Rabu, 23 Oktober 2013

Wow! eBook: Testing Cloud Services - 5 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Testing Cloud Services - 5 new eBooks

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Testing Cloud Services

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:16 AM PDT

Book Description

Everybody is confronted with cloud computing. Whether you are a user, designer, programmer, project manager, or tester, sooner or later the cloud affects your work. If you are involved in selecting or implementing services from the cloud, or in keeping them up and running, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource.

Testing Cloud Services covers an extensive list of risks that arise when implementing cloud computing, including some traditional risks and some completely new ones, and provides strategies for avoiding these risks and solving problems. Every risk is connected to existing, updated, and new test measures. It is necessary to start testing during the selection of cloud services, and continue end-to-end testing even after going live, as continuity risks arise all the time.

With this book in hand, you will save a lot of time and discover an effective approach to testing that can be applied in practice immediately!

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What is Cloud Computing?
Chapter 3. Role of the Test Manager
Chapter 4. From Risk to Test
Chapter 5. Test Measures
Chapter 6. Completion

Book Details

  • Paperback: 184 pages
  • Publisher: Rocky Nook (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1937538389
  • ISBN-13: 978-1937538385
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Mastering the Nikon D7100

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:13 AM PDT

Book Description

Mastering the Nikon D7100 by Darrell Young provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of the new D7100 camera. Darrell is determined to help the user navigate past the confusion that often comes with complex and powerful professional camera equipment.

This book explores the features and capabilities of the camera in a way that far surpasses the user’s manual. It guides readers through the camera features with step-by-step setting adjustments; color illustrations; and detailed how, when, and why explanations for each option. Every button, dial, switch, and menu configuration setting is explored in a user-friendly manner, with suggestions for setup according to various shooting styles.

Darrell’s friendly and informative writing style allows readers to easily follow directions, while feeling as if a friend dropped in to share his knowledge. The learning experience for new D7100 users goes beyond just the camera itself and covers basic photography technique.

Table of Contents

  • Camera Body Reference
  • Colors and Wording Legend
  • Basic Camera Setup
  • Playback Menu
  • Shooting Menu
  • Custom Setting Menu
  • Setup Menu
  • Retouch Menu
  • My Menu and Recent Settings
  • Metering, Exposure Modes, and Histogram
  • White Balance
  • Autofocus, AF-Area, and Release Modes
  • Live View Photography
  • Movie Live View
  • Speedlight Flash

Book Details

  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Rocky Nook (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 193753832X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1937538323
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Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, 3rd Edition

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:05 AM PDT

Book Description

Make your network fast, reliable, and secure! (Updated August 29, 2013)

Updated for Apple’s latest 802.11ac AirPort base stations (and yes, the title of this book will have to change soon)!

Find real-world advice from Wi-Fi wizard Glenn Fleishman on setting up a wireless network using Apple’s 802.11n- and 802.11ac-enabled AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, and Time Capsule base stations. The ebook is packed with directions for enhancing an AirPort network, whether you’re replacing an old base station, adding another base station to extend your range, improving your security, connecting a USB-attached printer or drive, or setting up a guest network.

You’ll find the answers to questions that may otherwise frustrate you, such as how to choose the best band and channel, set up complex Internet addressing, solve a variety of connection problems, and much more.

Glenn explains how to configure an 802.11n and/or 802.11ac AirPort network using AirPort Utility 6 or AirPort Utility for iOS. (AirPort Utility 6 runs only in 10.7 Lion and later.) The ebook includes a free download of the previous edition (version 2.0), which describes using AirPort Utility 5. (AirPort Utility 5 runs on 10.5 Leopard – 10.7 Lion, as well as on Windows computers.)

“This Take Control book is a must-have for anyone who needs to quickly and easily set up an AirPort network.” –Phil Kearney, “father” of Apple’s AirPort product line

If you’re trying to solve a particular problem, you can jump in and read the topics in this ebook in any order, but if you start at the beginning, you’ll learn how Apple’s 802.11n and 802.11ac gear fits into the world of Wi-Fi networking.

With that background, you’ll learn where to position and how to set up base stations, with diagrams showing common network scenarios–see two examples above–and with step-by-step instructions for configuring key Internet sharing and security options and connecting client computers. For those who have funky Internet connections or tricky IP addressing needs, Glenn provides extended advice for creating a working Wi-Fi network.

