-Titulo Original : The Cathedral & The Bazaar Musings On Linux And Open Source By An Accidental Revolutionary-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2,500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development is being embraced and studied by many of the biggest players in the high-tech industry, from Sun Microsystems to IBM to Intel.The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Already, billions of dollars have been made and lost based on the ideas in this book. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, This is Eric Raymonds great contribution to the success of the open source revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them.The interest in open source software development has grown enormously in the past year. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymonds clear and effective writing style accurately describing the benefits of open source software has been key to its success. With major vendors creating acceptance for open source within companies, independent vendors will become the open source story in 2001. About the Author Eric Raymond is an Open Source evangelist and author of the highly influential paper The Cathedral and the Bazaar...

-Titulo Original : Unix For Oracle Dbas Pocket Reference-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: The Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference puts within easy reach the commands that Oracle database administrators need most when operating in a Unix environment. If you are an Oracle DBA moving to Unix from another environment such as Windows NT or IBM Mainframe, you know that these commands are far different from those covered in most beginning Unix books. To jump start your learning process, Don Burleson has gathered together in this succinct book the Unix commands he most often uses when managing Oracle databases. Youll be able to reach into your pocket for the answer when you need to know how to: Display all Unix components related to Oracle, identify the top CPU consumers on your server, and even kill processes when necessary Stack Unix commands into powerful scripts that can perform vital DBA functions Monitor Unix filesystems, and automatically manage your trace files, dump files, and archived redo log files Use essential server monitoring commands such as top, sar, and vmstat And theres much more between these covers. If you need to get up to speed with Oracle on Unix, and quickly, this book is for you. Review The Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference has a remarkably tight focus. Its about making Oracle database management systems run optimally under various Unix operating systems, including HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and IBM AIX (theres also some specialized coverage of IRIX and DEC Unix). Author Donald Burleson assumes readers know how to get around the Unix command shell, and that theyre quite familiar with Oracle database administration. To put it simply, to get the most out of this book, you should already know what you want to do, and need only to be told concisely how to do it. This book is ideal for people moving from Oracle administration under Windows to the same job under Unix. As a byproduct of its careful focus, the book is tiny. It almost fits in a shirt pocket, and is about as thick as a standard pencil. A typical entry documents a single command (there are separate entries for different operating systems when commands differ), and includes a bit of text followed by the relevant command and a listing of typical output. Utility scripts with Oracle relevance are listed with minimal comments. This isnt traditional man-page-style Unix documentation, but rather advice on how to accomplish various Oracle goals inside Unix. Most readers will likely turn first to the index to find the entries that they need. --David Wall Topics covered: Making Oracle database management systems run well under HP-UX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, IRIX, and DEC Unix. Ways of examining and adjusting Oracles use of processes, memory, processor cycles, files, disk resources, and other aspects of the Unix system. Information is presented in recipes, in type-this-to-do-that format...

-Titulo Original : Ux Strategy How To Devise Innovative Digital Products That People Want-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: User experience (UX) strategy requires a careful blend of business strategy and UX design, but until now, there hasn’t been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it. This hands-on guide introduces lightweight strategy tools and techniques to help you and your team craft innovative multi-device products that people want to use. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, UX/UI designer, product manager, or part of an intrapreneurial team, this book teaches simple-to-advanced strategies that you can use in your work right away. Along with business cases, historical context, and real-world examples throughout, you’ll also gain different perspectives on the subject through interviews with top strategists. Define and validate your target users through provisional personas and customer discovery techniques Conduct competitive research and analysis to explore a crowded marketplace or an opportunity to create unique value Focus your team on the primary utility and business model of your product by running structured experiments using prototypes Devise UX funnels that increase customer engagement by mapping desired user actions to meaningful metrics About the Author For over 25 years Jaime Levy has been a pioneer in the creation of innovative digital products and services distributed on disk media, mobile devices, the Web and iTV. Currently she runs a User Experience Strategy and Design consultancy based in Los Angeles. Her practice caters to startups and enterprises that are open to practicing lean principles for transforming their business concepts into sustainable and scalable online solutions. Jaime is also a part-time college professor teaching a graduate level course called User Experience Design and Strategy at the University of Southern California (USC) in the Viterbi School of Engineering...

-Titulo Original : Articulating Design Decisions Communicate With Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, And Deliver The Best User Experience-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you cant get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is. This practical guide focuses on principles, tactics, and actionable methods for presenting your designs. Whether you design apps, websites, or products, youll learn how to get support from people who have influence over the project with the goal of creating the best user experience. Walk through the process of preparing and presenting your designs Understand stakeholder perspectives and learn how to empathize with them Cultivate both implicit and explicit listening skills Learn tactics and strategies for expressing the most effective response to feedback Create the right documentation for your decisions to avoid repeated conversations Discover why the way you follow through is just as important as the meeting itself Review Articulating Design Decisions is a must-read for anyone involved in design, whether its product, software, or brand design. And by involved, I mean having any part of it. This is a book thats helpful to engineers, product managers, and executives as much as it is to designers.- Christian Manzella, Senior Director & Head of UX, SamsungArticulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever will change the way designers talk about design. Get it, read it. - Tim OReilly, Founder and CEO, OReilly Media Articulating Design Decisions will give you an applicable framework to learn how to best present your design work to your stakeholders and clients. It is full of real-life examples and stories that makes it very engaging.- Cynthia Savard Saucier, Director of UX at Shopify Toms book is essential reading for designers looking to be in control of how their work is consumed by stakeholders and clients. This book is an easy-to read guide with applicable tips to articulating product decisions with authenticity, confidence, and clarity.- Christy Ennis-Kloote, Design Principal, OpenDigital About the Author Tom Greever has been designing interfaces and leading design teams for 20 years. His experience as a UX designer, executive design leader, and consultant has given him a broad perspective on how better communication yields great design. He has coached and mentored teams on design practices and communication at both large enterprises and small start-ups all over the world...

