over the world.
 
In the 1940s and ‘50s, a small group of men and women—led by John von Neumann—gathered in Princeton, New Jersey, to begin building one of the first computers to realize Alan Turing’s vision of a Universal Machine. The codes unleashed within this embryonic, 5-kilobyte universe—less memory than is allocated to displaying a single icon on a computer screen today—broke the distinction between numbers that mean things and numbers that do things, and our universe would never be the same. Turing’s Cathedral is the story of how the most constructive and most destructive of twentieth-century inventions—the digital computer and the hydrogen bomb—emerged at the same time.

• Rank: #20072 in Books
• Published on: 2012-12-11
• Released on: 2012-12-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x .94" w x 5.14" l, .94 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages