dBase III Plus: The Complete Reference

dBASE III Plus: The Complete Reference

Computers & Technology

Carrabis, Joseph

Software

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media

... everything written here actually happenedNo, really, it did. I've seen things and been places and met...creatures...most people can't imagine. Or wouldn't want to. Or should. It all depends on the person and the creature.But much like Gahan Wilson's "I only paint what I see", I only write about what's actually happened..."These stories have the flavor of an old sea tale, or something told around a campfire late at night. You have a wonderful distinctive voice." - Boston, MA"I loved the feel, the tone of your writing - it is very sensitive, ethereal."- Walnut Creek, CA"Extremely powerful storytelling "-St. Louis, MOSo sit back, relax, have something tasty near at hand or tentacle or claw. Read these when other people are around...if you can trust they're really people. Or read them alone, when it's dark out. Maybe. Unless you're not sure what things go bump in the night or scurry unseen in the dark.Please email me a picture of you holding my book (you can find me on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter). We'd like to know who's reading it and where.

Tales Told 'Round Celestial Campfires

Literature & Fiction

United States

Northern Lights Publishing

Forward by Dan Linton.This is a "How we did it" book, not a "How you can do it, too" book. It's the base book for all that NextStage does and all that Evolution Technology can do. This book deals with social networks and concepts, psycholinguistics, anthropology, linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, digital properties, consumer psychology, usability and design. Please email me a picture of you holding my book (you can find me on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter). We'd like to know who's reading it and where.

Reading Virtual Minds Volume I: Science and History, 4th edition

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

This is a "How to Do It" book, complete with 69 TakeAways. From Holly Buchanan's Foreword: After inhaling Reading Virtual Minds Volume I I was like an antsy 3-year old waiting for Reading Virtual Minds Volume II. It did not disappoint. I love the way Joseph Carrabis thinks. He has a unique ability to share broad rich theory with actionable specifics. Unlike many technical writers, he has a unique voice that is both approachable and humorous. It makes for an enjoyable read. But what's the main reason why you should read Reading Virtual Minds Volume II: Experiences and Expectations? Because where most companies and designers fail is on the expectation front. Humans are designed as expectation engines. This is, perhaps, the most important sentence in this book. One of the main points Joseph makes in this volume is this - Understand your audiences' whys and you'll design near perfect whats. Design failures come from getting the whys wrong. That can lead to failures on the experience side, but also on the expectation side. And that can be the bigger problem. Expectation is a top-down process. Higher-level information informs lower-level processing. Experience is a bottom-up process. Sensory information goes into higher-level processing for evaluation. Humans are designed as expectation engines. Topdown connections out number bottom-up connections by about 10:1. Why is this so important? In language, more than anywhere else, we see or hear what we expect to hear, not necessarily what is said or written. Across all cultures and languages, neurophysiologists and psychologists estimate that what we experience is as much as 85% what we expect to experience, not necessarily what is real or 'environmentally available'. And When people expect A and get B they go through a few moments of fugue. External reality is not synching up with internal reality and the mind and brain will, if allowed, burn themselves out making the two mesh. Get your consumer/visitor/user experience AND expectation right, get their why right, and you'll be exponentially more successful. Here are just a few of the goodies you'll find in this book: <ul> <li>Privacy vs. value exchange and when to ask for what information. Joseph has some actionable specifics on this that will surprise you. <li>Why we design for false attractors rather than the real problem. <li>The importance of understanding convincer strategies. Convincer strategies are the internal processes people go through in order to convince themselves they should or should not do something. <li>Companies spend a lot of time trying to convince consumers to trust them. But what may be even more important is understanding how to let consumers you know you trust them. <li>This book has ideas on how to show your customers/users/visitors, "I believe in you". <li>How often our own experience influence our designs. Unless you're able to throw all your experience out, and let the user's experience in, get out of the usability and design business. <li>How to allow your visitors easy Anonymous-Expressive Identity and make them yours forever. <li>Regarding new material, design, interface, the importance of making sure your suggestions provide a clear path to the past (thus being risk averse while providing marketable innovation). </ul> As always, Reading Virtual Minds provides specific actionable ideas. But it will also make you think and approach your work in a new way. And I think that's the best reason to treat yourself to this book and the inner workings of NextStage and Joseph Carrabis.

Reading Virtual Minds Volume II: Experience and Expectation

From Holly Buchanan: Whenever I sit down with a book by Joseph Carrabis, there is a high likelihood I will be unable to put it down. Darn if that didn’t happen when I startedin on Reading Virtual Minds Volume III: Fair-Exchange and Social Networks. Hours later I was about to cancel my dinner date so I could keep reading.It was only the fact that the date was with my own mother that I forced myself to….put….the book….down. They key questions this book answers are, “How do fair-exchange and social networks work? And how do they work in the digital world?” As Joseph points out, “We are still the sum of our experiences, but the majority of our experiences are virtual.” This key takeaway for me was: “Make the social value of the exchange more important than what’s being exchanged and your campaign will take off every time.” Joseph goes on to tell you exactly how to do that. What else will you learn? • Why lots of positive reviews can drive down sales • Why people want to hear about your business failures not just your successes • Why we rely on negotiators like Airbnb and Uber • Why it’s important to be at eye level with your clients • Hierarchical vs. horizontal communities and the affect they have on how we determine fair- exchange • Why a device may be more real to your customer than the world around him/her and what that means for how you communicate with that customer • How we exchange markers, on and offline and how that determines whether we win or lose trust • The expectations of how a communication should turn out and how that affects how we feel about whether or not we have been treated fairly • The problems with missed social cues and how that can be problematic when playing billiards with your girlfriend’s family (Spoiler alert: It doesn’t end well) So pick up a copy of Reading Virtual Minds Volume III: Fair-Exchange and Social Networks and don’t schedule dinner with your mother that night.