-Titulo Original : Iphone The Missing Manual The Book That Should Have Been In The Box-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: The iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11R, and 11Max are faster than ever and have more powerful cameras. With the latest edition of this bestselling guide, you get a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you into an iPhone master. Written by David Pogue-Missing Manual series creator, New York Times columnist, and Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CNBC, CBS, and NPR-this update shows you everything you need to know about New iPhone features and the iOS 13 user interface. Pick up this beautiful full-color book and learn how to get the most out of your iPhone. About the Author David Pogue is the founder of the Missing Manual series, and the author of bestselling titles on macOS, iPhone, and Windows. He has written columns for the New York Times and Scientific American, and is a correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning...

-Titulo Original : Product Leadership How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products And Build Successful Teams-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: In today’s lightning-fast technology world, good product management is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage. Yet, managing human beings and navigating complex product roadmaps is no easy task, and it’s rare to find a product leader who can steward a digital product from concept to launch without a couple of major hiccups. Why do some product leaders succeed while others don’t? This insightful book presents interviews with nearly 100 leading product managers from all over the world. Authors Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw draw on decades of experience in product design and development to capture the approaches, styles, insights, and techniques of successful product managers. If you want to understand what drives good product leaders, this book is an irreplaceable resource. In three parts, Product Leadership helps you explore: Themes and patterns of successful teams and their leaders, and ways to attain those characteristics Best approaches for guiding your product team through the startup, emerging, and enterprise stages of a company’s evolution Strategies and tactics for working with customers, agencies, partners, and external stakeholders Review The popular narratives around great products focus on the idea, the simplicity, and the design, but rarely do they expose what was actually happening on the product team throughout the process. This book offers a unique look into how great product teams and product leaders work. If you build products, you need this book. --Des Traynor, Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom Richard, Nate, and Martin deliver impactful lessons in customer-driven product management practices in Product Leadership . They have collectively walked the walk in applying human-centric design principles time and time again in the wild, which is evident in their message and many useful real-world examples. As a technology leader across dozens of client-facing NASDAQ applications, I am challenged every day to drive product innovation at scale while maintaining stability. The approaches in Product Leadership , backed by real, relatable experiences, make this an indispensable reference to deliver and evolve great products for our hundreds of thousands of users! --Heather Abbott, SVP Corporate Solutions, NASDAQ Designers, engineers, and product managers whove been looking to take the leap into leadership--look no further. Product Leadership distills the history and future of the eld alongside the insights of its luminaries and experts, and presents an invaluable guide for leveling up your skills and execution. --Ryan Freitas, Design Director, About the Author Richard Banfield is the CEO of Boston-based UX agency Fresh Tilled Soil. He started his career with MultiChoice, Africas largest broadcast, and web business. He left MultiChoice to become co-founder of Acceleration, an international adtech business HQd in London (now owned by ad giant WPP). Under Richards leadership, the firm has delivered digital product design and product strategy to 700 clients around the world. Richard has published two other books, Design Sprint: A Practical Guidebook for Building Great Digital Products, which he coauthored with C. Todd Lombardo and Trace Wax and Design Leadership: How Top Design Leaders Build and Grow Successful Organizations. Martin Eriksson is a product management professional with over 20 years experience building leading online products all over the world, from small startups to global brands such as Monster and The Financial Times. Hes the founder of ProductTank, a global meetup for product people with over 50,000 members in 100 cities. He is also the co-founder and Curator of Mind The Product--the worlds largest product management community, blog, and conference, with annual events in San Francisco and London. He also serves as a consulting Chief Product Officer, advis...

-Titulo Original : The Managers Path A Guide For Tech Leaders Navigating Growth And Change-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal-especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring interns to working with senior staff, you’ll get actionable advice for approaching various obstacles in your path. This book is ideal whether you’re a New manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Pick up this book and learn how to become a better manager and leader in your organization.Begin by exploring what you expect from a managerUnderstand what it takes to be a good mentor, and a good tech leadLearn how to manage individual members while remaining focused on the entire teamUnderstand how to manage yourself and avoid common pitfalls that challenge many leadersManage multiple teams and learn how to manage managersLearn how to build and bootstrap a unifying culture in teams. About the Author Camille Fournier is an experienced leader with the unique combination of deep technical expertise, executive leadership, and engineering management...

