A provocative yet inspirational appeal to change our perspective about "work," in order to disrupt the disengagement plaguing our workplaces. "Work" isn't working for most people, and one only has to look at the news or statistics on employee engagement for evidence of this claim. But why? What's changed? In The Tip Jar Culture, you'll discover the answer has less to do with what has changed, and more to do with what hasn't. Internationally celebrated...

Everyone always says Drew is too tall for his age, too skinny for his height, and too smart for his own good. He likes to add one more to that list: too stubborn for his own brokenness. Now 13-year-old Drew Stirling, tinkerer and big-time computer geek, has turned his disability into an advantage. Sure, he needs braces to walk, but the add-ons and customizations he's made have turned them into SuperDrew braces-stronger, faster, with more gadgets...

Up in the Air meets Inception in this smart, innovative, genre-synthesizing novel from the acclaimed author of Care of Wooden Floors-hailed as "Fawlty Towers crossed with Freud," by the Daily Telegraph-that takes the polished surfaces of modern life, the branded coffee, and the free wifi, and twists them into a surrealistic nightmare of infinite proportions. Neil Double is a "conference surrogate," hired by his clients to attend industry conferences...

It is hard to believe that the Internet, World Wide Web, WiFi and social media were not part of our lives in 1990. There were very few so-called Internet Pioneers who foresaw so much of our present-day use of the Internet thirty years ago. Alan Meckler is an Internet Pioneer. Meckler was the first person to start a venture in the commercial Internet space (October 1990). There was no World Wide Web. There were few means to connect to the Internet...

Exploring Galaxy Tab is the perfect companion for your new Samsung Galaxy S4 Tablet. Written by best-selling technology author, lecturer, and computer trainer Kevin Wilson, Exploring Galaxy Tab is packed with step-by-step instructions, full color photos, illustrations, helpful tips and video demos. Updated to cover Android 9, Exploring Galaxy Tab will help you : • Install or upgrade to Android 9 • Setting up your tablet • Configuring your...

Départ d'une course contre la montre ! Pierre, ingénieur en informatique, maîtrise la technologie du paiement sans contact, la grande révolution qui pointe. Une petite faille dans cette technologie laisse apparaître des opportunités d'arnaques qui ne tardent pas à attirer des truands de gros calibre. Démarre alors une course contre la montre menée à un rythme infernal o tous les coups sont permis. Un thriller teinté d'une note d'érotisme...

Do you want to find out how hackers move around the net?Do you want to become an ethical or unethical hacker? What is your purpose? Modern-day hacking has become more sophisticated than ever. Hacktivists groups, ransomware, and highly classified document releases are a daily problem. In modern times, the ethical hackers are needed more than ever to protect and prevent hack attacks. The information available to everyone makes it all the easier for...

"In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family -- the strained relationship between a mother and son, the cost of necessary goodbyes -- all from Asian American, immigrant, and queer perspectives. Holding all accountable, this collection fully embraces the loss, grief, and abundant joy that come with charting one's own path in identity, life, and love. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities....

A smartphone is a portable device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. It is a cellular telephone with an integrated computer and other features not originally associated with telephones such as an operating system, web browsing, multimedia functionality, the ability to run software applications, along with core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. Smartphones typically contain a number of metal—oxide—semiconductor...

Last Will & Testament of Adam Carolla I, Adam Carolla, being of beaten-down mind, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. I revoke all wills and addendums previously made by me. (You guys never did listen, anyway.) Article I I appoint the rest of the world's unappreciated dads as Personal Representatives to administer this Will. I bequeath to them the right to crack a couple cold ones in the garage after working their asses off all week...