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Source: Security DevCenter Join Sarah Sorensen (The Sustainable Network) as she, along with other panelists representing Oracle, Cisco and Juniper, discuss what companies are doing related to sustainability in their own IT operations as well as in the products and services they offer to universities.
Source: Security DevCenter Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Time is money, the saying goes. And nowhere is this more true than in the world of finance. GPU supercomputing, with its ability to speed up many types of financial calculations by orders of magnitude (x10, x100, ) looks set to do very well in finance. Indeed, it has already made significant inroads into financial analytics and risk in what looks like a silent revolution on Wall Street. The revolution has gone unnoticed for a while, but more and more financial players are seeing--and reaping--the benefits of GPU supercomputing. GPU supercomputing in finance is about doing things faster than ever before. Trading is already mostly real-time, because it pays to be there first, ahead of the other guy. And even those aspects of finance that are not yet real-time (currently risk and compliance often lag behind trading), they are moving to real-time as well. In fact, the whole world seems to be moving to real-time; finance will simply get there first because the incentives are so great. Based on a review of numerous downtime events over the past few years, this talk will present a simple framework that you can use inside your company to handle downtime effectively, and give you advice on how to get it adopted within the organization. But with all this newfound speed there are dangers. Is faster really better for financial markets as a whole? Does faster mean more abundant liquidity, or less? More volatility, or less? Do the regulators need to go real-time in what amounts to a regulatory compliance arms race? And should they equip themselves with the same tools? GPU supercomputing looks to be sufficiently powerful and cheap--and orders of magnitude speedups must inevitably change the rules of the game--so this presentation will touch upon some wider policy-related issues. This talk will give an overview of GPU supercomputing in finance: how it is being applied now, and where it's going; what sorts of problems in finance that GPUs are a good match for, and what problems are not, and how it might profitably be applied in your business. About Andrew Sheppard Andrew is a financial consultant with extensive experience in quantitative financial analysis, trading-desk software development, and technical management. Most recently, from 2006 to 2009, Andrew was the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Quantitative Analyst at a New York multi-strategy hedge fund. He also was the manager of an innovative software company based in London that was owned by the hedge fund but run independently. For the last two years, Andrew has been an active developer of GPU (CUDA) massively parallel software in C/C++ for realtime financial trading and risk. Andrew entered finance after conducting scientific research at Oxford University, Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab, (Pasadena, California) and the Berkeley Space Sciences Lab (Berkeley, California), where he worked on earth and planetary remote sensing probes.
Source: Security DevCenter The typical trial-and-error approach to diagnosing and solving performance problems breaks down when the problems are difficult. As the complexity of the problem increases, so does the need for a methodical approach and powerful tools. This tutorial will teach you how to be systematic. We'll run through the process and then emphasize getting to know your toolkit, including iostat, vmstat & mk-query-digest. You will learn the approach Percona consultants have put to use across thousands of customer machines. We're going to try and teach you to be as practical as possible, with only minimal emphasis on performance theory where it's needed. The main focus will be on MySQL versions 5.0, 5.1 and XtraDB on Linux operating systems.
Source: Security DevCenter Many claims are made about how certain tools, technologies, and practices improve software development. But which claims are verifiable, and which are merely wishful thinking? In this book, leading thinkers such as Steve McConnell, Barry Boehm, and Barbara Kitchenham offer essays that uncover the truth and unmask myths commonly held among the software development community. Making Software will open your eyes and help you choose the tools and technologies that are right for you.
Source: Security DevCenter As MySQL Driven Application growths, requiring to handle larger and larger load with increasing database size there are several Architectural methods to get the performance you need Caching Buffering and Queueing - using supplemental systems to reduce the amount of reads or writes MySQL Server needs to handle or change them from being synchronous (users waiting for response) to background Replication is a technique to scale the read load by being able to read from multiple copies of your data Functional Partitioning and Sharing are techniques to split your database in the smaller portions which can be served by individual servers or group of Servers In this tutorial we will go into details of how to understand what solutions are best for your application, how to design architecture to take the best advantage of these approaches as well as go into practical details/tips/tricks implementing them in production.
Source: Security DevCenter The smart way to learn Outlook 2010-one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and skill-building exercises.
Source: Security DevCenter Conference Brings Rails Fans to Baltimore
Sebastopol, CA, July 7, 2010 - More than 1300 enthusiastic Rails developers and programmers met and collaborated at RailsConf 2010, http://www.railsconf.com. Co-produced by Ruby Central and O'Reilly Media, the world's largest gathering of the passionate Ruby on Rails community convened at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD, June 7-10, 2010.
Chairs Chad Fowler and Ben Scofield created a program that highlighted the vibrant and expanding nature of the Rails community itself. While the exploration of Rails 3 attracted many, the conference explored many other areas of the Rails landscape. Featured speakers at RailsConf 2010 included Michael Feathers of Object Mentor, Inc., David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signals, Yehuda Katz of Engine Yard, Inc., Bob Martin of Object Mentor, Inc., Derek Sivers of Thoughts, Ltd., and Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia.