-Titulo Original : Product Roadmaps Relaunched How To Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish, and continuously update. In fact, this one document can steer an entire organization when it comes to delivering on company strategy. This practical guide teaches you how to create an effective product roadmap, and demonstrates how to use the roadmap to align stakeholders and prioritize ideas and requests. With it, you’ll learn to communicate how your products will make your customers and organization successful. Whether youre a product manager, product owner, business analyst, program manager, project manager, scrum master, lead developer, designer, development manager, entrepreneur, or business owner, this book will show you how to: Articulate an inspiring vision and goals for your product Prioritize ruthlessly and scientifically Protect against pursuing seemingly good ideas without evaluation and prioritization Ensure alignment with stakeholders Inspire loyalty and over­-delivery from your team Get your sales team working with you instead of against you Bring a user­ and buyer-­centric approach to planning and decision-making Anticipate opportunities and stay ahead of the game Publish a comprehensive roadmap without over­committing About the Author C. Todd Lombardo wears many hats, all at once: author, designer, scientist, professor, and visualizer. After beginning his career in science, C. Todd shifted his focus to product and design, ultimately innovating, designing, and managing products for countless companies large and small. In his role as Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil, he employs strategic thinking to craft smart, impactful solutions that radically transform clients’ product strategies. C. Todd serves as Adjunct Faculty at IE business School in Madrid, where he teaches courses on design in business and data visualization.Bruce McCarthy is CEO of UpUp Labs and President of the Boston Product Management Association. Having spent a lifetime as a builder and innovator, Bruce has a passion for helping cross­functional product development teams work better together to deliver great products to market faster. Bruce is an internationally­ recognized thought ­leader and sought­ after speaker on product roadmapping and prioritization. Bruce and his team work with companies such as Vistaprint, Localytics, Zipcar, Johnson & Johnson, and Huawei, ?providing coaching, mentoring, and tools such as R?eqqs?, the simple, affordable roadmapping tool, and Awesomeness, ?a tool for measurably enhancing team effectiveness.Evan is seasoned entrepreneur and product leader who has brought dozens of products from concept to market for both consumer and enterprise audiences. As a founder, his companies have served a diverse variety of organizations, from startups, to nonprofits, to Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, Deloitte, Chevron, Sonos, Stanfor?d University, and others. Currently, Evan operates as Director of Product for Wayfair where he leads find and navigation, working with a sophisticated personalization and machine learning initiative to anticipate customer needs and break the mold on the ecommerce experience. Prior to that Evan acted as Chief Product Officer for Boston based product design and build firm Fresh Tilled Soil where he drove both internal and external product development work. In addition, Evan extends his knowledge and learnings to others through speaking engagements, custom workshops, and as an adjunct professor where he teaches classes on product management and design thinking. He is also a startup mentor for two leading startup accelerator programs: TechStars Boston and MassChallenge. He recently co-authored his first book on product development for OReilly Media titled Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty. For Evan, to build is to learn. He believes creating products and services is about solving ...

-Titulo Original : Slide:ology The Art And Science Of Creating Great Presentations-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that youve delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void. Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gores Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. The book combines conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the worlds leading brands. With slide:ology youll learn to:Connect with specific audiencesTurn ideas into informative graphicsUse sketching and diagramming techniques effectivelyCreate graphics that enable audiences to process information easilyDevelop truly influential presentationsUtilize presentation technology to your advantageMillions of presentations and billions of slides have been produced -- and most of them miss the mark. slide:ology will challenge your traditional approach to creating slides by teaching you how to be a visual thinker. And it will help your career by creating momentum for your cause. About the Author Principal of Duarte Design since 1990, Nancy Duarte passionately pursues the presentation development and design niche. One of the largest design firms in Silicon Valley and listed as a top woman-owned business in the area, Duarte Design is one of the few agencies in the world focused solely on presentations, whether they are delivered in person, online or via mobile device. Nancys twenty years of experience working with global companies and thought leaders has influenced the perception of some of the worlds most valuable brands and many of humanitys common causes...

-Titulo Original : Data Science For Business What You Need To Know About Data Mining And Data-analytic Thinking-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Review A must-read resource for anyone who is serious about embracing the opportunity of big data.-- Craig VaughanGlobal Vice President at SAPThis book goes beyond data analytics 101. Its the essential guide for those of us (all of us?) whose businesses are built on the ubiquity of data opportunities and the new mandate for data-driven decision-making.--Tom PhillipsCEO of Media6Degrees and Former Head of Google Search and AnalyticsData is the foundation of new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and richer customer insight. Only recently viewed broadly as a source of competitive advantage, dealing well with data is rapidly becoming table stakes to stay in the game. The authors deep applied experience makes this a must read--a window into your competitors strategy.-- Alan MurraySerial Entrepreneur; Partner at Coriolis VenturesThis timely book says out loud what has finally become apparent: in the modern world, Data is Business, and you can no longer think business without thinking data. Read this book and you will understand the Science behind thinking data.-- Ron BekkermanChief Data Officer at Carmel VenturesA great book for business managers who lead or interact with data scientists, who wish to better understand the principles and algorithms available without the technical details of single-disciplinary books.-- Ronny KohaviPartner Architect at Microsoft Online Services Division Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the data-analytic thinking necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years, Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles. You’ll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists, but also how participate intelligently in your company’s data science projects. You’ll also discover how to think data-analytically, and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making.Understand how data science fits in your organization-and how you can use it for competitive advantageTreat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you’re to gain real valueApproach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate wayLearn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from dataApply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates. About the Author Foster Provost is Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business where he teaches in the MBA, Business Analytics, and Data Science programs. His award-winning research is read and cited broadly. Prof. Provost has co-founded several successful companies focusing on data science for marketing. Tom Fawcett holds a Ph.D. in machine learning and has worked in industry R&D for more than two decades for companies such as GTE Laboratories, NYNEX/Verizon Labs, and HP Labs. His published work has become standard reading in data science...

