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Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft. It is a literary feast, brilliantly evoking the exuberant mood of Paris...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Kick off the editing process with Adobe Prelude. Learn how to transfer, transcode, and log your media before you move to Premiere Pro.
Adobe Prelude is a dedicated ingest and logging program that is part of the Creative Cloud suite. Premiere Pro Guru: Working with Prelude unlocks the power of this program and shows you how to transfer and transcode footage, log with markers and subclips, rough cut your clips, and transfer all of this work into the...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn the essential tools and techniques of ArchiCAD, the award-winning architectural software, and learn how they map to a real-world BIM workflow.
ArchiCAD is an award-winning tool used by architects worldwide. It's powerful and packed full of the features needed to design great building projects. Ready to get started? ArchiCAD Essential Training offers practical training for new ArchiCAD users. We've mapped the basic and advanced tools with actual...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn tips from this handbook on working remotely for individuals, teams, and managers.
Thanks to telecom technologies, many employees have been able to work from home for some time. However, due to COVID-19, more employees are working from home than ever before, so much so that enabling employees to work remotely is becoming a basic management practice. So how do teams and individuals adapt to this new paradigm? This audio-only course adapted from...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality."--
The true story of racial inequality-- and resistance to it-- is the prologue to our present. Dyson and Favreau deliver a gripping chronicle of the struggles that shaped modern America through the stories of some of the many African American people...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Bill Treasurer shares practical wisdom for conquering fear, taking risks, and finding your courage.
When you think about courage and all the word entails, you probably rarely think about your work life. But courage can be an essential virtue for flourishing at work. Outside of work, courage has always been an esteemed value, a crucial virtue for overcoming the toughest obstacles. With workplaces still widely known as bastions of fear and difficult...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Scott Galloway argues, the pandemic has not been a change agent so much as an accelerant of trends already well underway. In Post Corona, he outlines the contours of the crisis and the opportunities that lie ahead. Some businesses, like the powerful tech monopolies, will thrive as a result of the disruption. Other industries, like higher education, will struggle to maintain a value proposition that no longer makes...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Get started with data modeling for NoSQL databases and learn how to work with common design patterns.
NoSQL technologies have left even experienced data modelers scratching their heads, wondering how their valuable skills can transfer to future development activities. In this course, learn how to leverage your understanding of traditional data modeling to translate a conceptual data model into a NoSQL design. Instructor Robert Van Cleave discusses...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explore asynchronous programming in JavaScript. Learn how to build faster, more efficient code with callbacks, promises, and the async/await operators.
Asynchronous code is the foundation of most modern web experiences. It allows programs to switch between tasks and juggle multiple requests. However, without a thorough understanding of asynchronous programming, developers can write bloated code that works against the architecture of the web. Join...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Get expert tips for fixing or enhancing skin using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Most working photographers can't afford to spend hours working with an image on their computer. Pulitzer-finalist Natalie Fobes is no different, and in this course, she shares her expertise using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to efficiently fix or enhance skin. Throughout this course, Natalie shares an array of helpful techniques—most of which take only a few minutes....
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Embrace essentialism. Learn to eliminate the excess that's keeping you from being truly productive and fulfilled in this audiobook summary.
Essentialism by Greg McKeown teaches you how to do better by doing less. By offering practical solutions for how to get your priorities straight, Essentialism helps you to eliminate the excess that’s keeping you from being truly productive and fulfilled. In this audio-only summary, you can review the key ideas...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explore how to leverage elicitation and analysis techniques to define great requirements. Learn why these techniques are important and how to tailor them to your project.
To define great requirements, it's not enough to simply ask customers and stakeholders what they want. By leveraging requirements elicitation and analysis techniques, business analysts can come up with more innovative solutions. In this course, explore these techniques, and learn...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to handle thin-walled and frame-like structures in SOLIDWORKS FEA simulations using shell and beam element modeling.
Much of CAD design uses 3D elements for finite element analysis (FEA) simulation. However, sometimes thin-walled or frame-like structures dominate. In these cases, shell (2D) and beam (1D) elements can represent designs more effectively. Across all industries, as much as 50% of the design of major engineering projects fall...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Transform from a manager into a leader. This course highlights over two dozen practical steps you can take to inspire and motivate your team.
View Chris's LinkedIn Newsletter As a manager, you have the power to make or break your employees' experience at work. This course was designed to show you how to sharpen your leadership skills, define a vision for your team, and ultimately transcend from a manager to an inspirational leader. Instructor Chris...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to move your web app in React to an app in React Native.
You've created an application for the web in React, and it works great! But now your boss wants a native app. How do you make the switch? In this course, Emmanuel Henri, an executive with 20+ years of experience in programming and design, shows you how to convert web views into the React Native views and leverage state management, then covers logic and certain styles, backend considerations,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Prep for MTA Exam 98-364 and get a baseline understanding of the core concepts of database storage: normalization, key fields, and indexing.
Storage is a database's full-time job. Yet many IT professionals never really learn how it's done. This course is designed to change that, providing a baseline understanding of databases and their mechanics. Adam Wilbert covers normalization, a table structuring technique that reduces data redundancy; primary,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn about how to optimize the remote design thinking process. Explore alternatives to in-person tasks and develop new skills for online UX facilitation.
The design thinking process has always had its challenges. Taking that process online hasn’t made it any easier. Designers know this all too well, though lately they’ve been finding their own way to adapt to remote work, too. If you plan your workflows accordingly—with the right tools, people,...
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