Glenn provides real-world directions for important scenarios, including how to:

Create a basic (or not so basic) Wi-Fi network, using Apple’s base stations:

  • Set up a wireless network with a single base station, or with multiple base stations – whether you want to extend a network with Ethernet or a wireless connection (or a mix of the two), Glenn examines your options and provides configuration steps. He also touches briefly on powerline connections.
  • Keep your existing network, but replace an older or broken base station with a new one.
  • Export your base station’s configuration, either to make a backup or to create a model configuration to use on other base stations.
  • Connect Macs (10.5 Leopard and later), iOS devices, and Windows 7 and 8 computers to your network.
  • Set up reliable and relevant security for your network. Also, add a guest network that gives your guests Internet access while restricting their access to local resources.

Attach peripherals to your network:

  • Add a Wi-Fi or USB-connected printer, and connect to the printer from Mac and Windows computers.
  • Add a USB-attached drive to a Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme, and configure client access.
  • Connect a 2nd- or 3rd-generation Apple TV to your network

Do more networking:

  • Set up a Time Machine backup to a Time Capsule base station.
  • Expand the capabilities of an AirPort Express by setting up audio streaming, trying Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil media streaming utility, or extending your network with ProxySTA.
  • Share files conveniently and wirelessly between Macs with the AirDrop file-transfer feature, plus understand the type of networking that AirDrop uses.
  • Put computers more directly on the Internet with port mapping or a default host.
  • Set up Back to My Mac with iCloud in order to access an AirPort or Time Capsule drive remotely, or to configure your base station remotely.
  • Set up a Software Base Station or do ad-hoc networking.

Understand what’s going on and solve problems:

  • Find out what the icon on your Wi-Fi menu means, and discover what the colored light on your base station is trying to tell you.
  • Learn what a MAC address is, plus how to find it. (Hint, 1 Infinite Loop is not the MAC address that you seek.)
  • Read background information about the bands and channels used with Wi-Fi networking, understand how Apple’s Wi-Fi gear fits into the picture, and get ideas for how to create an optimal network that avoids interference problems.
  • Understand the differences among AirPort Utility 6 (for Mac), AirPort Utility for iOS, and AirPort Utility 5 (for Mac and Windows). Find a free download link for the previous edition of this ebook, which covers AirPort Utility 5.
  • Learn how to update the firmware in your base station, and how to revert to an older version of your firmware, if necessary.

“If anyone knows about real-world Wi-Fi, it’s Glenn Fleishman.” –Mark Frauenfelder, co-founder of bOING bOING

Book Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1615424059
  • ISBN-13: 978-1615424054
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Take Control of Your Digital Photos on a Mac

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Book Description

Build a digital workflow to import, tag, rate, and organize your photos!

Why bother taking photos if you can’t find them later? If you want to be able to lay your hands on any given photo in your ever-expanding library, digital photography expert Jeff Carlson has developed a simple system you can use to make your photo collection browsable, searchable, and generally navigable!

Jeff leads off by helping you understand the strengths and weaknesses of the four most popular photo-management applications: iPhoto and Aperture from Apple, and Lightroom and Photoshop Elements from Adobe. Once you’ve picked the app that’s right for you (and there’s a chapter on migrating photos), you’ll learn how to create a custom workflow for importing, evaluating, keywording, and tagging your photos so they are quickly sorted into logical groups. For each of these essential aspects of your workflow, Jeff provides step-by-step instructions for each of the four covered applications. And since it’s all too easy to lose everything if you don’t have backups, Jeff discusses the best way to back up and archive your photos to protect your irreplaceable photographic memories.

In the process of creating your custom digital photo workflow, you’ll find expert advice about each of these photo-management topics:

  • Shooting smarter: Make sure your camera is set to the correct time (and time zone), choose a file format, and think about capturing geolocation data while you’re out taking photos.
  • Choosing the right app: Learn about the pros and cons of the most popular photo-management applications–iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, and Photoshop Elements–and find directions for how to migrate your photos from iPhoto to Aperture or Lightroom, or from Aperture to Lightroom.
  • Importing photos: Make your Mac apply keywords and other tags in a batch during import, and make sure you’re storing files in a place that makes sense going forward.
  • Judging photos: Get time-tested tips for rating individual photos and learn how to deal with bad photos, whether you want to delete them, hide them, or leave them be.
  • Assigning metadata: Once your camera and your computer have assigned as much metadata as possible automatically, you’ll need to do the final bits yourself. Jeff describes how to think about this process, and he gives you specific steps for how to proceed efficiently.
  • Putting photos in albums: With your metadata successfully applied, it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor! Learn how to set up smart albums to collect and display your photos automatically.
  • Planning for the future: Digital photos can’t be damaged by water or tossed accidentally when cleaning house, but at the same time, a hard disk failure could destroy every photo you own. And what about preserving them for your kids? Jeff discusses how you can back up your precious photos and archive them for future generations.