-Titulo Original : Gamestorming A Playbook For Innovators, Rulebreakers, And Changemakers-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Great things don’t happen in a vacuum. But creating an environment for creative thinking and innovation can be a daunting challenge. How can you make it happen at your company? The answer may surprise you: gamestorming. This book includes more than 80 games to help you break down barriers, communicate better, and generate new ideas, insights, and strategies. The authors have identified tools and techniques from some of the world’s most innovative professionals, whose teams collaborate and make great things happen. This book is the result: a unique collection of games that encourage engagement and creativity while bringing more structure and clarity to the workplace. Find out why -- and how -- with Gamestorming. Overcome conflict and increase engagement with team-oriented games Improve collaboration and communication in cross-disciplinary teams with visual-thinking techniques Improve understanding by role-playing customer and user experiences Generate better ideas and more of them, faster than ever before Shorten meetings and make them more productive Simulate and explore complex systems, interactions, and dynamics Identify a problem’s root cause, and find the paths that point toward a solution Review Play a Game from Gamestorming Were hardwired to play games. We play them for fun. We play them in our social interactions. We play them at work. That last one is tricky. Games and work dont seem like a natural pairing. Their coupling in the workplace either implies goofing off (the fun variant) or office politics (the not-so-fun type). The authors of Gamestorming, have a different perspective. They contend that an embrace and understanding of game mechanics can yield benefits in many work environments, particularly those where old hierarchical models are no longer applicable, like the creatively driven knowledge work of today’s cutting edge industries. Here is one of the 83 games featured in Gamestorming:The ELEVATOR PITCH Game OBJECTIVE OF PLAY: What has been a time-proven exercise in product development applies equally well in developing any new idea: writing the elevator pitch. When developing and communicating a vision for something, whether it’s a new service, a company-wide initiative, or just a good idea that merits spreading, a group will benefit from going through the exercise of writing their elevator pitch. Often this is the hardest thing to do in developing a new idea. An elevator pitch must be short enough to deliver in a fictional elevator ride but also contain a compelling description of the problem you’re solving, who you’ll solve it for, and one key benefit that distinguishes it from other ideas. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Can be done individually, or with a small working group DURATION OF PLAY: Save at least 90 minutes for the entire exercise, and consider a short break after the initial idea generation is complete before prioritizing and shaping the pitch itself. Small working groups will have an easier time coming to a final pitch; in some cases it may be necessary to assign one person with follow-up accountability for the final wording after the large decisions have been made in the exercise. HOW TO PLAY: Going through the exercise involves both a generating and a formative phase. To set up the generating phase, write these headers in sequence on flip charts: Who is the target customer? What is the customer need? What is the product name? What is its market category? What is its key benefit? Who or what is the competition? What is the product’s unique differentiator? These will become the elements of the elevator pitch. They are in a sequence that adheres to the following formula. To finish the setup, explain the elements and their connection to each other: The target customer and customer need are deceptively simple: any relatively good idea or product will likely have many potential customers and address a greater number of needs. In the generative p...

-Titulo Original : Cloud Finops Collaborative, Real-time Cloud Financial Management-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Applying traditional spend management processes to the cloud will lead to companies losing control of costs and interrupting innovation. Whether you’re new to managing cloud spend or a seasoned pro, this book will clarify the often misunderstood workings of cloud billing. You’ll learn expert strategies for creating a culture of cloud cost management.Drawing on real-world examples of successes and failures of large-scale cloud spenders, this book outlines a road map for building a culture of Cloud FinOps in your organization. Beginning with fundamental cloud billing concepts, tech execs, finance teams, DevOps leaders, and FinOps practitioners will learn how to build an efficient and effective FinOps machine.Learn how the cloud works when it comes to financial managementSet up a FinOps team and build a framework for making spend efficiency a priorityExamine the anatomy of a cloud bill and learn how to manage itGet operational recipes for maximizing cloud efficiencyMotivate engineering teams to take cost-saving actionsExplore the FinOps lifecycle: inform, optimize, and operateLearn the DNA of a highly functional Cloud FinOps culture About the Author J.R. has spent the last 20 years solving problems with technology and the last 8 working with some of the largest AWS cloud consumers in the world-like GE, Atlassian, BP, Adobe, and Uber- helping them design strategies to optimize and analyze their cloud spend. J.R. co-founded Cloudability, the leading cloud FinOps platform for cost management and optimization. He recently co-authored a book on the subject of AWS cost management called Cloud Control. In 2017, J.R. moved to London to expand Cloudabilitys EMEA operations and support the large customers in the region. J.R. speaks internationally on the topic of FinOps.Mike Fuller has worked at Atlassian’s Sydney Australia head office for the past 7 years, currently as a Principal Systems Engineer in the Cloud Engineering Team (Cloud Center of Excellence). Mike’s role at Atlassian has him working with most of the AWS Services and assisting teams inside Atlassian to operate with security, high availability and cost efficiency. Atlassian’s Cloud Engineering team is responsible for the design, governance, and implementation of best practises at Atlassian. Mike holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science and 9 AWS certifications and has presented at multiple AWS Re:Invent and AWS Summit events on topics involving AWS Security and Cost Optimisation...