Reading Virtual Minds Volume III: Fair-Exchange and Social Networks

By taking different aspects of life, living, and the balance needed to make it in the world as unscathed as possible, Joseph takes us through his own journey of building an incredible business and the lessons learned along the way. These include the way people think, why they do what they do, living by specific principles, understanding happiness, work-life balance, and his suggestions of how-to's for living life effortlessly and purposefully. If you ever wonder about how to think like an expert, the difference between your inner critic and the actor within, your ability to be heard, the value of being a musician, how to protect yourself from liars or how to overcome fears, you will find answers in this book.Through each chapter there is a magic wand taking you into an area of life that you may have experienced yourself or it will be something new to consider. There is synthesis between the known and unknown, the seen and unseen, the mental and the physical, the desires of the heart and the mental mind; and the overall theme of we are just trying to make it from one day to the next with joy, peace, and happiness. Joseph gives his own insights throughout the pages of what he believes are the backbone of what weaves together to bring us life experiences. Some great, others not so great. He leaves it up to the reader to discern what is true for them. You will find yourself wanting to explore more of each of his analysis of life's nuggets, many of which we create ourselves through questions, desires for specific outcomes and the need to be heard.In this book there are sparks of ideas and thoughts which can be a catalyst for creating positive change in your life. The principles he lives by are seeds to plant for yourself and carry into both your personal and professional life.

That Th!nk You Do: 60 Ways to Be Happy, Healthy & Hold off Harm

Parenting & Relationships

This version of Reading Virtual Minds Volume II: Experience and Expectation is full color interior. 25% of net sales goes to charities. Contact NextStage to learn what charities we're supporting with this effort. And send us a picture of you (or whatever) holding the book. We love that kind of stuff. Now, from Holly Buchanan's Foreword... After inhaling Reading Virtual Minds Volume I I was like an antsy 3-year old waiting for Reading Virtual Minds Volume II. It did not disappoint. I love the way Joseph Carrabis thinks. He has a unique ability to share broad rich theory with actionable specifics. Unlike many technical writers, he has a unique voice that is both approachable and humorous.  It makes for an enjoyable read.  But what’s the main reason why you should read Reading Virtual Minds Volume II: Experiences and Expectations? Because where most companies and designers fail is on the expectation front.  Humans are designed as expectation engines.  This is, perhaps, the most important sentence in this book.  One of the main points Joseph makes in this volume is this – Understand your audiences' whys and you’ll design near perfect whats. Design failures come from getting the whys wrong.  That can lead to failures on the experience side, but also on the expectation side. And that can be the bigger problem.    Expectation is a top-down process. Higher-level information informs lower-level processing. Experience is a bottom-up process. Sensory information goes into higher-level processing for evaluation. Humans are designed as expectation engines. Topdown connections out number bottom-up connections by about 10:1.  Why is this so important?  In language, more than anywhere else, we see or hear what we expect to hear, not necessarily what is said or written. Across all cultures and languages, neurophysiologists and psychologists estimate that what we experience is as much as 85% what we expect to experience, not necessarily what is real or ‘environmentally available’.  And  When people expect A and get B they go through a few moments of fugue. External reality is not synching up with internal reality and the mind and brain will, if allowed, burn themselves out making the two mesh.  Get your consumer/visitor/user experience AND expectation right, get their why right, and you’ll be exponentially more successful.   Here are just a few of the goodies you’ll find in this book:  Privacy vs. value exchange and when to ask for what information.  Joseph has some actionable specifics on this that will surprise you.  Why we design for false attractors rather than the real problem. The importance of understanding convincer strategies. Convincer strategies are the internal processes people go through in order to convince themselves they should or should not do something.  Companies spend a lot of time trying to convince consumers to trust them.  But what may be even more important is understanding how to let consumers you know you trust them.  This book has ideas on how to show your customers/users/visitors, “I believe in you”. How often our own experience influence our designs.  Unless you’re able to throw all your experience out, and let the user’s experience in, get out of the usability and design business. How to allow your visitors easy Anonymous-Expressive Identity and make them yours forever. Regarding new material, design, interface, the importance of making sure your suggestions provide a clear path to the past (thus being risk averse while providing marketable innovation).  As always, Reading Virtual Minds provides specific actionable ideas.  But it will also make you think and approach your work in a new way.  And I think that’s the best reason to treat yourself to this book and the inner workings of NextStage and Joseph Carrabis.

Reading Virtual Minds Volume II: Experience and Expectation - Color

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Harvey Duckman Presents... Volume 3: A Collection of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Steampunk and Horror Short Stories

Wilson, Amy

Hayes, Mark

Tuckwell, Liz

Martin, Peter James

Buxton, A.L.

McQueeney, Ben

Dyess, Cheryllynn

Darqueling, Phoebe

Connor, Nate

Genre Fiction

Sixth Element Publishing

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