Bonus! Includes a 20% off coupon for SizzlPix! , high-def photographic prints infused onto an aluminum base. These hand-crafted prints are largely free of glare, are waterproof (some are installed in showers and pools), and have an ultra-hard coating that renders them virtually scratch-proof.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 135 pages
  • Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1615424261
  • ISBN-13: 978-1615424269
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Take Control of Your Online Privacy

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 08:57 AM PDT

Book Description

Learn what’s private online (not much)–and what to do about it!

Do you have anything to hide? Whether or not you think you do, your online activities are certainly tracked — and not just by well-meaning sites who want to keep you logged in or by marketing firms who want to show you targeted ads for products that you likely want to buy.

In the full book, Joe helps you gain perspective on what is reasonable to expect about online privacy and develop a sensible online privacy strategy, customized for your needs. He then explains how to enhance the privacy of your Internet connection, Web browsing, email messages, online chatting, social media interactions, and file sharing. To bring home the most important privacy no-nos, Joe also encourages you to take The Pledge (OK, it’s tongue-in-cheek, though it would have saved numerous politicians from ridicule and career-ending gaffes). Plus, parents will find important riinders about how your online actions can affect your children, far into the future.

Whether you have a Mac or PC, iOS or Android device, set-top box, cell phone, or some other network-enabled gadget, Take Control of Your Online Privacy has the advice that ordinary people need to handle common privacy needs (secret agents should really look elsewhere). You’ll receive savvy advice about:

  • Why worry? Learn about who wants your private data, and, more important, why they want it. Even if you don’t believe you have anything to hide, you almost certainly do, in the right context. Would you give just anyone your financial records or medical history? Didn’t think so.
  • Set your privacy meter: Develop your own set of personal privacy rules — everyone has different privacy buttons, and it’s important to figure out which are important to you.
  • Manage your Internet connection: Understand privacy risks, prevent snoops, and take key precautions to keep your data from leaking out.
  • Browse and search the Web: Learn what information is revealed about you when you use the Web. Avoid bogus Web sites, connect securely where possible, control your cookies and history, block ads, browse and search anonymously, and find out who is tracking you. Also, learn how to protect your passwords and credit card data.
  • Send and receive email: Find out how your email could be intercepted, consider when you want email to be extra private (such as when communicating with a doctor or lawyer), find out why Joe doesn’t recommend email encryption as a solution to ordinary privacy needs (but find pointers for how to get started if you want to try it — or just encrypt an attachment, which is easier), get tips for sending email anonymously, and read ideas for alternatives to email.
  • Talk and chat online: Consider to what extent any phone call, text message, or online chat is private and find tips for enhancing your privacy when using these channels.
  • Watch your social media sharing: Social media is by definition social, so there’s a limit to how private it can be. Understand the risks and benefits of sharing personal information online, tweak your settings, and consider common-sense precautions.
  • Share files: What if you want to share (or collaborate on) a contract, form, or other document that contains confidential or personal information? Find out about the best ways to share files via file server, email attachment, cloud-based file sharing service, peer-to-peer file sharing, or private cloud.
  • Help your children: As a parent, you know a lot about your children and you have access to lots of photos of thi. But that doesn’t mean you should share everything without a thought to your children’s privacy needs, either now or in the future, since data never disappears from the Internet. Find a few key tips to keep in mind before you tell all.

If I don’t live in the United States, does this book pertain to me?

Many of the examples in this book are taken from the United States. Although laws and policies vary from country to country, nearly everything in this book is applicable in some fashion to anyone in the world.

I am a journalist and need to protect my sources. Plus, I think a few governments are tracking my movements. Will this ebook help me to ensure my privacy?

This book could be a good start if you are unfamiliar with these matters, but it does not have the depth of technical detail that you require. The intention of this ebook is to help ordinary people address ordinary privacy concerns, within the scope of a short book.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 118 pages
  • Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1615424253
  • ISBN-13: 978-1615424252
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