-Titulo Original : Data Science From Scratch First Principles With Python-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: To really learn data science, you should not only master the tools-data science libraries, frameworks, modules, and toolkits-but also understand the ideas and principles underlying them. Updated for Python 3.6, this second edition of Data Science from Scratch shows you how these tools and algorithms work by implementing them from scratch.If you have an aptitude for mathematics and some programming skills, author Joel Grus will help you get comfortable with the math and statistics at the core of data science, and with the hacking skills you need to get started as a data scientist. Packed with New material on deep learning, statistics, and natural language processing, this updated book shows you how to find the gems in today’s messy glut of data.Get a crash course in PythonLearn the basics of linear algebra, statistics, and probability-and how and when they’re used in data scienceCollect, explore, clean, munge, and manipulate dataDive into the fundamentals of machine learningImplement models such as k-nearest neighbors, Naive Bayes, linear and logistic regression, decision trees, neural networks, and clusteringExplore recommender systems, natural language processing, network analysis, MapReduce, and databases.. About the Author Joel Grus is a research engineer at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Previously he worked as a software engineer at Google and a data scientist at several startups. He lives in Seattle, where he regularly attends data science happy hours...

-Titulo Original : Strategic Writing For Ux Drive Engagement, Conversion, And Retention With Every Word-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: When you depend on users to perform specific actions like buying tickets, playing a game, or riding public transit well-placed words are most effective. But how do you choose the right words? And how do you know if they work? With this practical book, you’ll learn how to write strategically for UX, using tools to build foundational pieces for UI text and UX voice strategy. UX content strategist Torrey Podmajersky provides strategies for converting, engaging, supporting, and re-attracting users. You’ll use frameworks and patterns for content, methods to measure the content’s effectiveness, and processes to create the collaboration necessary for success. You’ll also structure your voice throughout so that the brand is easily recognizable to its audience. Learn how UX content works with the software development lifecycle Use a framework to align the UX content with product principles Explore content-first design to root UX text in conversation Learn how UX text patterns work with different voices Produce text that’s purposeful, concise, conversational, and clear About the Author Torrey Podmajersky is a UX content strategy consultant, formerly the head of content strategy at OfferUp. She has written inclusive, accessible consumer experiences for Google, OfferUp, Xbox, Microsoft account, Windows apps, privacy, and Microsoft education related experiences. Torrey has a Bachelors degree in Physics from UW, a Masters in Curriculum & Instruction from Seattle University, and has done freelance fiction writing, home health care work, foster parenting, high-power rocketry, marketing communications, and physical product design. This incredible range of experience helps her empathize with a broad range of web and app users...

-Titulo Original : Lean Analytics Use Data To Build A Better Startup Faster (lean (oreilly))-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Marc Andreesen once said that markets that dont exist dont care how smart you are. Whether youre a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry, or an intrapreneur trying to provoke change from within, your biggest risk is building something nobody wants. Lean Analytics can help. By measuring and analyzing as you grow, you can validate whether a problem is real, find the right customers, and decide what to build, how to monetize it, and how to spread the word. Focusing on the One Metric That Matters to your business right now gives you the focus you need to move ahead--and the discipline to know when to change course. Written by Alistair Croll (Coradiant, CloudOps, Startupfest) and Ben Yoskovitz (Year One Labs, GoInstant), the book lays out practical, proven steps to take your startup from initial idea to product/market fit and beyond. Packed with over 30 case studies, and based on a year of interviews with over a hundred founders and investors, the book is an invaluable, practical guide for Lean Startup practitioners everywhere. Review Q&A with Alistair Croll, coauthor of Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup FasterQ. Why is your book timely-- what makes it important right now?A. Theres been a flurry of startup activity made possible by the lowered barriers to entry of cloud computing, social media, and app platforms. But theres less accountability. If you look at the numbers, its a bloodbath: youre almost certain to fail. One reason for this is that founders are delusional. But data doesnt lie, and the right data in the right place at the right time can change your business (to steal from Steward Brand.) Thats what this book is about-- using data to build a better business faster.Q. What information do you hope that readers of your book will walk away with?A. We have a ton of concrete data-- ideas of whats normal; what metric to watch at what time; and so on. But more than any of this, we hope theyll come away with an experimental eye, realizing that theyre not building a product. Instead, theyre building a tool to figure out what product to build.Q. Whats the most exciting and/ or important thing happening in your space?A. That nearly every mature industry is ripe for disruption. An entrepreneur, working within a host organization, can absolutely revitalize the business (as Procter & Gamble did when it introduced Swiffer, for example.) And a small business can tackle giants or entrenched competitors by being more agile (as Uber did to taxis, or Airbnb did to hotels.) Mops, taxis, and rentals arent new. But theyre hugely susceptible to change if its applied in a measured, careful way. Review A vital part of the founders toolkit. If youre starting a company you need to read this. - Mark Peter Davis, Venture Capitalist & IncubatorStop thinking and just buy this book. Its the secret sauce. If youre an entrepreneur, its required reading. - Greg Isenberg, CEO, fiveby.tv and venture partner, Good People VenturesLean Analytics is the missing piece of Lean Startup, with practical and detailed research, advice and guidance that can help you succeed faster in a startup or large organization. -- Dan Martell, CEO & Founder of ClarityLean Analytics is packed with practical, actionable advice, and engaging case studies. You need to read this book to understand how to use data to build a better business. - Paul Joyce, Co-founder & CEO GeckoboardLean Analytics shows you how to move insanely fast by getting your metrics to tell you when youre failing and how to do something about it. Tons of honest, meaningful advice -- a must read for founders that want to win. - Sean Kane, Co-Founder F6S and Springboard AcceleratorYour competition will use this book to outgrow you. -- Mike Volpe, Hubspot. Alistair and Ben have written a much-needed dose of reality. -- Brad Feld, Foundry Group & Techstars This is applicable to organizations of a...

