Technology Development

In the current digital age, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to stay focused. Smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other devices constantly vie for our attention. In both business and life, we are constantly bombarded with tweets, likes, mentions, and a constant stream of information. The inability to pay attention impacts learning, parenting, prioritizing, and leading. Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus teaches managers and leaders how to help themselves and others sharpen their focusing skills.

It's the mother of all search problems: how to find a spouse, a mate, a date. The escalating marriage age and declining marriage rate mean we're spending a greater portion of our lives unattached, searching for love well into our 30s and 40s. It's no wonder that a third of America's 90 million singles are turning to dating Web sites. Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, sites like eHarmony, Match, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish have been embraced by pretty much every demographic.

This audiobook is a highlight reel of content revolving around the software developer's life.

This audiobook is the first part of a trilogy to follow Software Wasteland. In Software Wasteland, we detailed the current poor state of application software development. We offered some tactical advice for reducing some of the worse of the excess. This is the first book in the "what to do instead" trilogy. From the age of punched cards to today's internet-driven systems, one thing has stayed fairly constant: software vendors and their implementers have been driving the enterprise IT industry. This is changing.

Think creatively like a human. Analyze and solve problems efficiently like a computer. Our everyday lives are filled with inefficient and ineffective decisions and solutions. Being overwhelmed by the magnitude of our problems makes it hard to think clearly. We procrastinate and overthink. Our thoughts are tainted with biases. If only there was a way to simplify our decision-making and problem-solving process and get satisfying, consistent results! The good news is, there is! Apply computer algorithms to your everyday problems.

By conquering your fear of public speaking and honing your skills, you'll unlock new opportunities in your personal and professional life. Remember, regardless of how daunting public speaking may seem now, you can transform your experience and open doors to success.

¿Alguna vez has soñado con ser un desarrollador profesional de Java y obtener ingresos masivos trabajando desde cualquier lugar del mundo? "Aprende Programación Java: De Principiante a Profesional" es tu guía completa para dominar uno de los lenguajes de programación más demandados del mercado. Este libro ha sido diseñado para transformar a los principiantes en expertos, llevándote paso a paso a través de conceptos fundamentales hasta proyectos avanzados.

C# in Depth is a revised edition of the bestseller written by C# legend Jon Skeet. This authoritative and engaging guide is your key to unlocking this powerful language, including the new features of C# six and seven. In it, Jon introduces expression-bodied members, interpolated strings, pattern matching, and more. Real-world examples drive it all home. By the end of this awesome book, you'll be writing C# code with skill, style, and confidence.

After discussing what an algorithm does and how its effectiveness can be measured, Louridas covers three of the most fundamental applications areas: graphs, which describe networks, from eighteenth-century problems to today's social networks; searching, and how to find the fastest way to search; and sorting, and the importance of choosing the best algorithm for particular tasks. He then presents larger-scale applications: PageRank, Google's founding algorithm; and neural networks and deep learning.

Untangle the mesh of complex data with this user-friendly manual to SQL. Imagine a world overflowing with data – numbers, stats, facts, all buzzing around, waiting to tell a story. There's one common element that can help you navigate this vast sea of data – Structured Query Language (SQL).

This book is dedicated to helping JavaScript Full Stack Developers interview for new positions, capture the job offer of their dreams and move up the career ladder. It is primarily geared toward "Full Stack front-end" developers. Along with answering technical JavaScript questions, the book also covers other front-end languages such as Angular, Express, MongoDB, Node.js, and more.

In a world where artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of human life, the ethical and philosophical challenges of this new era are more critical than ever. AI Debates Immanuel Kant offers a visionary exploration of how timeless philosophical wisdom can guide the future of AI development. This groundbreaking book, written by Richard Aragon, is the third in the AI Debates series, which features fictional AI models debating simulated philosophers, using real AI models to push the boundaries of modern thought. In this volume, readers are introduced to Aether, a cutting-edge AI ...

"AI or You: Future-Proof Your Career in the Next Decades" is your ultimate guide to navigating the changing landscape of work and harnessing the power of AI to shape a successful and fulfilling career. In an era of rapid technological advancements, the future of work is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Are you prepared to thrive in the age of Artificial Intelligence? In this groundbreaking book, Ivan Kuznietsov presents a strategic plan specifically tailored for both non-technicians and technicians alike. Through real-world examples and actionable insights, you'll discover how to unlock ...

After yet another online dating disaster, Amy Webb was about to cancel her JDate membership when an epiphany struck: It wasn’t that her standards were too high, as women are often told, but that she wasn’t evaluating the right data in suitors’ profiles. That night Webb, an award-winning journalist and digital-strategy expert, made a detailed, exhaustive list of what she did and didn’t want in a mate.

Functional Programming in Scala is a serious tutorial for programmers looking to learn FP and apply it to the everyday business of coding. The audiobook guides listeners from basic techniques to advanced topics in a logical, concise, and clear progression. In it, you'll find concrete examples and exercises that open up the world of functional programming.

In Agile Leadership Toolkit, longtime agile leader Peter Koning provides a practical and invaluable steering wheel for agile leaders and their teams. Drawing on his extensive experience helping leaders drive more value from agile, Koning offers a comprehensive toolkit for continuously improving your environment.

Blazor in Action is a practical guide to building stunning UIs and client-side applications using C# and .NET. You’ll use the Blazor frontend framework to create a fun and exciting web application for plotting hiking routes. As you build up your new application, you’ll master the key features of Blazor, such as routing, forms and validation, and dynamic and reusable components. By the time you're done, you'll be ready to develop beautiful sites and apps that seamlessly execute your C# code natively in the browser.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, digital technologies had become deeply embedded in children’s lives, despite a growing body of research detailing the harms of excessive immersion in the unregulated, powerfully seductive, profit-driven world of the “kid-tech” industry. In Who’s Raising the Kids? Linn—one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of Big Tech and big business on children—explores the roots and consequences of this monumental shift toward a digitized, commercialized childhood, focusing on kids’ values, relationships, and learning.

Welcome to a transformative journey through the dynamic and challenging world of angel investing. This book is your guide to shaping industries and influencing innovations by injecting capital, guidance, and vision into early-stage startups. Here, we delve deep into the principles, strategies, and experiences that define successful angel investing, offering you the opportunity to not just invest, but to grow personally and make a significant impact. Angel investors play a crucial role in the startup ecosystem. Unlike institutional investors, angel investors not only provide financial ...

Go in Action is for any intermediate-level developer who has experience with other programming languages and wants a jump-start in learning Go or a more thorough understanding of the language and its internals. This book provides an intensive, comprehensive, and idiomatic view of Go. It focuses on the specification and implementation of the language, including topics like language syntax, Go's type system, concurrency, channels, and testing.