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Source: Security DevCenter San Francisco, CA, June 30, 2010 - O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit and Gov 2.0 Expo events, today announce Gov 2.0 Summit and release the lineup of industry influencers hitting the keynote stage. Momentum from the recent Gov 2.0 Expo, along with the success of Gov 2.0 Summit last year, brings this important group of government leaders and innovators of the Web together again to explore how technology enables transparency, participation, collaboration, and efficiency at all levels of government. Gov 2.0 Summit will take place September 7-8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC. For more information visit gov2summit.com. "This year Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 brings together critical leaders and decision makers refining the concept of government-as-platform and exploring the ways in which it can be used for transformation," said Tim O'Reilly, CEO and founder of O'Reilly Media. "Gov 2.0 is about creating a community of Gov 2.0 leaders who can push change forward and outward year-round, answering the President's call to strengthen our democracy."
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Source: Security DevCenter The Production Editor manages the transformation of "raw" information into high-quality O'Reilly products ready for publication in print and digital formats. The Production Editor is responsible for overseeing book and ebook projects through all production processes. This position reports to the Publishing Services Manager and is located in our offices in Cambridge, MA. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under the headings below. They may be subject to change at any time due to fluctuating business realities, reasonable accommodations, or other reasons.
Source: Security DevCenter This book contains hundreds of useful tips to help you obtain the results you desire. It describes how to perform standard studio techniques such as drum editing and replacement and parallel compression as well as tips to improve your workflow. It covers the new features introduced Logic Pro 9. Manipulate audio timing and tempo with the Flex tool, take advantage of the new latency compensation during recording and mixing, and learn about the new plug-ins like Pedalboard and Amp Designer.
Source: Security DevCenter Join Dave Cross (Perl Template Toolkit) as he talks about Modern Perl. Open Tech 2010 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference on slightly different approaches to technology, politics and justice. Talks by people who work on things that matter, it guarantees a day of thoughtful talks leading to conversations with friends.
Source: Security DevCenter Author Lesa Snider (Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual) presents "Elements 8 for Photographers" during Mac Computer Expo. In this class you'll learn how to apply practical editing and enhancement techniques like a pro using the affordable and friendly Adobe Photoshop Elements. You'll also learn how to move throughout the program and switch between three editing modes to suit your specific skill level.
Source: Security DevCenter Author Lesa Snider (Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual) presents "Combining Photos and Vectors" and "Photoshop CS5 Designer Power Hour" in the paid conference track during Photoshop World Conference and Expo.
Source: Security DevCenter Author Lesa Snider (Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual) presents "Photoshop for Beginners" at Photoshop World Conference and Expo. In this 4-hour preconference you'll learn practical Photoshop editing techniques including layers, complex selections, masking, lightening blemishes as well as popular effects.
Source: Security DevCenter Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Cyborg Anthropology is a way of understanding how we live as technosocially connected citizens in the modern era. Our cell phones, cars and laptops have turned us into cyborgs. What does it mean to extend the body into hyperspace? What are the implications to privacy, information and the formation of identity? Now that we have a second self, how do we protect it? This presentation will cover aspects of time and space compression, communication in the mobile era, evaporating interfaces and how to approach a rapidly changing information spaces. About Amber Case Amber Case is a Cyborg Anthropologist and User Experience Designer from Portland, Oregon. She studies the interaction between humans and computers and how our relationship with information is changing the way cultures think, act, and understand their worlds. Her main focus is on mobile software, augmented reality and data visualization, as these reduce the amount of time and space it takes for people to connect with information. Case founded Geoloqi.com, a private location sharing application, out of a frustration with existing social protocols around text messaging and wayfinding. Case has spoken at various industry conferences including MIT's Futures of Entertainment and Inverge: The Interactive Convergence Conference, Ignite Portland and Ignite Boulder. She presented an Introduction to Cyborg Anthropology at Webvisions 2009 and Keynoted Portland's Open Source Bridge with a speech on Cyborg Citizens. She's been a guest lecturer at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Lewis & Clark College and Oregon State University's School of Continuing Education. In 2010 she was named one of Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Tech. She formerly worked at Wieden+Kennedy, a global advertising agency based in Portland, Oregon. She currently works as a User Experience Designer at Vertigo Software. In 2008, Case founded CyborgCamp, an unconference on the future of humans and computers. To attend, visit http://portland.cyborgcamp.com/. You can learn more about Cyborg Anthropology at http://www.cyborganthropology.com, and on Twitter at @caseorganic.
Source: Security DevCenter Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0) will explore the code and concepts behind multiuser application development with the Union Platform. Learn how to build a simple chat, connect a cell phone to a game running on a public screen, and find out how to share real-time information between Flash applications running on multiple computers.
Source: Security DevCenter Join author Paul Barry (Head First Programming, Head First Python [due end 2010]) as he presents "Head First into Python 3" at Ireland's inaugural Python conference.
Source: Security DevCenter Whether you are running the stable version of Fedora Core or bleeding-edge Rawhide releases, this book has something for every level of user. The modular, lab-based approach not only shows you how things work-but also explains why--and provides you with the answers you need to get up and running with Fedora Linux.