-Titulo Original : Time Management For System Administrators Stop Working Late And Start Working Smart-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Time is a precious commodity, especially if youre a system administrator. No other job pulls people in so many directions at once. Users interrupt you constantly with requests, preventing you from getting anything done. Your managers want you to get long-term projects done but flood you with requests for quick-fixes that prevent you from ever getting to those long-term projects. But the pressure is on you to produce and it only increases with time. What do you do?The answer is time management. And not just any time management theory--you want Time Management for System Administrators, to be exact. With keen insights into the challenges you face as a sys admin, bestselling author Thomas Limoncelli has put together a collection of tips and techniques that will help you cultivate the time management skills you need to flourish as a system administrator.Time Management for System Administrators understands that an Sys Admin often has competing goals: the concurrent responsibilities of working on large projects and taking care of a users needs. Thats why it focuses on strategies that help you work through daily tasks, yet still allow you to handle critical situations that inevitably arise.Among other skills, youll learn how to:Manage interruptionsEliminate timewastersKeep an effective calendarDevelop routines for things that occur regularlyUse your brain only for what youre currently working onPrioritize based on customer expectationsDocument and automate processes for faster executionWhats more, the book doesnt confine itself to just the work environment, either. It also offers tips on how to apply these time management tools to your social life. Its the first step to a more productive, happier you. About the Author Thomas Limoncelli is a world-famous author and speaker on many topics including system administration, networking, and security. A system administrator since 1988, he now speaks at conferences around the world on topics ranging from firewall security to time management. He has worked for Cibernet, Dean For America, Lumeta, Bell Labs / Lucent, AT&T and Mentor Graphics. Along with Christine Hogan he is co-author of the book The Practice of System and Network Administration from Addison-Wesley. He holds a B.A. in C.S. from Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA. He publishes a blog on EverythingSysadmin...

-Titulo Original : Fundamentals Of Data Visualization A Primer On Making Informative And Compelling Figures-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.This practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures. What visualization type is best for the story you want to tell? How do you make informative figures that are visually pleasing? Author Claus O. Wilke teaches you the elements most critical to successful data visualization.Explore the basic concepts of color as a tool to highlight, distinguish, or represent a valueUnderstand the importance of redundant coding to ensure you provide key information in multiple waysUse the book’s visualizations directory, a graphical guide to commonly used types of data visualizationsGet extensive examples of good and bad figuresLearn how to use figures in a document or report and how employ them effectively to tell a compelling story About the Author Claus O. Wilke is a professor of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Claus is the author or coauthor of over 170 scientific publications, covering topics in computational biology, mathematical modeling, bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, protein biochemistry, virology, and statistics. He has also authored several popular R packages used for data visualization, such as cowplot and ggridges, and he is a contributor to the package ggplot2...

-Titulo Original : Mapping Experiences A Complete Guide To Customer Alignment Through Journeys, Blueprints, And Diagrams-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Customers who have inconsistent experiences with products and services are understandably frustrated. But its worse for organizations that cant pinpoint the causes of these problems because theyre too focused on processes. This updated book shows your team how to use alignment diagrams to turn valuable customer observations into actionable insight. With this powerful technique, you can visually map existing customer experience and envision future solutions.Designers, product and brand managers, marketing specialists, and business owners will discover how experience diagramming helps you determine where business goals and customer perspectives intersect. Armed with this insight, you can provide the people you serve with real value. Mapping experiences isnt just about product and service design; its about understanding the human condition.Emphasize recent changes in business using the latest mapping techniquesCreate diagrams that account for multichannel experiences as well as ecosystem designUnderstand how facilitation is increasingly becoming part of mapping efforts, shifting the focus from a deliverable to actionabilityExplore ways to apply mapping of all kinds to noncommercial settings, such as helping victims of domestic violence About the Author Jim Kalbach is a noted author, speaker, and instructor in user experience design, information architecture, and strategy. He is currently the Head of Customer Success at MURAL, a leading visual online workspace for remote collaboration.Jim has worked with large companies, such as eBay, Audi, SONY, Elsevier Science, LexisNexis, and Citrix. Before returning to the U.S. in 2013 after living for fifteen years in Germany, Jim was the co-founder of the European Information Architecture conferences. He also co-founded the IA Konferenz series in Germany.Jim plays jazz bass in jam sessions and combos in Jersey City, where his currently lives. In 2007 Jim published his first full-length book with O’Reilly, Designing Web Navigation. He blogs at experiencinginformation and tweets under @jimkalbach...

