Zen and the Art of Systems Analysis: Meditations on Computer Systems Development

Stuck in a rut? Need to get outside the box? Don't know what you're doing? Try a little Zen Analysis. Whether you're new to systems analysis-or have been there, done that and seen it all-but especially if you want to ponder the significance of information systems analysis in the scheme of the universe, this book is for you. The author brings a unique perspective to the problems of computer system analysis &amp; design that will get your creative juices flowing.Chapters consider the essence of Analysis, Design, Consulting, Business, Economics, Culture, Methodology, and Modeling. Each topic is looked at from a perspective that will give experienced or aspiring analysts a new way of looking at the job. Learn why and how to Embrace Contradiction and Choose the Middle Way to come up with an idea which is completely absurd, except that it works. This will let you attack a difficult problem from another angle, one that leads to a surprisingly elegant solution.This book is the opposite of academic-read it to open your mind to see different, and get out of the box.

Computers & Technology

McDermott, Patrick

Computer Science

iUniverse

Written by a White Belt and a Black Belt, this book contains the essence of Karate lore. Beginners will find all the basic concepts they'll need to get going. But it will also help higher ranks. As Master Funakoshi said, Taikyoku is a kata "of the most profound character and one to which, upon mastery of the art of karate, an expert will return to select it as the ultimate training kata." Taikyoku are used to introduce technique, but also the history and philosophy of Martial Arts.
The authors share with you precepts of a master, insights of a beginner, and some Japanese and Okinawan lore and language picked up because of a life-long fascination with Things Japanese. You'll learn the meaning behind the Japanese words and kanji used in Karate, and improve your pronunciation along with your punches.
You can use the book in conjunction with the Wado Ki Kai website at www.wadokikai.com. You'll actually be able to see the kata performed by Sensei Arce, step through it or stop motion to study any position.
Whether a beginner just starting Martial Arts or a Black Belt reviewing the lore and language of Karate, this book has something for you.

Karate's Supreme Ultimate: The Taikyoku Kata in Five Rings

Sports & Outdoors

Arce, Ferol

Individual Sports

Do you know who you are? Do you know what you want from life? Can you control and channel your thoughts, actions and feelings? This book will help you answer these questions. -All you need to know-terminology, lore, philosophy and motivation-to succeed at Karate, and at Life. -Brings East and West together, taking the best from each. -Master a toolbox of techniques, such as meditation and visualization, that will help you along the way. -What to do before, during, and after class to maximize benefit-techniques that are applicable to any learning situation. -How to work on speed, balance, and power, but most of all control: control your punches, but also control your emotions to control your destiny. -Lessons you can really use-proven in the dojo and in the world! -You will learn about yourself from this book, and what you are made of. Achieve balance in the triangle of life-your Mind, Body &amp; Spirit-in life as well in the martial arts. You will find ways to improve what you know about yourself, feel about yourself, and what you think about yourself.

Mind Body Spirit: The Triangle of Life

Whether you re new to systems analysis or have been there, done that and seen it all but especially if you want to ponder the significance of information systems analysis in the scheme of the universe, this book is for you. The author brings a unique perspective to the problems of computer system analysis

Solving the Year 2000 Crisis helps programmers, managers, and consultants gain a clear understanding of the Y2K problemand how to beat it - from the ground up. It closely examines and evaluates the seven major problem-solving approaches currently available, helps readers choose the best method for a particular company or organization, then provides the information needed to implement a solution. Well-written sections on project staffing and management help project managers determine whether to build a Y2K team with existing employees or consultants, and provide advice on choosing the best tools for improving their productivity. The book also addresses the business side of the Y2K issue - it explains the impact of the problem on PC and desktop systems, and details how to find and test potential failure points. Value-added appendixes contain actual problem-solving program code in COBOL, C++, FORTRAN, and Visual Basic.

