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Wow! eBook: The Mobile Frontier - 5 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: The Mobile Frontier - 5 new eBooks

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The Mobile Frontier

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

The Mobile Frontier

Book Description

user experience is a new frontier. Untethered from a keyboard and mouse, this rich design space is lush with opportunity to invent new and more human ways for people to interact with information. Invention requires casting off many anchors and conventions inherited from the last 50 years of computer science and traditional design and jumping head first into a new and unfamiliar design space.

Review
A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of , The Frontier explains not only the technological revolution that’s upon us, but also the behavioral, cultural, and psychological changes (and opportunities) ushered in by . If you’re not listening to Rachel Hinman, you’re not hooked up right.
–Josh Clark, Author, Tapworthy: Great Apps

In The Mobile Frontier, Rachel Hinman offers a comprehensive perspective on for mobile devices in support of mobile people. She draws on her decade of experience, and the results are highly readable, engaging, and more importantly actionable.
–Jon Kolko, Director, Austin Center for Design

From tiny touchscreens to -located services, mobile devices have caused us to rethink how we design. If you’re looking for a primer on mobile fundamentals, look no further than The Mobile Frontier. In casual, easy-to-understand language, Rachel Hinman gives an overview of today’s mobile landscape and tomorrow’s.
–Dan Saffer Author of Designing for Interaction

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Casting Off Anchors: Preparing to Explore the Mobile Frontier
Chapter 2. The Emergent Mobile NUI Paradigm: Traversing the GUI/NUI Chasm
Chapter 3. Peanut Butter in Denver: Demystifying the Elusive Mobile Context
Chapter 4. Shapeshifting: Convergence and Multidevice Experiences
Chapter 5. Mobile Patterns: Designing for Mobility
Chapter 6. Mobile Prototyping: Tools and Methods for Designing Mobile Experiences
Chapter 7. and : A New Mobile Design Material
Chapter 8. Awakening the Senses: , Gesture, Voice, and Sound
Chapter 9. New Mobile Forms: Pioneering the Mobile Frontier

Book Details

  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Rosenfeld (June 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933820551
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933820552
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The Artist’s Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:47 AM PDT

The Artists Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition

Book Description

As a full-featured, free alternative to Photoshop, is one of the world’s most popular projects. The latest version of brings long-awaited improvements and powerful new tools to make graphic design and photo manipulation even easier—but it’s still a notoriously challenging program to use.

The Artist’s Guide to GIMP teaches you use GIMP without a tedious list of menu paths and options. Instead, as you follow along with Michael J. Hammel’s step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn to produce professional-looking advertisements, apply impressive photographic effects, and design cool logos and text effects. These extensively illustrated tutorials are perfect for hands-on learning or as templates for your own artistic experiments.

After a crash course in GIMP’s core tools like brushes, patterns, selections, layers, modes, and masks, you’ll learn:

  • Photographic techniques to clean up blemishes and dust, create sepia-toned antique images, swap colors, produce blurs, alter depth of field, simulate a tilt-shift, and fix rips in an old photo
  • design techniques to create navigation tabs, icons, fancy buttons, backgrounds, and borders
  • Type effects to create depth, perspective shadows, metallic and distressed text, and neon and graffiti lettering
  • Advertising effects to produce movie posters and package designs; simulate clouds, cracks, cloth, and underwater effects; and create specialized lighting

Whether you’re new to GIMP or you’ve been playing with this powerful software for years, you’ll be inspired by the original art, creative photo manipulations, and numerous tips for designers.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Fundamental Techniques
Chapter 2. Photographic Effects
Chapter 3. Design
Chapter 4. Advertising and Special Effects
Chapter 5. Type Effects
Chapter 6. Creative Inspiration

Book Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: No Starch Press; 2nd Edition (June 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1593274149
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593274146
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My New iPad, 3rd Edition

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:42 AM PDT

My New iPad, 3rd Edition

Book Description

The new is cute. It’s loveable. It’s fun to play with. But it can also be a bit mysterious.

My New™ is your guide to getting the most from ’s latest magical creation. Best-selling author Wallace Wang’s patient, step-by-step instructions will have you using your new iPad to:

  • Find your way using the Maps app and the iPad’s compass
  • Get organized with the Notes, Reminders, Calendar, and Contacts apps
  • Set up your accounts and browse the
  • Use dictation and keyboard shortcuts to save time typing
  • Listen to music, read ebooks and magazines, and take photos and videos
  • Use to talk face-to-face with distant friends and relatives
  • Shop on and the for the best new music, apps, movies, games, magazines, and books
  • Set parental controls, use a passcode, and encrypt your backups for maximum privacy

And so much more. You’ll even learn top- gestures to help make the most of your iPad. Discover the hundreds of amazing things your iPad can do with My New iPad.

