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How to Speak Machine: Laws of Design for a Digital Age

Brought to you by Penguin. John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent thinkers on technology and design, and in How to Speak Machine, he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimaginable machines of the future. Machines are already more powerful than we can comprehend, and getting more powerful at an exponential pace. Once set in motion, algorithms never tire. And when a program's size, speed and endlessness combine with its ability to learn and transform itself, the outcome can be unpredictable and dangerous. Take the seemingly instant transformation of Microsoft's chatbot into a hate-spewing racist, or how crime-predicting algorithms reinforce racial bias. How To Speak Machine provides a coherent framework for today's product designers, business leaders and policymakers to grasp this brave new world. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience from engineering to computer science to design, Maeda shows how businesses and individuals can identify opportunities afforded by technology to make world-changing and inclusive products while avoiding the pitfalls inherent to the medium.

John Maeda (Author), Dani Martineck (Narrator)

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The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History

The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf's human history and culture so rich. Many famous figures who sailed the Gulf's viridian waters are highlighted, including Ponce de Leon, Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Francis Drake, Elizabeth Agassiz, Ernest Hemingway, and Charles Dwight Sigsbee. Sledge also introduces a fascinating array of people connected to maritime life in the Gulf, among them Maya priests, French pirates, African American stevedores, and Greek sponge divers. Gulf events of global historical importance are detailed, such as the only defeat of armed and armored steamships by wooden sailing vessels, the first accurate deep-sea survey and bathymetric map of any ocean basin, the development of shipping containers by a former truck driver frustrated with antiquated loading practices, and the worst environmental disaster in American annals. Occasionally shifting focus ashore, Sledge explains how people representing a gumbo of ethnicities built some of the world's most exotic cities-Havana, New Orleans, and oft-besieged Veracruz, Mexico's oldest city, founded in 1519 by Hernán Cortes.

John S. Sledge (Author), Tom Perkins (Narrator)

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Society and the Internet, 2nd Edition: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Ou

How is society being reshaped by the continued diffusion and increasing centrality of the Internet in everyday life and work? Society and the Internet provides key information for students, scholars, and those interested in understanding the interactions of the Internet and society. This multidisciplinary collection of theoretically and empirically anchored chapters addresses the big questions about one of the most significant technological transformations of this century, through a diversity of data, methods, theories, and approaches. Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives, Internet research can address core questions about equality, voice, knowledge, participation, and power. By learning from the past and continuing to look toward the future, it can provide a better understanding of what the ever-changing configurations of technology and society mean, both for the everyday life of individuals and for the continued development of society at large.

Tbd (Author), Keith Sellon-Wright (Narrator)

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Outside Insight: Navigating a World Drowning in Data

Is your business looking out? The world today is drowning in data. There is a treasure trove of valuable and underutilized insights that can be gleaned from information companies and people leave behind on the internet - our 'digital breadcrumbs' - from job postings, to online news, social media, online ad spend, patent applications and more. As a result, we're at the cusp of a major shift in the way businesses are managed and governed - moving from a focus solely on lagging, internal data, toward analyses that also encompass industry-wide, external data to paint a more complete picture of a brand's opportunities and threats and uncover forward-looking insights, in real time. Tomorrow's most successful brands are already embracing Outside Insight, benefitting from an information advantage while their competition is left behind. Drawing on practical examples of transformative, data-led decisions made by brands like Apple, Facebook, Barack Obama and many more, in Outside Insight, Meltwater CEO Jorn Lyseggen illustrates the future of corporate decision-making and offers a detailed plan for business leaders to implement Outside Insight thinking into their company mindset and processes.

John Lyseggen (Author), Kevin E Green (Narrator)

