Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (January 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321529170

Tagging is fast becoming one of the primary ways people organize and manage digital information. Tagging complements traditional organizational tools like folders and search on users desktops as well as on the web. These developments mean that tagging has broad implications for information management, information architecture and interface design. And its reach extends beyond these technical domains to our culture at large. We can imagine, for example, the scrapbookers of the future curating their digital photos, emails, ticket stubs and other mementos with tags. This book explains the value of tagging, explores why people tag, how tagging works and when it can be used to improve the user experience. It exposes tagging’s superficial simplicity to reveal interesting issues related to usability, information architecture, online community and collective intelligence.
About the Author
Gene Smith is a consultant specializing in information architecture strategy, social classification like tagging and folksonomies, emergent information architecture and interaction design. As a principal at nForm User Experience, he’s advised clients like Comcast, Ancestry.com and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Through conference presentations and online publication Gene has helped define social information architecture, an emerging field that looks at how user interactions create structure in information spaces.
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Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration

• Hardcover: 1144 pages
• Publisher: Information Science Reference (February 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599048817

As more and more universities, schools, and corporate training organizations develop technology plans to ensure technology will directly benefit learning and achievement, the demand is increasing for an all-inclusive, authoritative reference source on the infusion of technology into curriculums worldwide.
The Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration amasses a comprehensive resource of concepts, methodologies, models, architectures, applications, enabling technologies, and best practices for integrating technology into the curriculum at all levels of education. Compiling over 150 articles from the world s leading experts on information technology, this authoritative reference strives to supply innovative research aimed at improving academic achievement, teaching and learning, and the application of technology in schools and training environments.
About the Author
Lawrence A. Tomei is the associate vice president of academic affairs and associate professor of education at Robert Morris University. Born in Akron, Ohio, he earned a BSBA from the University of Akron (1972) and entered the US Air Force, serving until his retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1994. Dr. Tomei completed his MPA and MEd at the University of Oklahoma (1975, 1978) and EdD from USC (1983). His articles and books on instructional technology include: Professional Portfolios for Teachers (1999); Teaching Digitally: Integrating Technology Into the Classroom (2001); Technology Facade (2002); Challenges of Teaching with Technology Across the Curriculum (2003); and Taxonomy for the Technology Domain (2005).
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Schaum’s Outline of Principles of Computer Science

• Paperback: 221 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071460519

Learn the essentials of computer science
Schaum’s Outline of Principles of Computer Science provides a concise overview of the theoretical foundation of computer science. It also includes focused review of object-oriented programming using Java.
About the Author
Paul Tymann, M.S., is an associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. Carl Reynolds is a professor of computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.
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J2EE AntiPatterns

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471146153
• ISBN-13: 978-0471146155

“The flip-side of Patterns, AntiPatterns provide developers with formal descriptions of common development gaffes that can derail a project along with practical guidelines on how to avoid them. In this book, the authors present dozens of Java AntiPatterns that tackle many of Java’s biggest trouble spots for programming with EJB, JSP, Servlets, and more. Each AntiPattern is documented with real-world examples, code, and refactored (or escape-route) solutions, and the book uses UML (where appropriate) to diagram improved solutions. All code examples from the book are available to the reader on the book’s companion Web site.”


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A History of Modern Computing, 2nd Edition

• Paperback: 459 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 2 edition (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262532034

This book delivers exactly what its title promises: a straightforward and comprehensive account of the electronic digital computer’s first five decades. Starting with the historic ENIAC of 1945, Ceruzzi moves nimbly through one epochal generation of computing technology after another: the gargantuan, vacuum-tube-filled mainframes of the early ’50s; the sleeker, transistorized minicomputers of the ’60s; the personal computers conjured up by hobbyists in the ’70s; and the computer networks that have come to span offices and the globe in the last 10 years. Ceruzzi places all of these developments in the context of the social phenomena that shaped them: the imperatives of Cold War research, the evolving needs of information-swamped businesses, and the quirks and dreams of counter-cultural computer hackers. But unlike some popular books about computing history, this one refuses to acknowledge any particular individual, group, or institution as its protagonist. The tale it tells is complex: a weave of high-level projects, lowbrow tinkerings, and sweeping socioeconomic transformations, with a crash course in the basics of computer architecture tossed in for good measure. The mix doesn’t make for great drama, but it does offer something perhaps more valuable–the sober, subtle feel of real history unfolding.
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SAP® Business Information Warehouse Reporting

• Paperback: 894 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (January 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071496165

Your Hands-On Guide to SAP Business Information Warehouse

Give your company the competitive edge by delivering up-to-date, pertinent business reports to users inside and outside your enterprise. SAP Business Information Warehouse Reporting shows you how to construct Enterprise Data Warehouses, create workbooks and queries, analyze and format results, and supply meaningful reports. Learn how to use the BEx and Web Analyzers, Web Application Designer, Visual Composer, and Information Broadcaster. You will also find out how to forecast future business trends, build enterprise portals and websites, and tune performance.

• Group data into InfoCubes and DataStore Objects and generate reports using queries and workbooks
• Work with the BEx Analyzer, Web Analyzer, and Query Designer
• Build queries and reports using the Business Administration Workbench
• Add attachments and drill-through using Document Integration and RRI
• Format and distribute results using Report Designer and Information Broadcaster
• Extend functionality with Enterprise Portal, Data Modeling, and Visual Composer
• Deploy charts, maps, diagrams, and unit of measure conversions
• Predict trends and possible outcomes using SBC and Integrated Planning
• Generate HTML pages using Enterprise Reporting and Web Application Designer
• Create BI-based corporate Web and intranet sites using SAP Enterprise Portal

About the Author

Peter Jones is a platinum consultant at SAP Training/Business Consulting with more than nine years of consulting and educational experience. He regularly speaks at SAP-sponsored events.

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Past and Future of Information Systems

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1 edition (May 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750661410

In recent years there has been much debate about the scientific status of information systems as a discrete discipline and as a valid research field, yet there is already a substantial body of research on information systems dating back some thirty years. An important aspect of this book is its coverage of the development of IS research over the past three decades, showing how it has come to represent such a diverse field of activities today, including its impact on health care, e-business and mobile commerce. Many of the pioneers of IS research have contributed their own perspectives and insights to the debate in this volume, and its reflective and historical approach ensures it will be of great interest to anyone working within the IS field. This reflective text looks back on the last 30 years of IS research, as well as glancing towards the future, ensuring that it will be of great interest to anyone working within the IS field.
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