-Titulo Original : Programming Bitcoin Learn How To Program Bitcoin From Scratch-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Dive into Bitcoin technology with this hands-on guide from one of the leading teachers on Bitcoin and Bitcoin programming. Author Jimmy Song shows Python programmers and developers how to program a Bitcoin library from scratch. You’ll learn how to work with the basics, including the math, blocks, network, and transactions behind this popular cryptocurrency and its blockchain payment system.By the end of the book, youll understand how this cryptocurrency works under the hood by coding all the components necessary for a Bitcoin library. Learn how to create transactions, get the data you need from peers, and send transactions over the network. Whether you’re exploring Bitcoin applications for your company or considering a new career path, this practical book will get you started.Parse, validate, and create bitcoin transactionsLearn Script, the smart contract language behind BitcoinDo exercises in each chapter to build a Bitcoin library from scratchUnderstand how proof-of-work secures the blockchainProgram Bitcoin using Python 3Understand how simplified payment verification and light wallets workWork with public-key cryptography and cryptographic primitives Review The exercises in this book will not only teach you the mechanics of working with the blockchain but also [give you] an intuition for the elegance and beauty of this technology.--Ken Liua winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards. His science fiction story about the blockchain, Byzantine Empathy, was originally published by MIT Press. About the Author Jimmy Song is a programmer with 20 years of experience, the last 4 being in Bitcoin. He’s the editor of bitcointechtalk and blogs at medium . He’s contributed to Bitcoin Core as well as other Bitcoin projects. He was the former VP of Engineering at Armory, a Bitcoin wallet...

-Titulo Original : The Software Architect Elevator Redefining The Architects Role In The Digital Enterprise-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of software and IT architects is also transforming. Rather than focus on technical decisions alone, architects and senior technologists need to combine organizational and technical knowledge to effect change in their company’s structure and processes. To accomplish that, they need to connect the IT engine room to the penthouse, where the business strategy is defined.In this guide, author Gregor Hohpe shares real-world advice and hard-learned lessons from actual IT transformations. His anecdotes help architects, senior developers, and other IT professionals prepare for a more complex but rewarding role in the enterprise.This book is ideal for:Software architects and senior developers looking to shape the company’s technology direction or assist in an organizational transformationEnterprise architects and senior technologists searching for practical advice on how to navigate technical and organizational topicsCTOs and senior technical architects who are devising an IT strategy that impacts the way the organization worksIT managers who want to learn what’s worked and what hasn’t in large-scale transformation About the Author Gregor Hohpe helps business and technology leaders transform not only their technology platform, but also their organization. Riding the Architect Elevator from the engine room to the penthouse, he assures that corporate strategy lines up with the technical implementation and vice versa.He has served as Smart Nation Fellow to the Singapore government, as technical director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, and as Chief Architect at Allianz SE, where he oversaw the architecture of a global data center consolidation and deployed the first private cloud software delivery platform. Having worked for both digital native companies and traditional enterprise IT allows him to reveal the many misconceptions that these organizations have about each other in the form of pointed anecdotes harvested from the daily grind of IT transformation.Gregor is known as coauthor of the seminal book Enterprise Integration Patterns (Addison-Wesley), which is widely cited as the reference vocabulary for asynchronous messaging solutions. His articles have been featured in numerous publications, including Best Software Writing (Apress), selected and introduced by Joel Spolsky, and 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know (O’Reilly), by Richard Monson-Haefel...