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الأربعة

ملخص كتاب الأربعة - The Four خلال السنوات العشرين الماضية أهدى أربعة عمالقة في التكنولوجيا العالم مزيدًا من الراحة والاتصال والاكتشاف أكثر من أي كيان آخر في التاريخ. ووفروا مئات الآلاف من الوظائف العالية الأجر. وضعت تلك الكيانات كمبيوتر متطورا في جيبك، وتخطط جميع مسطحات الكرة الأرضية ومحيطاتها وبحارها وكل ما عليها. وهي تجعل العالم مكانا أفضل وفقا لآراء معظم البشر. قد يكون هذا صحيحا ولكن عليك أن تستمع إلى وجهة نظر أخرى قد تغير رأيك. فسواء كنت تريد التنافس معهم أم التعامل معهم أم العيش ببساطة في العالم الذي يسيطرون عليه، أنت بحاجة إلى فهم أولئك الفرسان الأربعة. أُصدِر كتاب 'الأربعة' للكاتب Scott Galloway عام ألفين وسبعة عشر، ويُعد أحد أهم كتب مجال الأعمال التي ظهرت في الأعوام الأخيرة. يحلل Galloway في كتابه إستراتيجيات النجاح لأكبر أربع منظمات في العالم. هي Amazon وApple وFacebook وGoogle وكشف ما يكمن خلف قشرتها اللامعة. Scott Galloway هو من أكثر الكتاب مبيعا بقائمتي الNew York Times وUSA Today الأمريكتين وأستاذ التسويق الرقمي بجامعة نيويورك. اختير عام ألفين واثني عشر واحدًا من أفضل خمسين أستاذًا جامعيا في مجال الأعمال على مستوى العالم.

كتاب صوتي (Author), أحمد زين (Narrator)

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Nano Comes to Life: How Nanotechnology is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology

The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevity Nano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale?the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet?and introduces readers to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Sonia Contera gives an insider's perspective on this new frontier, revealing how nanotechnology enables a new kind of multidisciplinary science that is poised to give us control over our own biology, our health, and our lives. Drawing on her perspective as one of today's leading researchers in the field, Contera describes the exciting ways in which nanotechnology makes it possible to understand, interact with, and manipulate biology?such as by designing and building artificial structures and even machines at the nanoscale using DNA, proteins, and other biological molecules as materials. In turn, nanotechnology is revolutionizing medicine in ways that will have profound effects on our health and longevity, from nanoscale machines that can target individual cancer cells and deliver drugs more effectively, to nanoantibiotics that can fight resistant bacteria, to the engineering of tissues and organs for research, drug discovery, and transplantation. The future will bring about the continued fusion of nanotechnology with biology, physics, medicine, and cutting-edge fields like robotics and artificial intelligence, ushering us into a new 'transmaterial era.' As we contemplate the power, advantages, and risks of accessing and manipulating our own biology, Contera offers insight and hope that we may all share in the benefits of this revolutionary research.

Sonia Contera (Author), Andrea Gallo (Narrator)

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Scrum Tales: Scrum Training Through Real Life Scenarios

Scrum is a lightweight framework that is easy to understand but difficult to master. The journey from understanding Scrum to mastering it is interesting. A lot of interesting incidents can be recollected from our experience with Scrum, which leads us to some learning and a better understanding of Scrum. This book analyzes a few scenarios that are taken from the experiences of different Scrum teams. This will give a better understanding of Scrum for anyone associated with it. A Scrum Master can relate the topics to his day-to-day experiences. A Scrum Coach or a Scrum Trainer will gain ready-to-use examples. This will help in answering many situational questions on Scrum.

Jimmy Mathew (Author), Esmonde C. (Narrator)

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Learn Scrum with Interview Questions: Agile and Scrum training and preparation for interviews for Sc

This book introduces Agile and discuss the Scrum Framework in detail. We approach this course based on Interview Questions. A number of interview questions with answers on each topic are covered as part of this course. The course content: - Agile Software Development - Agile Manifesto and Principles - Agile Methodologies - Scrum Framework - Requirements - Estimation - Planning - Scrum Events - Scrum Roles - Topic Artifacts are discussed in detail as part of other modules. - Agile Monitoring This course is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with Scrum org. This course uses content from the Scrum Guide. All the content related to Scrum Guide is taken from scrumguides org and is under the Attribution ShareAlike license of Creative Commons. Further information is accessible at http://creativecommons org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode and also described in summary form at http://creativecommons org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

Jimmy Mathew (Author), Esmonde C. (Narrator)

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Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech

Brought to you by Penguin. An award-winning Financial Times columnist exposes the threat that Big Tech poses to our democracies, our economies and ourselves Today Google and Facebook receive 90% of the world's news ad-spending. Amazon takes half of all ecommerce in the US. Google and Apple operating systems run on all but 1% of cell phones globally. And 80% of corporate wealth is now held by 10% of companies - not the GEs and Toyotas of this world, but the digital titans. How did we get here? How did the tech industry get to dominate our world so completely? How did once-idealistic and innovative companies come to manipulate elections, violate our privacy, and pose a threat to the fabric of our democracy? In Don't Be Evil, Financial Times global business columnist Rana Foroohar documents how Big Tech lost its soul - and became the new Wall Street. Through her skilled reporting and unparalleled access - won through nearly 30 years covering business and technology - she shows the true extent to which the 'Faang's (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) crush or absorb any potential competitors, hijack our personal data and mental space and offshore their exorbitant profits. What's more, she reveals how these threats to our democracies, our livelihoods and our minds are all intertwined. Yet Foroohar also lays out a plan for how we can resist, creating a framework that fosters innovation while also protecting us from the dark side of digital technology.

Rana Foroohar (Author), Rachel Fulginiti (Narrator)

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Into the Labyrinth: The Making of a Modern-Day Theseus

Project Spinnaker was joint Canada-US defence research project conceived in the waning days of the Cold War. Spinnaker’s secret purpose was to reassert Canada’s Arctic sovereignty by providing the capability to monitor submarine traffic in Canada’s Arctic waters. The star of Project Spinnaker was Theseus, a massive Canadian-made autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for a single purpose: laying fibre-optic cable in ice-covered waters. More than 2,500 years after the mythical Greek hero Theseus ventured into the labyrinth on the island of Crete to slay the Minotaur, the robotic submarine Theseus was launched into an undersea labyrinth with a strikingly similar goal: lay 200 kilometres of cable on the seafloor of Canada’s Arctic, then turn around and follow it back out. With a foreword by Dr. James R. McFarlane, OC, CD, P.Eng., FCAE (President and Founder of International Submarine Engineering Ltd.) and endorsements by several marine experts, Into the Labyrinth provides a fascinating glimpse into the subsea industry of the 1980s and ‘90s, set against the backdrop of Canada’s beautiful yet hostile High Arctic.

Bruce Butler (Author), Bruce Butler (Narrator)

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Lean Management für Einsteiger: Erfolgsfaktoren von Lean Management – Lean Leadership & Co. als lang

Lean Management für Einsteiger: Lean Leadership & Co. als langfristige ErfolgsgarantenErfolgsfaktoren von Lean ManagementMöchtest Du Lean Management in Deinem Unternehmen einsetzen? Möchtest Du erfahren, weshalb die meisten Unternehmen bei der Implementierung von Lean Management scheitern? Bist Du interessiert daran, langfristig ein funktionierendes, praktisches Lean Management zu etablieren? Erhalte verdichtetes Wissen über die kritischen Erfolgsfaktoren von Lean Management Lerne in diesem hilfreichen Hörbuch ...... was es mit Lean Leadership auf sich hat ... weshalb Du die grundlegenden 4 Prinzipien von Lean Management verinnerlichen solltest ... das Fundament für den Erfolg des Lean-Prinzips kennen ... wie Lean in der Praxis wirklich funktioniert ... wie Du langfristig den Erfolg von Lean sicherstellst ... und vieles, vieles mehr! Sichere Dir noch heute das Hörbuch und lerne, wie Du erfolgreich eine Lean-Kultur in Deinem Unternehmen schaffen und fördern kannst! Begleitende PDF zum Download: http://bit.ly/2Daghg1

Maximilian Tündermann (Author), Florian Wolny (Narrator)

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Live Streaming Kit: How to Live Stream Online for Beginners & Gamers

It’s your worst fear. Trying to live stream video… But you don’t know where to start. Yes, it’s overwhelming at first, but this short book is going to help. From the co-host of Live Streaming Tech on YouTube, comes a new guide on the best first steps to live streaming video. Most gamers and video influencers make live streaming look way too easy. In practice, it’s much harder. After over two decades of learning and applying in computer technology, Walt Roberts shares his keen insights on what you need to do to start live streaming video immediately. Would you rather grind it out and hope for the best? Or, go into live streaming video with confidence? With dozens of platforms and tons of technology, discover exactly what you need including: - When is the right time for you to go live - What gear is the best to invest in & what to avoid - Why you don’t have to wait to get paid as a live streamer & gamer - How to save your money when buying microphones, webcams or other peripherals - Where is the best live streaming platform: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook or Periscope - And, so much more! You’ll love this short read, because it’s going to get you live streaming with confidence right away. Get it now.

Walt Roberts (Author), Kevin Maguire (Narrator)

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