Source: Security DevCenter For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 administrators preparing for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) core exam 70-270, and core exams 70-297, and 70-298, this book is invaluable. Not only does it provide the resources you need to succeed on the exams, but to succeed in the real world as well. MCSE Core Elective Exams in a Nutshell allows you to see all of the topics expected for mastery in each of the exams. Each exam is covered in three parts: Exam Overview, Study Guide and Test Your Knowledge sections. This makes for easy reference and a great study aid.
Source: Security DevCenter Today's digital cameras provide image data files allowing large-format output at high resolution. At the same time, printing technology has moved forward at an equally fast pace bringing us new inkjet systems capable of printing in high precision at a very fine resolution, providing an amazing tonality range and longtime stability of inks. Moreover, these systems are now affordable to the serious photographer. In the hands of knowledgeable and experienced photographers, these new inkjet printers can help create prints comparable to the highest quality darkroom prints on photographic paper. This book provides the necessary foundation for fine art printing: The understanding of color management, profiling, paper and inks. It demonstrates how to set up the printing workflow as it guides the reader step-by-step through this process from an image file to an outstanding fine art print.
Source: Security DevCenter Craft is the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts. Volume 01, the premier issue, features 23 projects with a twist! Make a programmable LED shirt, turn dud shoes into great knitted boots, felt an iPod cocoon, embroider a skateboard, and much more.
Source: Security DevCenter Learning MySQL provides all the tools you need to set up and design an effective database. This richly detailed tutorial will help you design scalable and flexible databases, create powerful queries using SQL, and configure MySQL for improved security. After covering the basics, the book travels far into MySQL's subtleties, including complex queries and joins, how to interact with the database over the Web using PHP or Perl, and important house-keeping such as backups and security.
Source: Security DevCenter Nov 2-4,2006Mikkel Aaland (Photoshop CS2 RAW) will be attending PhotoPlus Expo and signing books at the O'Reilly booth (# 1312) on Friday, November 3 at 2;30 pm and Saturday, November 4 at 12:00 pm.
Source: Security DevCenter Nov 2-4,2006Author Eddie Tapp ( Photoshop Workflow Setups and Practical Color Management) will be participating in a panel discussion on The Latest Professional Printers, Pigmented Inks and Papers at PhotoPlus Expo on Thursday, November 2 at 1:00 pm. He will also be signing books at the O'Reilly booth (# 1312) on Friday and Saturday at 1:00 pm.
Source: Security DevCenter Nov 2,2006Eric Peterson (Web Site Measurement Hacks) will join IPSA virtually to look at Analytics for Web 2.0 and to answer audience questions.
Source: Security DevCenter Nov 2-4,2006Author Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) will discuss High-End Digital Workflow: From RAW to Stunning Print in his 2 hour seminar at PhotoPlus Expo on Thursday, November 2 at 3:45 pm. He will also be signing books at the O'Reilly booth (# 1312) on Thursday at 1:30 and Friday at 11:00 am.
Source: Security DevCenter Nov 2-4,2006Author Julieanne Kost (Window Seat) will be attending PhotoPlus Expo and speaking in the Adobe booth on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 1:00 pm. She will also be signing books at the O'Reilly booth (# 1312) on Friday, November 3 at 4:00 pm.
Source: Security DevCenter Yes, the ExpoDisc works great in odd lighting situations to help you capture accurate color and clean whites. But you can also use this photo accessory for identifying color shifts across your sensor array and for creating a dust map for auto retouching. Check out this video where color expert Bill Atkinson explains additional uses for the ExpoDisc.
Source: Security DevCenter Using the latest examples from modern browser development practices, Learning JavaScript teaches you how to integrate the language with the browser environment, and how to practice proper coding techniques for standards-compliant web sites. By the end of the book, you'll be able to use all of the JavaScript language and many of the object models provided by web browsers, and you'll even be able to create a basic Ajax application.
Source: Security DevCenter Expert advice and pro strategies help photographers at every level become more competent in their work routines. Through step-by-step procedures based on hard-nosed experience, professional photographer Ken Milburn describes a complete workflow sequence that begins with essential photographic equipment and digital darkroom setup, and ends once finished images are in albums, exhibits, web sites, or publications.
Source: Security DevCenter Put everthing you need to know about HTML and XHTML at your fingertips. For nearly a decade, hundreds of thousands of web developers have turned to HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide to master standards-based web development. Truly a definitive guide, the book combines a unique balance of tutorial material with a comprehensive reference that even the most experienced web professionals keep close at hand. From basic syntax and semantics to guidelines aimed at helping you develop your own distinctive style, this classic is all you need to become fluent in the language of web design.
Source: Security DevCenter For those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project, CSS Cookbook provides hundreds of practical examples with CSS code recipes that you can use immediately to format your web pages. Arranged in a quick-lookup format for easy reference, the second edition has been updated to explain the unique behavior of the latest browsers: Microsoft's IE 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 1.5. Also, the book has been expanded to cover the interaction of CSS and images and now includes more recipes for beginning CSS users.
