Technology

Buy Now! - Let’s face it: buying a computer can be an intimidating experience, especially if you’re not up on all of the latest technology. SATA, Multi core, 64-bit? Who the heck has time to know the difference between all of this stuff?! That’s why there’s How to Buy a Computer, a set of video [...]

Buy Now! Photoshop is one of the most powerful tools available today, and the amount of things you can accomplish is amazing. Of course, the real trick is that you’ve got to learn how to actually accomplish what you want to do. Thankfully there are these video tutorials you can use in order to master [...]

If you’re breaking into the technology universe, the alphabet soup of acronyms can be overwhelming. Even geeks who make technology their livelihood get confused. Author Lynn Manning Ross aims to eliminate the confusion with this collection of 700 technical terms defined in a way to help you make sense of all the technobabble. Take [...]

One of the keys to building a long and lasting career is establishing your personal brand in the eyes of your employers, colleagues and industry peers. How do these people see you in relation to the work you do? If you had to provide an elevator pitch to sell someone on who you are [...]

The Internet Usage Policy supplies you with two customizable templates: one for moderate Internet use and one for strict Internet use. The moderate policy allows for occasional and reasonable personal use of the Internet, and the strict policy spells out the permitted and prohibited behaviors as well as defines violations. You may choose to [...]

The E-mail Security Policy is a ready-to-use, customizable policy. This e-mail policy covers a broad range of topics, including authorized usage, privacy rights, and message monitoring, just to name a few. You can edit these policies based on your organization’s needs. [ Available in DOC Format for $9.95 / Download ]

In this new book, Lockergnome’s Guide to Web Hosting, Mitch Keeler walks you through every single step of the Web hosting world explaining the differences and holding your hand along the way. There are too many Web sites and books that promise to teach you everything to know about Web hosting, but do [...]

Newly updated 2nd Edition released January 2006:
This tutorial introduces simple methods of reducing the number of false decisions people make based on good data with bad interpretations. Examples are given of diagnosing medical problems, analyzing crime scene evidence, anti-terrorist activities, and several games–including the infamous Monty Hall paradox. Without presenting any specific ways to incorporate [...]

NEW! IMPROVED! This tutorial is much more than a revised version of the original. It is over three times longer and includes information from many of the columns on helping seniors to become computer literate.
What is a senior? What is computer literacy?
What makes seniors different from other people such that they [...]

Don’t waste time with unqualified candidates, and put more superstars on your team!

1. Know what you want
2. Know the candidate before you meet
3. Clear the ground rules
4. Listen to what you don’t hear
5. Probe the resume
6. Expand on experience
7. Know your problems
8. Be vague - on purpose
9. Question the solution
10. Write great feedback

Poor Richard’s Web Site Marketing Makeover provides a detailed map for creating a successful Web site that produces an abundance of clients, customers, influence, and new opportunities. Learn step-by-step the essential ingredients of a site that meets visitors’ needs and deepen your understanding with before-and-after makeovers. Provide visitors with easy signposts showing them how to [...]

You need to set up a Web site, but where do you start? With Poor Richard’s Web Site, that’s where! This is the only book that explains all the steps you need to take to set up a Web site—in a down-to-earth, easy-to-understand, geek-free style! You’ll learn everything you need to know, not [...]

In the past, recruiting on the Internet meant posting jobs at Web sites like Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, or SpendingLotsAnd LotsOfMoney.com. This book offers an alternative: easy, inexpensive ways to use the Internet to find employees fast. This book explains how to find and use industry sites, professional organizations, state and city job banks, ISPs, search engines, forums, mailing [...]

Poor Richard’s Internet Marketing and Promotions will explain many powerful techniques for getting people’s attention on the Web with proven strategies that really do work. Advice about how to set up business and carry out promotions online is easy to come by. With this book you’ll learn how and where to register with [...]

This book offers an easy-to-understand explanation of the technology available for connecting employees. Readers will learn about inexpensive networking alternatives, software, installation, types of connections, security, and administration. The book also discusses how to use the Internet to communicate with instant messaging and file sharing. With the geek-free advice in this book, readers will discover [...]

Poor Richard’s Building Online Communities shows how anyone with Internet access can create an online community. For businesses, Web communities provide tightly targeted audiences for higher ad rates, more efficient merchandising, excellent word-of-mouth publicity, and customer loyalty. Online communities can also be used to promote a special interest group or help an organization communicate with [...]

Poor Richard’s E-Mail Publishing explains everything you need to know to become a successful electronic publisher. Get inside Chris Pirillo’s head on subjects like creating newsletters, bulletins, announcements, discussion groups and many other powerful communication tools. Running mailing-list discussion groups is a powerful way to promote a product or service and it’s also a cheap [...]

This is the first eBook on a new technology known as HTML/OS, a high-speed database engine and development environment that runs all across the Web. The HTML/OS engine eliminates the need for integration tools such as ASP, JSP, and PhP, and it eliminates the need for programming languages to handle protocols such XML, Corba, [...]

“For Computer Users and Knowledge Junkies.” Anyone who’s ever been asked to explain a tech term only to be left stumbling through a plausible explanation will appreciate this eBook. From relevant computing personalities, to obscure tech references, to clear descriptions of day-to-day definitions you may already know (but not know how to define). These 180 [...]

“For Techies / Newbies / Anyone Wanting Resolution to Tech Problems.” From Linux, to Windows Registry hacks, to the latest developments in USB, to all things wireless, to Web design, to Mac OS X, these are some of the best sites on the Internet for gaining more knowledge on your favorite subject - or for [...]