With the right applications, the iPad can become more than just a content consumption device for videos, music, and electronic books. It can be a content production device as well -- generating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations for the workplace. This ability to produce content, given the right applications, immediately shifts the...

Are you ready to learn how to program a computer? You'll do just that in this book. PROGRAMMING LIKE A PRO FOR TEENS is written in a friendly, unassuming voice that makes it possible for you to master the ideas and concepts that professionals use for programming every day. You learn algorithmic thinking and problem-solving in addition to...

The new Sony Alpha DSLR-A580 and A560 are innovative new, mid-level dSLR models that will replace the A550 and A500 models. They are the first from Sony to include full HDTV video as well as sophisticated features such as 7 frames-per-second continuous shooting and Sweep Panorama, 16.7 (A580) and 14.6 (A560) megapixel resolutions. David...

The Canon PowerShot G12 is the most advanced pocket-sized digital camera Canon has ever introduced, boasting 10 megapixels of resolution, blazing fast automatic focus, and more than a dozen special Scene modes that allow you to take fantastic pictures under any conditions. As the owner of the G12 you demand the ability to take outstanding...

Role-playing games, also known as RPGs, are those sword-and-sorcery quest games that feature turn-based combat, inventories full of unique...

What better way is there to learn a programming language than with a game-oriented approach? If you ask the many readers that have made this book's prequel, PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER, a bestseller, they'll tell you - there isn't one. MORE PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER offers readers more practice,...

Now job seekers or any professional pursuing advancement can masterthe skills needed to prepare for and win interviews with Kramer's 101 SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWING STRATEGIES. Written by an expert career coach and clinical psychologist, this unique book applies the latest research in learning strategies and social intelligence to equip job...

My journey down the social media road began years ago, and many people have praised me for my foresight and brilliance. They are very kind, but the truth is, what really took me down this road was desperation. A few years ago—perhaps you remember—the economy took a heck of a dip. On its way down, it punched me in the...

I’m delighted that Cengage Learning invited me to write this third edition of Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter. The earlier books, for versions X (pronounced “ten”) and 11 (pronounced “eleven”) were greeted with very positive responses from users and critics, not just my friends and...

An open source content management system (CMS) like Drupal can be a great resource for anyone who would like to develop and maintain a website. In the past, in order to make a website, you had to manually assemble all the files and develop a fair amount of technical expertise; however, a CMS can automate and significantly simplify...