-Titulo Original : Head First Data Analysis A Learners Guide To Big Numbers, Statistics, And Good Decisions-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Today, interpreting data is a critical decision-making factor for businesses and organizations. If your job requires you to manage and analyze all kinds of data, turn to Head First Data Analysis, where youll quickly learn how to collect and organize data, sort the distractions from the truth, find meaningful patterns, draw conclusions, predict the future, and present your findings to others.Whether youre a product developer researching the market viability of a new product or service, a marketing manager gauging or predicting the effectiveness of a campaign, a salesperson who needs data to support product presentations, or a lone entrepreneur responsible for all of these data-intensive functions and more, the unique approach in Head First Data Analysis is by far the most efficient way to learn what you need to know to convert raw data into a vital business tool.Youll learn how to:Determine which data sources to use for collecting informationAssess data quality and distinguish signal from noiseBuild basic data models to illuminate patterns, and assimilate new information into the modelsCope with ambiguous informationDesign experiments to test hypotheses and draw conclusionsUse segmentation to organize your data within discrete market groupsVisualize data distributions to reveal new relationships and persuade othersPredict the future with sampling and probability modelsClean your data to make it usefulCommunicate the results of your analysis to your audienceUsing the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory learning experience, Head First Data Analysis uses a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. About the Author Michael Milton likes books. Before his first day of high school wrestling, he checked out a stack of books on technique from the library and practiced on his not-terribly-enthusiastic little sister. Then he spent the first few minutes of tryouts kicking the butts of other newbies, until the experienced wrestlers realized how much fun it would be to kick his. Within a few months, he became a decent wrestler, but he always stayed a bit ahead of the other newbies because of those books.His life has consisted of gleefully going through that process over and over again in completely unrelated fields. Naturally, hes a Head First fanatic. Until recently Michael spent most of time looking at databases to help nonprofit organizations figure out how to make more money. He has a degree in philosophy from New College of Florida and one in religious ethics from Yale University. When hes not in the library or the bookstore, you can find him in-line skating, taking pictures, and brewing beer...

-Titulo Original : The Art Of Leadership Small Things, Done Well-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: Many people think leadership is a higher calling that resides exclusively with a select few who practice and preach big, complex leadership philosophies. But as this practical book reveals, what’s most important for leadership is principled consistency. Time and again, small things done well build trust and respect within a team.Using stories from his time at Netscape, Apple, and Slack, Michael Lopp presents a series of small but compelling practices to help you build leadership skills. You’ll learn how to create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted. Lopp has been speaking and writing about this topic for over a decade and now maintains a Slack leadership channel with over 13,000 members.The essays in this book examine the practical skills Lopp learned from exceptional leaders-as a manager at Netscape, a senior manager and director at Apple, and an executive at Slack. You’ll learn how to apply these lessons to your own experience. About the Author Michael Lopp is a veteran Silicon Valley-based engineering leader who builds both people and product at historic companies such as Slack, Borland, Netscape, Palantir, Pinterest, and Apple. When he’s not deeply worrying about staying relevant, he writes about backpacks, bridges, humans, and leadership at the popular weblog, Rands in Repose. He currently works at Apple. This is the way.Michael has written three books. His first book “Managing Humans, 3rd Edition” is a popular guide to the art of engineering leadership and clearly explains that while you will be rewarded for what you build, you will only be successful because of your people. His second book “Being Geek” is a career handbook for geeks and nerds alike. Michael’s third book, Small Things, Done Well, explains how focusing on the small parts of leadership is critical to becoming a better leader.Michael rides gravel bikes, wonders about semicolons, drinks red wine, and tries to understand how forests work amongst the redwoods of Northern California because curiosity is how you grow...

-Titulo Original : Python For Finance Mastering Data-driven Finance-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: The financial industry has recently adopted Python at a tremendous rate, with some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds using it to build core trading and risk management systems. Updated for Python 3, the second edition of this hands on book helps you get started with the language, guiding developers and quantitative analysts through Python libraries and tools for building financial applications and interactive financial analytics.Using practical examples throughout the book, author Yves Hilpisch also shows you how to develop a full fledged framework for Monte Carlo simulation based derivatives and risk analytics, based on a large, realistic case study. Much of the book uses interactive IPython Notebooks. About the Author Dr. Yves J. Hilpisch is founder and managing partner of The Python Quants ( ://tpq.io), a group that focuses on the use of open source technologies for financial data science, algorithmic trading and computational finance. He is the author of the books Python for Finance (OReilly, 2014), Derivatives Analytics with Python (Wiley, 2015) and Listed Volatility and Variance Derivatives (Wiley, 2017). Yves lectures on computational finance at the CQF Program ( ://cqf ), on data science at htw saar University of Applied Sciences ( ://htwsaar.de), and is the director for the online training program leading to the first Python for Finance University Certificate (awarded by htw saar)...

-Titulo Original : Ux For Lean Startups Faster, Smarter User Experience Research And Design-Fabricante : OReilly Media-Descripcion Original: p>Great user experiences (UX) are essential for products today, but designing one can be a lengthy and expensive process. With this practical, hands-on book, you’ll learn how to do it faster and smarter using Lean UX techniques. UX expert Laura Klein shows you what it takes to gather valuable input from customers, build something they’ll truly love, and reduce the time it takes to get your product to market.No prior experience in UX or design is necessary to get started. If you’re an entrepreneur or an innovator, this book puts you right to work with proven tips and tools for researching, identifying, and designing an intuitive, easy-to-use product.Determine whether people will buy your product before you build itListen to your customers throughout the product’s lifecycleUnderstand why you should design a test before you design a productGet nine tools that are critical to designing your productDiscern the difference between necessary features and nice-to-havesLearn how a Minimum Viable Product affects your UX decisionsUse A/B testing in conjunction with good UX practicesSpeed up your product development process without sacrificing quality About the Author Laura has spent 15 years as an engineer and designer. Her goal is to help lean startups learn more about their customers so that they can build better products faster.Her popular design blog, Users Know, teaches product owners exactly what they need to know to do just enough research and design...