Source: Security DevCenter This book teaches everything a Java developer needs to know to start building Ajax applications on Java -- without any lecturing or hype. With plenty of hands-on labs developers will soon be up and running with the tools needed to build efficient and responsive web applications. Instruction is also provided on setting up a development environment, connecting a database, and choosing between the popular Ajax libraries and toolkits including Prototype, Scriptaculous, Dojo, and DWR. Later chapters cover projects that are more complex, including integration with Java Server Faces, Struts, Tapestry.
Source: Security DevCenter This book will help you solve more than 300 of the most common and not-so-common tasks that working Visual Basic 2005 programmers face every day. If you're a seasoned .NET developer, beginning Visual Basic programmer, or a developer seeking a simple and clear migration path from VB6 to Visual Basic 2005, the Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook delivers a practical collection of problem-solving recipes for a broad range of Visual Basic programming tasks. It's sure to save you time, serving up the code you need, when you need it.
Source: Security DevCenter Programming Atlas is not just another "drag and drop" ASP.NET 2.0 book, but dives into the technologies that make it work. You'll begin with a tour of the technologies most often associated with Ajax, from JavaScript and XMLHttpRequest to JSON and the DOM. With the fundamentals in place, author JavaScript expert Christian Wenz unpacks the Atlas framework and shows you how to put its tools to work.
Source: Security DevCenter The security provided by firewalls and VPNs is only as strong as the protocol rules and policies that you create. "Defense-in-depth" and "least privilege" are merely holes in your perimeter waiting to be exploited, unless you can define and maintain protocol rules that allow only the minimum protocols required to provide your requisite services. This book provides fundamental information necessary to configure firewalls and build VPNs and DMZs to survive the dangers of today's internet. Products covered include Cisco PIX Firewall, ISA Server 2004, Check Point NGX, Juniper's NetScreen Firewalls, SonicWall, and Nokia.
Source: Security DevCenter I couldn't resist the title I gave this Short Cut because it captures Adobe's intention in giving Lightroom its name: Lightroom is a program made expressly for photographers. Although Photoshop got many of us out of the darkroom years ago, Lightroom is specifically designed to solve the major workflow roadblocks we face when moving to digital-namely, it offers intuitive and efficient image management and highly sophisticated nondestructive image adjustment. In this revised and updated Short Cut, I introduce you to the Lightroom (Beta 3) workflow, its fives modules, and its particular appeal to RAW shooters. I also include coverage of the new Windows version of Lightroom.
Source: Security DevCenter The most popular photo-editing program on the market, Photoshop Elements not only has Photoshop's marvelous powers, but includes creative capabilities the mothership lacks. The latest version, Photoshop Elements 5, offers new scrapbook features among many other improvements. Our Missing Manual carefully explains every feature (something no other book has done) by putting each one into a clear, easy-to-understand context -- all with a bit of wit and good humor.
Source: Security DevCenter Oct 9-10,2006Author Julieanne Kost (Window Seat) will provide students with an in-depth seminar on using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Lightroom beta, highlighting their combined support for a digital workflow.
Source: Security DevCenter Hey, Cylon breath! Think vocoders are only good for robotic sound effects? Hear how top musicians are using them creatively as we dive into the expressive sounds behind four recent features.
Source: Security DevCenter If you want to streamline the administration of your Windows servers and workstations by using command line scripts, this is the book for you! With every new version of Windows, Microsoft attempts to ease administrative tasks by adding more and more layers of graphical user interface (GUI) or configuration wizards (dialog boxes). While these "wizards" are interactive and make the administrator's job simpler, they are nowhere near as quick or efficient as a well-crafted command-line script or batch file.
Source: Security DevCenter Oct 8,2006Author Derrick Story (Digital Photography Pocket Guide and iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual) will be holding half-day seminar through the Santa Rosa Junior College Community Education program.
Source: Security DevCenter Want to make your Ajax apps more dynamic? This Short Cut shows you how. It covers: Using the Apache 2.2.x framework to build MVC applications incorporating design patterns Building custom Apache modules that handle Ajax requests using JSON Solving the page refresh problem in Ajax apps by tracking persistent sessions and using that information to reset the user interface when appropriate If you're looking to make Ajax web apps that scale and provide a better experience for your users, this Short Cut has all the Apache framework smarts to help you get there.
Source: Security DevCenter Whether you're writing your first embedded program, designing the latest generation of hand-held whatchamacalits, or managing the people who do, this book is for you. Programming Embedded Systems will help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to achieve proficiency with embedded software.
Source: Security DevCenter Microformats let you share structured information in HTML web pages. Although the information is visible to human readers--as it should be--software can also extract structured information. This Short Cut is a general introduction to the history of microformats and an explanation why these ideas are rocketing to the forefront of technology. It includes information and examples on how to add all of the popular microformats used and consumed today to your documents. Also included is discussion of where the idea behind microformats originated and why the microformats process is so open for everyone to contribute. With millions of instances of microformats on the Web, isn't it about time to learn what it's all about?
Source: Security DevCenter Oct 5-6,2006Author Julieanne Kost (Window Seat) will provide students with an in-depth seminar on using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Lightroom beta, highlighting their combined support for a digital workflow.