Table of Contents
Part I: Basic Training
Chapter 1. Turning Your iPad On and Off
Chapter 2. Charging and Conserving Battery Power
Chapter 3. Using Your iPad’s Physical and Virtual Controls
Chapter 4. Controlling the iPad User Interface
Chapter 5. Using and Customizing the Virtual Keyboard
Chapter 6. Using Dictation and Keyboard Shorcuts

Part II: Making the Most of Your iPad
Chapter 7. Customizing the Home Screen
Chapter 8. Using Parental Controls
Chapter 9. Protecting Your Privacy
Chapter 10. Setting Up an Connection
Chapter 11. Installing (and Uninstalling) Apps

Part III: Getting on the
Chapter 12. Browsing with Safari
Chapter 13. Using Bookmarks with Safari
Chapter 14. Setting Up an Account
Chapter 15. Reading, Organizing, and Sending Email

Part IV: , Music, Photos, and Ebooks
Chapter 16. Transferring Songs, Videos, and Other Stuff to Your iPad
Chapter 17. Shopping on and the iBookstore
Chapter 18. Listening to Music
Chapter 19. Watching Podcasts, iTunes U Classes, and Videos
Chapter 20. Reading Ebooks
Chapter 21. Photos, Videos, and
Chapter 22. Viewing, Using, and Sharing Photographs

Part V: Organizing Yourself
Chapter 23. Jotting Down Notes
Chapter 24. Staying on Track with Reminders
Chapter 25. Keeping Contact Information
Chapter 26. Using the Calendar
Chapter 27. Using Maps
Chapter 28 Searching Your iPad with Spotlight

Part VI: Additional Tips
Chapter 29. Making Your iPad Accessible
Chapter 30. Using Foreign Languages
Chapter 31. The Best iPad Apps
Chapter 32. Troubleshooting Your iPad

Book Details

  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: No Starch Press; 3rd Edition (June 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1593274297
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593274290
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Take Control of Apple Mail in Lion

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Take Control of Apple Mail in Lion

Book Description

This book will teach you to:

Comprehend account options: You’ll come to understand the difference between POP and IMAP, plus learn about special aspects of , Exchange, and accounts. You’ll discover integrate all these types of accounts, and more, into your overall Mail setup, as well as learn how you can manage ’s labels in an IMAP environment.

Read: We know you know read, but you’ll learn efficient ways to quickly open, read, process, and file your messages. You’ll see how best to use Lion’s three-pane display layout (or turn it off if you prefer), and follow threads and conversations. You’ll also get tips for handling incoming attachments, flagging messages, avoiding spam, and using Mail’s built-in RSS feed reader.

Write and send: You’ll learn different methods for quickly addressing your , how to of the From, To, Cc, and Bcc lines, and how to create multiple signatures. You’ll also find out about how to address a single message to a group of recipients, and how to decide whether you should use signatures or , plus what to do when you want to send a digitally signed or encrypted message. Also, you’ll find out how to format an message–and why you might not want to, plus learn how to include URLs, add attachments, and include quoted text from other messages.

Find your stuff: You’ll find advice on how to organize Mail’s sidebar, Favorites bar, and your various mailboxes so you can easily locate messages using a variety of techniques–including tokens and Boolean expressions. Joe covers simple features, such as making a new mailbox or rearranging your mailboxes, as well as advanced techniques, such as creating rules and smart mailboxes.

Use Notes: Mail has a Notes feature for leaving yourself reminders. Learn the strengths and limitations of Notes, and make it work for you.

Unravel Mail mysteries: Understand the sometimes-present Outbox, sort out the Dock unread count, learn why smart addresses can be stupid, avoid “unsafe” addresses, manage the Previous Recipients list, wrangle attachments, find your notes, and determine why certain mailboxes appear in particular categories on Mail’s sidebar.

Avoid and fix problems: Get advice on how to back up your email, and find out how to restore it from a backup. Also read the dozen pages of hard-won troubleshooting advice with tips on managing a misbehaving mailbox, fixing sending problems and delays, fixing connection errors, and more.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 147 pages
  • Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. (June 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1615424075
  • ISBN-13: 978-1615424078
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Take Control of iBooks Author

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT

Take Control of iBooks Author

Book Description

’s Multi- ebooks boast visually impressive, template-driven layouts that can contain many types of interactive —including interactive images, slideshows, and files, rotating 3D images, and quiz questions. You create them on your Mac in the free Author application from , and you can sell them to users in the iBookstore or distribute them for free in any way you like. Read this ebook for expert advice on :

Plan Your Project!

  • Give your content a “spine,” and design it to flow comfortably into an Author template.
  • Determine what special types of your book will contain—including files, files, slideshows, charts and tables, graphics, interactive graphics, 3D rotating graphics (COLLADA), and study questions. You’ll learn what your options are, and what file formats are needed.
  • Decide whether to write your text in iBooks Author or in another program—and, if you decide to write outside of iBooks Author, learn import your content efficiently.

Produce Your Book!

  • Pick an iBooks Author template and customize it—you’ll learn about the dependencies and interactions between the portrait view layout and the landscape view, and find specific advice and steps for customizing both types.
  • Add new chapters, sections, and pages to your book.
  • Make your text flow through your book, and understand how to control the flow.
  • Import and position graphics, videos, and other media items, so that they appear where you want them to—and understand why and how these elements may appear as thumbnails.
  • Make an imported graphic interactive with tappable elements that reveal additional information.
  • Create and configure study questions (and answers).
  • Add an interactive glossary and index, and understand how they interact.
  • Learn how iBooks Author generates a table of contents, and tweak your table of contents.
  • Make internal hyperlinks and external links to the .

Publish!

  • Export your ebook as a basic or text file (for people who want to read your book, but don’t have an ).
  • Export your ebook as a Multi- ebook that can be read exclusively in iBooks on the iPad.
  • Get set up to make your ebook available through Apple’s iBookstore.
  • Upload your completed project to the iBookstore.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 150 pages
  • Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. (June 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1615424032
  • ISBN-13: 978-1615424030
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