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Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in over 30 years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopaedia. So that's what this book is. An advice encyclopaedia. A mentor in a box. Build is full of personal stories, practical advice and fascinating insights into some of the most impactful products and people of the 20th century.

The founder of Menlo Innovations and author of the business culture cult classic Joy, Inc. offers an inspirational guide to leaders seeking joy in the challenge of leading others. Filled with colorful anecdotes from Sheridan's personal journey and wisdom from many leadership mentors, Chief Joy Officer offers an approachable, down-to-earth philosophy and practice that will help even the most disillusioned of middle managers bring a renewed sense of purpose to their work building others.

Any company needs to sell its products or services to customers on a regular basis in order to generate consistent revenues and to create profits. A marketing function in any organization creates and executes various types of marketing campaigns with an objective to build brand awareness about the company’s products and services. Similarly, a sales function manages the sales pipeline in order to create new business from new or existing customers for a company. A robust Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform is pivotal for any company that wants to transform its marketing and ...

Mastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you return to first principles and apply Scrum with the professionalism required to achieve its transformative potential. The authors aim to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements.

How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself is a guide for anyone who wants to make their own video game. Listen to this book to learn how to locate the itch you're eager to scratch, how to pick a game engine to power your vision, and how to find the fun in your game. Most importantly, this book helps you guide your project to the finish line. Written from personal experience by a video game industry veteran and podcaster, it's packed with handmade drawings and charts

To ensure that applications are reliable and always available, more businesses today are moving applications to AWS. But many companies still struggle to design and build these cloud applications effectively. With this practical guide, software, DevOps, and cloud engineers will learn how to implement resilient designs and configurations in the cloud using hands-on independent labs.

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Agile Software Development: It wasn't until 2001 when seventeen software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah and put ...

Newly updated for 2023! Want to learn how to code in less than a day? This book was designed for absolute beginners – you don’t need any prior experience or knowledge. Written by the Co-Founders of The Tech Academy (learncodinganywhere.com), it serves as a perfect introduction to computer programming for anyone. This book utilizes Small Basic, an educational programming language developed by Microsoft. Learn Coding Basics in Hours with Small Basic is easy and simple, and it can be completed fast. The Tech Academy is a technology school that specializes in coding bootcamps. You can ...

What Exactly is TCP/IP? – Because "The Internet Thingy" Just Won’t Cut It Anymore Tired of pretending you know what TCP/IP means when your cousin the "IT guy" starts talking packets over turkey dinner? Ever nodded along in meetings while silently Googling "what is a subnet mask and why is it attacking me?" Look no further, confused compadre — this is the book that demystifies the very plumbing of the internet, with zero jargon-induced migraines and more laughs than your average help desk call. "What Exactly is TCP/IP?" isn’t just a book — it’s a comedy show hosted by protocols. ...

Do you ever look at the clock and wonder where the day went? You spent all this time at work and didn't come close to getting everything done. Tomorrow try something new. Use the Pomodoro technique to work in focused sprints throughout the day. In Pomodoro Technique Illustrated, Staffan Noteberg shows you how to organize your work to accomplish more in less time. There's no need for expensive software or fancy planners. You can get started with nothing more than a piece of paper, a pencil, and a kitchen timer.

This is your ultimate companion on the journey to mastering Java. If you are stepping into the world of programming for the first time or are an experienced developer looking to sharpen your skills, this book offers a structured and comprehensive guide to becoming a proficient Java programmer. In this audiobook, you'll find clear explanations of Java concepts, supplemented with practical examples that bring the theory to life. Each chapter is crafted to build your knowledge progressively, ensuring you understand the foundational principles before moving on to more advanced topics.

Twice a year in the heart of Silicon Valley, a small investment firm called Y Combinator selects an elite group of young entrepreneurs from around the world for three months of intense work and instruction. Their brand-new two- or three-person start-ups are given a seemingly impossible challenge: to turn a raw idea into a viable business, fast.

Code performance versus simplicity. Delivery speed versus duplication. Flexibility versus maintainability—every decision you make in software engineering involves balancing tradeoffs. In Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs, you’ll learn from costly mistakes that Tomasz Lelek and Jon Skeet have encountered over their impressive careers. You’ll explore real-world scenarios where poor understanding of tradeoffs leads to major problems down the road, so you can preempt your own mistakes with a more thoughtful approach to decision-making.

This is a memoir of an introverted Canadian engineer who contributed in many ways to the advancement of civil aviation during the evolution into digital avionics and flight management. Retirement opened the door to a new world of creative writing as a novelist. All in all, a full and varied life--in fact, a quiet rampage.

This sweeping history of the Civil War and the Confederacy is told through the lens of its most crucial army: the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee. General Lee's Army takes listeners across the Rebel landscape, from campfires to battlefields to their homes, as it portrays a world of life, death, healing, and hardship.

Selling Software Online. The model I’m referring to is product development but more specifically software products. By the way, I don’t actually do any programming myself. I couldn’t program my way out of a wet paper bag. Don’t worry if it sounds scary or expensive, it’s not near as bad as you have been led to believe. There’s a reason most successful software vendors try and spread the myth that it cost tens of thousands to start. The less people making software the less competition they have to deal with. Software isn’t the only way I earn online but it’s by far my ...

The AI revolution is happening now. Software developers who embrace AI will be best positioned to thrive in the future. This concise book provides a crucial foundation in the core concepts driving this transformative technology, including: Machine Learning: How algorithms learn from data to make predictions.

Want to live in greatness? This book is your guide. The Core Protocols show you how to discover and obtain what you want, on your own, with your friends and family, and with the people you work with. Follow these easy recipes to understand and articulate your personal alignment, to connect and align with others, to share vision together, and to make the abundant goodness of the universe yours. Based on the work of Jim McCarthy and Michele McCarthy, this book is your concise guide to understanding what you want, connecting with others who support you, and living in greatness.

Unveiling the essence of Agile in a single, profound sentence—can it be done? Dive into Larry Apke's riveting exploration as he unveils "Apke's Golden Rule of Agile." While no single phrase can encompass Agile's vast universe, the Golden Rule shines with undeniable utility. Master it, and transform your backlog management, assuring the delivery of unmatched value to your customers at lightning speed. Slim in pages, yet monumental in impact, this read promises not just insight, but exponential returns. Discover the power of simplicity; let Apke's Golden Rule of Agile help redefine your ...

Step into the world of The Future of HAM Radio, an intriguing exploration of the cutting-edge advancements shaping the world of amateur radio. Discover how the traditional art of HAM radio is being transformed and revitalized through the integration of innovative technologies, setting the stage for a new era of connectivity and communication. Diving deep into the exciting evolution of Software-Defined Radio (SDR), this eBook guides you through the technological leap from hardware to software. Learn about the crucial components and latest advancements that are redefining the capabilities of ...