Source: Security DevCenter Oct 7,2006Author Derrick Story (Digital Photography Pocket Guide and iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual) will be at speaking at the annual NCMUG Macintosh Computer Expo. O'Reilly will be on hand to sell books at the Expo.
Source: Security DevCenter Well before Ajax and Windows Presentation Foundation, Macromedia Flash provided the first method for building "rich" web pages. Now, Adobe is making Flash a full-fledged development environment, and learning ActionScript 3.0 is key. That's a challenge for even the most experienced Flash developer. This Cookbook offers more than 300 solutions to solve a wide range of coding dilemmas, so you can learn to work with the new version right away.
Source: Security DevCenter Whether you are running the stable version of Fedora Core or bleeding-edge Rawhide releases, this book has something for every level of user. The modular, lab-based approach not only shows you how things work-but also explains why--and provides you with the answers you need to get up and running with Fedora Linux.
Source: Security DevCenter Process Improvement Essentials combines the foundation needed to understand process improvement theory with the best practices to help individuals implement process improvement initiatives in their organization. The three leading programs: ISO 9001:2000, CMMI, and Six Sigma--amidst the buzz and hype--tend to get lumped together under a common label. This book delivers a combined guide to all three programs, compares their applicability, and then sets the foundation for further exploration.
Source: Security DevCenter Completely updated with new sections on the MP3 revolution, the PC as a complete Media Center and the realisation of your PC as a recording studio, this new edition of PC Music - the easy guide, will show you what can be done, what it all means, and what you will need to start creating and enjoying your own music on your PC.
Source: Security DevCenter GIMP2 for Photographers is a beginner's guide to the only open source image editing tool which provides a low-cost alternative to expensive programs such as Photoshop. Topics include the basics of image editing and simple adjustments, as well as advanced techniques using layers and masks, stitching of panoramic images, and preparation of high-quality black and white images. The most important editing functions are presented in individual, easy-to-follow workshops.
Source: Security DevCenter Almost every RAW file requires some degree of sharpening to counter the effect of blurring that occurs at some stage of image capture or image processing. But when do you apply the sharpening? In Camera Raw or later in Photoshop? The answer isn't as straightforward as you might think. In this excerpt from Photoshop CS2 RAW, Mikkel Aaland shows you how to sharpen your images with confidence.
Source: Security DevCenter Oct 4,2006O'Reilly author Chris Date (The Relational Database Dictionary and Database in Depth) shares the secrets to Dropping ACID, Nullology: the study of the empty set, View Updating, and Database Graffiti at the "Masterclass with Chris Date" training event.
Source: Security DevCenter Oct 29,2006Author Eddie Tapp ( Photoshop Workflow Setups). Learn the complete digital workflow from capture to final output. During this seminar, Monte Zucker and Eddie Tapp cover concept to completion - posing, pixels, Photoshop and printing - everything needed to create beautiful digital photographic portraits.
Source: Security DevCenter LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Editionis a thoroughly researched reference to the Linux Professional Institute exams. The book is divided into four parts, one for each of the LPI exams. Each part features not only a summary of the core skills you need, but sample exercises and test questions, along with helpful hints to let you focus your energies.
Source: Security DevCenter Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as "post-mortems") are only help at the end of the project--too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are iterative and incremental. You need to accurately find and fix problems to help the team today. Now Esther and Diana show you the tools, tricks and tips you need to fix the problems you face on a software development project on an on-going basis. You'll see how to architect retrospectives in general, how to design them specifically for your team and organization, how to run them effectively, how to make the needed changes and how to scale these techniques up. You'll learn how to deal with problems, and implement solutions effectively throughout the project--not just at the end. With regular tune-ups, your team will hum like a precise, world-class orchestra.
Source: Security DevCenter Layer blending modes have been part of Photoshop for years, but because they're not easy to understand at first glance, this immensely useful feature tends to get overlooked. Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers is the only recipe-format book that covers blending modes specifically for digital photographers. The book covers: Changing hue, saturation, luminosity, and color Correcting basic color shifts Repairing highlights Sharpening or softening focus Adjusting lighting for subtle or dramatic effects Controlling contrast Creating surface effects and textures Adding interest to landscapes and urban scenes Enhancing portraits of children and adults Simulating graphics arts techiques and much more. Unlike Photoshop's built-in filters, blending modes don't change the actual pixels that make up an image, so their effects are completely reversible. There are over 20 blending modes in Photoshop CS2, which range from those which darken and lighten images (such as Darken, Multiply, Lighten, and Screen) to modes that increase contrast (such as Overlay and Hard Light) and adjust color (such as Hue, Color. Luminosity, and Saturation). In addition to covering each blending mode in detail, John Beardsworth, a London-based photographer and author, takes the reader through a whole collection of recipes that demonstrate how to use blending modes alone or in combination to fix problem photos, add subtle effects, and create dramatic images that are truly unique. With clear, step-by-step instructions, real-world projects, an easy-to-follow format, and hundreds of full-color examples, Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers is shows you how to use blending modes to achieve a wide range of image adjustments and special effects-without having to first learn everything there is to know about Photoshop.