Solving the Year 2000 Crisis (Artech House Computer Science Library)

McDermott, Peter

Programming

Artech House Publishers

Life in rural Ireland in any townland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was far from easy. There were few opportunities for any kind of work outside farming. And few were the farmers who could remunerate anybody to help on the farm. 
We are in danger of forgetting the struggle these people had to eke out a living from the reluctant soil, which only answered to the best weather conditions and even then, only too frequently in a poor fashion. 
By painstakingly tracing the routine of the seasonal tasks like putting in the potatoes, saving the turf and hay, Patrick Mc Dermott gives us a memorable account of their lives in Blackmountain. 
But, he does much more than that: he gives us the names of the last inhabitants of the whole area which was popularly known as Dubh; asks why rural Ireland should be left behind; considers the influence of the Catholic Church, the EU, the future of agriculture and a host of other topics. 
Blackmountain is also, significantly, the ancestral townland and home of Seán Mac Diarmada, executed after the Easter Uprising in 1916, and the author discusses the often conflicted attitudes of the inhabitants to this great Irish patriot. 
This book is a veritable mine of information for everybody, but especially for emigrants who may look back nostalgically on their early days in Blackmountain.

Blackmountain

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Austin Macauley

This document contains Lecture Notes & supplements, primarily PowerPoint presentations, for the class BUS/CIS 238A at the College of Alameda in Alameda, California. They are designed as a resource for students who take the course. The course is cross-listed as a Business course, BUS 238A, and a Computer Information Systems course, CIS 238A. The two courses are identical and conducted simultaneously.

Word Processing I: Lecture Notes & Supplements

Software

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji Fugaku Sanjurokkei I’ve long been a fan of Hokusai, and love the 36 Views of Mount Fuji series, so I put this little book together for myself with images of the prints in the series that I have collected over the years from various public sources. It turned out so well, I thought others might find it useful, so I decided to make it available to others using the amazing technology available today. This book simply contains a small (about 4" x 6") full-color copy of each of the 46 prints (sic: 36 Views has 46 views in it) in the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. I use the book as a reference and reminder. There is no commentary or discussion, just the pictures, with the name in English &amp; Japanese (romaji &amp; kanji). I’ve indexed each picture with keywords, so if I want to find one with a ferry boat, the ones with snow, the one with the little turtle, or the salt gatherers, I can find them in the index. If you are interested in Hokusai’s work, you might find this book as useful as I have.

Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Do you know who you are? Do you know what you want from life? Can you control and channel your thoughts, actions and feelings? This book will help you answer these questions. All you need to know—terminology, lore, philosophy and motivation—to succeed at Karate, and at Life. * Brings East and West together, taking the best from each. * Master a toolbox of techniques, such as meditation and visualization, that will help you along the way. * What to do before, during, and after class to maximize benefit—techniques that are applicable to any learning situation. * How to work on speed, balance, and power, but most of all control: control your punches, but also control your emotions to control your destiny. * Lessons you can really use—proven in the dojo and in the world! * You will learn about yourself from this book, and what you are made of. Achieve balance in the triangle of life—your Mind, Body &amp; Spirit—in life as well in the martial arts. You will find ways to improve what you know about yourself, feel about yourself, and what you think about yourself.

Mind Body Spirit: The Triangle of Life, Full-Color Edition

The Taikyoku Kata: Karate's Supreme Ultimate in 5 Rings, Full-Color Edition

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Zen and the Art of Systems Analysis: Meditations on Computer Systems Development

Karate's Supreme Ultimate: The Taikyoku Kata in Five Rings

Mind Body Spirit: The Triangle of Life

Zen and the Art of Systems Analysis: Meditations on Computer Systems Development

Solving the Year 2000 Crisis (Artech House Computer Science Library)

Blackmountain

Word Processing I: Lecture Notes & Supplements

Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji

Mind Body Spirit: The Triangle of Life, Full-Color Edition

The Taikyoku Kata: Karate's Supreme Ultimate in 5 Rings, Full-Color Edition