Few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order once we've learned it as children. And yet the order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted, plays far more of a role in our lives than we usually consider. From the school register to the telephone book, from dictionaries and encyclopaedias to the library shelves, our lives are ordered from A to Z. This magical system of organization not only guides us...

A comprehensive reference of Web style for writers, editors, bloggers and students. Topics range from understanding the basics of grammar and punctuation to improving online readability to boosting your site's chances of appearing in search results.

"An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict what you are most likely to click on. According to MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, Google's change in policy is symptomatic of the most significant...

The design of information on the web changes the way people find, understand, and use that information--for better or for worse. Lisa Maria Martin shows you how to leverage the principles and practices of information architecture in order to craft more thoughtful and effective digital spaces. Learn how to analyze your site's content and structure, build clear and consistent taxonomies, and develop more strategic sitemaps. Because when we're intentional...

When users try your product for the first time, what keeps them coming back? Onboarding can make the difference between abandoned accounts and devoted use-if we design it as a holistic, ongoing process. Krystal Higgins demonstrates how the best onboarding experiences guide people as they interact, helping them follow their own path to success. Gain practical strategies and techniques for designing effective guidance, whether you're working through...

Are you looking to use data as a strategic asset in your organization, so that more people can make better, data-driven decisions and accelerate time to value? This report explains how. Whether you're working on self-service analytics, data governance, or cloud data migration, authors Fadi Maali, an experienced data engineer and the lead editor of the DCAT Specification, and Jason Lim, director of product and cloud marketing at Alation, show you why...

Sponsored by Informatica Join experts Rajeev Srinivasan (Informatica) and Dilip Kikla (AWS) to learn how data professionals can achieve comprehensive, cohesive, and incremental data management across data discovery, ingestion, security, governance, and democratization with Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) built on AWS. You'll learn how to modernize your data analytics and machine learning pipelines in the cloud to easily make...

Solve a wide range of problems in your web application quickly and efficiently with the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI). With this definitive, getting-started guide to version 3 of the popular open source JavaScript library, you'll learn how to address many of the most common and challenging problems that web development presents. YUI 3 Cookbook introduces specific implementation patterns in the library, demonstrating granular solutions for everything...

Ein effizientes Requirements Engineering ist Grundlage für erfolgreiche Softwareprojekte. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Workshops zur schrittweisen Ermittlung von Anforderungen effektiv gestaltet werden können. Der Autor geht dabei über eine theoretische Betrachtung allgemeiner Methoden hinaus und tief hinein in die Mühen der täglichen Arbeit als Requirements Engineer. Dabei sind die einzelnen Schritte entlang einer durchgängigen Vorgehensweise...