Source: Security DevCenter Combating Spyware in the Enterprise is the first book published on defending enterprise networks from increasingly sophisticated and malicious spyware. System administrators and security professionals responsible for administering and securing networks ranging in size from SOHO networks up the largest, enterprise networks will learn to use a combination of free and commercial anti-spyware software, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, and host integrity monitoring applications to prevent the installation of spyware, and to limit the damage caused by spyware that does in fact infiltrate their network.
Source: Security DevCenter Wireless connectivity is now a reality in most businesses. Yet by its nature, wireless networks are the most difficult to secure and are often the favorite target of intruders. This book provides the busy network administrator with best-practice solutions to securing the wireless network. The book endorses the principle that the best strategy is to deploy multiple layers of security, each reinforcing the other. Yet it never strays from its emphasis on the practical; that any tool or methodology that is deployed must work reliably, allow sufficient access, and require a minimal amount of maintenance.
Source: Security DevCenter The Internet is synonymous with change--that's one of its charms, and one of its headaches. You think you know the Internet, but are you really up to speed on internet telephony, movie and TV downloading, multiplayer games, online banking and dating, and photosharing? This utterly current book covers getting online, searching/finding information, downloading and sharing movies, music, and photos, and the latest ways to keep in touch.
Source: Security DevCenter SUSE Linux takes you into the essential operating system components by presenting them in easy-to-learn modules. From basic installation and configuration through advanced topics such as administration, security, and virtualization, this book captures the important details of how SUSE works - without the fluff that bogs down other books and web sites.
Source: Security DevCenter Dec 4-6,2006Meet Joey Lott (Flash 8 Cookbook, ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook, and Programming Flash Communication Server ) and Robert Reinhardt (Programming Flash Communication Server ) at this Flash Design and development conference. Don't forget to visit the O'Reilly stand where you'll get a 25% discount on all our books.
Source: Security DevCenter If you're among those looking for practical hands-on support, help is here with Active Directory Cookbook, Second Edition, a unique problem-solving guide that offers quick answers for Active Directory and updated for Window Server 2003 SP1 and R2 versions. The book contains hundreds of step-by-step solutions for both common and uncommon problems that you're likely to encounter with Active Directory on a daily basis--including recipes to deal with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), ADAM, multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features. Author Robbie Allen, a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, MVP for Directory Services, and co-author of Active Directory, Third Edition and Laura E. Hunter, MVP for Windows Server-Networking and author of several books, have based this collection of troubleshooting recipes on their own experience, along with input from Windows administrators. Each recipe includes a discussion explaining how and why the solution works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations. This best selling book provides solutions to over 300 problems commonly encountered when deploying, administering, and automating Active Directory to manage users in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. The recipes include: creating domains and trusts renaming a domain controller finding users whose passwords are about to expire applying a security filter to group policy objects checking for potential replication problems restricting hosts from performing LDAP queries viewing DNS server performance statistics This Cookbook is a perfect companion to Active Directory, Third Edition, the tutorial that experts hail as the best source for understanding Microsoft's directory service. While Active Directory provides the big picture, Active Directory Cookbook gives you quick solutions you need to cope with day-to-day dilemmas. Together, these books supply the knowledge and tools so you can get the most out of Active Directory to manage users, groups, computers, domains, organizational units, and security policies on your network.
Source: Security DevCenter Even the most devoted Mac OS X user may need to use Windows XP, or may just be curious about XP and its applications. This Short Cut is a concise guide for OS X users who need to quickly get comfortable and become productive with Windows XP basics on their Macs. It covers: Security Networking Applications Mac users can easily install and use Windows, thanks to Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop for Macs with Intel processors. But once you've installed Windows, then what? This guide by Todd Ogasawara, a Microsoft MVP and Mac journeyman, will help you unite Windows software with Macintosh hardware.
Source: Security DevCenter This wireless, two-way remote control won acclaim in the pro audio community for simplifying computer recording. Now it works with iTunes as well. Songwriter Spencer Critchley tests it with iTunes and Reason, discovering how to loop song sections, create remote playlists, and even tranzform iTunes into a foot-controlled backup band.
Source: Security DevCenter Safari Books Online seeks a creative marketing assistant with an eye for design, a pen for good prose, and a mind for running marketing campaign and subscriber reports. We're looking for someone who is proficient in Adobe publishing, Microsoft Office applications and HTML. We're a small passionate team and wear many hats. Our new marketing assistant will be a team player, highly organized with the ability to communicate effectively and multi-task.
Source: Security DevCenter It's Never Done That Before is a guide to Windows XP troubleshooting techniques, solving the most common problems in Windows XP, and finding and fixing more obscure ones. The book provides pointers to explanations of BIOS beep codes and blue screen errors, instructions for using the troubleshooting tools supplied with Windows XP such as Safe Mode and the Recovery Console, and advice for dealing with device drivers, the ROM BIOS, and the Windows Registry.
Source: Security DevCenter From data structures and algorithms, to integration with cutting-edge technologies, the Ruby Cookbook has something for every programmer. When you need to solve a problem, don't reinvent the wheel: look it up in the Cookbook.
Source: Security DevCenter Written in the lucid, entertaining tone that makes a complex, dry topic become crystal-clear to programmers, and sprinkled with solutions to complex real-world problems, Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition offers a wealth information that you can put to immediate use.
Source: Security DevCenter How would you like to create your own impressionist landscape, a van Gogh still life, or a surrealist Salvador Dali dream world? Or perhaps a classic Ansel Adams photograph of Yosemite or an authentic-looking 19th century Daguerrotype? You can do all of that and more with Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook. The book tells you all you need to know to turn your original digital photographs into images that mimic the styles of great photographers and painters. From advice on how to develop an eye for appropriate subject matter to 62 detailed recipes that demonstrate exactly how to create an "original" van Gogh, Vermeer, Edward Weston, or Andy Warhol (among others), this book is an authentic guide to understanding and simulating the work of great artists-and a whole lot of fun. Analyzing the styles of great artists: format, composition, angles of view, color palettes, and image textures Shooting for digital manipulation, working non-destructively, making your own brushes and patterns Creating Daguerrotypes, cyanotypes, stop-motion photographs, cross-processed images, Polaroid transfers, and infrared effects Mimicking photographic styles from the pre-Raphaelites and the Naturalists to Jerry Uelsmann and David Hockney Exploring painting and printmaking techniques from Rembrandt to Warhol: Dutch portraits, 18th century landscape painting, Japanese woodblocks, Impressionism, Pointillism, Fauvism, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, and Pop Art Packed with step-by-step instructions, an inspirational selection of full-color digital imagery, and authoritative information and advice, Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook is the ultimate guide to creating convincing digital masterpieces in the styles of many of the world's greatest artists.
Source: Security DevCenter With the introduction of affordable and easy-to use digital cameras, people are taking photographs like never before. While the digital medium greatly simplifies the photographic process, it also offers photographers unprecedented opportunities to manipulate their images on their personal computers. Photoshop Retouching Cookbook for Digital Photographers tells you everything you need to know to use Adobe Photoshop CS2 to adjust, correct, retouch, and manipulate your photographs-without making you first learn everything there is to know about the application. These straightforward, easy-to-follow recipes give you specific directions so you can quickly and easily: Fix exposure, focus, and color problems Add special effects like motion blurs, lens effects, and surface textures Improve portraits by removing red eye, wrinkles, and blemishes Add and remove objects from photos seamlessly Use lighting effects to create more dramatic images Restore faded and damaged photos Give new shots a vintage, old-fashioned look Create posterized and hand-tinted images Assemble and fine-tune composite photos Correct perspectives The book tackles each real-life project in full color, with a hands-on approach. The fully illustrated recipes produce reliable and immediate results, and include "at a glance" panels and tip boxes that cover key techniques in detail. Barry Huggins, the author of Photoshop Retouching Cookbook for Digital Photographers, has created the only recipe-format manual on photographic retouching targeted specifically to digital photographers. Founder of a highly successful multimedia training and consulting company, Huggins is uniquely qualified to deliver step-by-step instruction in digital retouching methodology, with easy-to-follow recipes that address specific problems and teach "best practices" techniques. This is his fifth book on digital imaging and graphics software.
Source: Security DevCenter Adobe Photoshop CS2 offers professional and amateur photographers, artists, and designers unprecedented opportunities to manipulate images on their personal computers, but it's a complex application that can take years to master. With Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook, you don't have to be a Photoshop expert to create sophisticated effects. The 61 easy-to-follow, fully illustrated recipes in the book show you how to use Photoshop CS2 to simulate classic camera and darkroom techniques and special effects-without making you first learn Photoshop inside and out. Author and digital artist Tim Shelbourne has assembled a collection of real-world techniques that you'll be able to apply immediately to your own images, whether you're working on photographs or digital illustrations. Digital files of the examples in the book are available for download, so you can easily follow along as Tim takes you through each recipe. The book covers: Creating graphic art effects: posterization, watercolor, pen and ink, woodcut Working with lighting effects: neon glows, lens flares, fire and flame effects Simulating natural phenomena: rain, clouds, rainbows, lightning, snow Adapting traditional techniques: film grain, contrast masks, hand-tinting Adding motion blurs and other special effects Simulating textures: stone, metal, glass, plastic Making mattes, vignettes, frames, borders, signatures Assembling multi-layered images and photomontages Packed with hundreds of full-color photographs, step-by-step instructions, and at-a-glance panels with many practical tips, Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook is all you need to quickly and easily create professional graphic art effects from almost any image source.
Source: Security DevCenter Sick of creating web sites that reload every time a user moves the mouse? Tired of servers that wait around to respond to users' requests for movie tickets? It sounds like you need a little (or maybe a lot of) Ajax in your life. Asynchronous programming lets you turn your own websites into smooth, slick, responsive applications that make your users feel like they're back on the information superhighway, not stuck on a dial-up backroad. But who wants to take on next-generation web programming with the last generation's instruction book? You need a learning experience that's as compelling and cutting-edge as the sites you want to design. That's where we come in. With Head Rush Ajax, in no time you'll be writing JavaScript code that fires off asynchronous requests to web servers and having fun doing it. By the time you've taken your dynamic HTML, XML, JSON, and DOM skills up a few notches, you'll have solved tons of puzzles, figured out how well snowboards sell in Vail, and even watched a boxing match. Sound interesting? Then what are you waiting for? Pick up Head Rush Ajax and learn Ajax and asynchronous programming the right way--the way that sticks. If you've ever read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. Head Rush ramps up the intensity with an even faster look and feel. Have your first working app before you finish Chapter 1, meet up with the nefarious PROJECT: CHAOS stealth team, and even settle the question of the Top 5 Blues CDs of all time. Leave boring, clunky websites behind with 8-tracks and hot pants--and get going with next-generation web programming. "If you thought Ajax was rocket science, this book is for you. Head Rush Ajax puts dynamic, compelling experiences within reach for every web developer." -- Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path "A 'technology-meets-reality' book for web pioneers on the cutting edge." -- Valentin Crettaz, CTO, Condris Technologies
Source: Security DevCenter It's testable. It's light-weight. It's open-source. It's . . . Microsoft? Yes, finally, Microsoft has figured it out. ASP.NET MVC 2.0 lets you test drive your code, control the output of your HTML, and leverage C# and .NET in an easy-to-use web framework. This book shows you all you need to know to get started developing web applications using test-driven development (TDD). You'll learn how to do everything from creating your first test, to building REST web services, to deploying your finished ASP.NET MVC applications. Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC gets you started with all the fundamentals you need, whether you're transitioning from older Microsoft technologies, or if you're coming from an open-source background and are curious about what ASP.NET MVC has to offer.
Source: Security DevCenter Adobe Photoshop is central to almost all photography workflows today. Each new version fo the software is a milestone in the development of this imaging behemoth, and 2010's release of CS5 is no exception. Photographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop; the sheer number of tools and options make it difficult for the novice. There is no shortage of instructional books, yet very few direct the user to the most significant aspects of the program in a way that reflects a real workflow for the photographer. Adobe Certified Instructor Steve Laskevitch has leveraged his experience as a teacher and practitioner to create a step-by-step guide that provides a clear and effective workflow for editing photographs in the latest version of Photoshop and its companions Bridge, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. Focusing on the critical elements of the workflow rather than covering every arcane feature, the Handbook is designed to get you working quickly in these applications.
Source: Security DevCenter When you need answers for using C# 4.0, this tightly focused and practical book tells you exactly what you need to know -- without long introductions or bloated samples. Succinct and easy to browse, C# 4.0 Pocket Reference is ideal as quick reference -- or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#. Written by the authors of the acclaimed C# 4.0 in a Nutshell, this book doesn't skimp on detail, but covers the entire C# 4.0 language.
Source: Security DevCenter Wicked WordPress Themes is a step-by-step guide to creating beautiful themes for the world's most popular CMS, WordPress.
Source: Security DevCenter The Web is increasingly happening in realtime. With sites such as Facebook and FriendFeed leading the way, users are coming to expect that all websites should serve content to them as it occurs. With this book, you'll learn how to add several realtime features to your site -- everything from chat and messaging services to streaming content feeds -- without making significant changes to your existing infrastructure.
Source: Security DevCenter Learn what it takes to build and maintain high-traffic websites with Web Operations. Featuring essays from today's top web veterans, this insightful book shows you how to run your web ops as reliably and effectively as Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo run theirs. Even if your site never gets that big, you'll profit from the experience and knowledge of the people who created sites for these and other industry giants.
Source: Security DevCenter Covering both ECMAScript 5 and HTML5, JavaScript Cookbook helps you take advantage of the latest web features, including HTML5's persistent storage mechanisms and drawing canvas. You'll find solutions for integrating these features with JavaScript into UIs that people will enjoy using. The recipes in this book not only help you get things done, they'll also help you develop applications that work reliably in every browser.
Source: Security DevCenter My New iPad guides you through dozens of simple projects that will have you doing useful things with your iPad right away—like surfing the Internet, sending email, listening to music, taking notes, reading ebooks, using iWork, and playing with digital photos. Since no one wants to read a long, dry manual to learn how to use their new toy, Wang takes a practical approach and keeps the tone light. You'll be using your new iPad immediately to do cool things you didn't know it could do.
Source: Security DevCenter Server bottlenecks and failures are a fact of life in any database deployment, but they don't have to bring everything to a halt. MySQL provides several features that can protect you from outages, whether you're running directly on the hardware, on virtual machines, or in the cloud. This book shows you how to use these features effectively, and helps you determine which combination of features will give you the most reliable system for a price you can afford.
Source: Security DevCenter Charles Oliver Nutter discusses his latest attempt to bring the usability and clarity of Ruby to the JVM. In this interview Nutter discusses Mirah, a new, Ruby-like language which can be compiled to bytecode. He discusses some of the advantages of being able to compile to bytecode and how Mirah relates to JRuby.
Source: Security DevCenter Face it, it's either this, or they put something in the food at WWDC.
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