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Free Books A lot of people keep asking about a good list of programming books. Hence, we are building this list to save your time and to spread the knowledge. Some of these books will definitely help us to evolve our coding skills and thought processes for developing better solutions. We will do our best to keep updating this list, hope you find this list useful, here we go. Meta-List How the Fashion Industry Is Using Digital Tools to Increase ROI Yuli Ziv is the founder & CEO of Style Coalition, a network of independent online publishers in the fashion and lifestyle vertical, based in NYC. She blogs on social media, entrepreneurship and tech at YuliZiv.com. Follow her on Twitter @yuliz. The fashion industry has deep roots in traditional business practices and has been late to adopt new technology.

TechStars - The Next Big Idea - 2011 Startup Madness Tournament The Next Big Idea 2011 Startup Madness Tournament presented by Start Voting » For Real. John Gottman John Gottman with his wife Julie John Mordecai Gottman (born April 26, 1942) is a professor emeritus in psychology known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis through scientific direct observations, many of which were published in peer-reviewed literature. The lessons derived from this work represent a partial basis for the relationship counseling movement that aims to improve relationship functioning and the avoidance of those behaviors shown by Gottman and other researchers to harm human relationships.[1] His work has also had a major impact on the development of important concepts on social sequence analysis.

How to Enchant Your Customer I love to do business with small businesses—in-store, online, for myself, for others, for pleasure, for work—it doesn’t matter to me. I love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. And I love to help small business owners because they aren’t flying around in corporate jets and lunching with investment bankers. American Express’s idea for Small Business Saturday is a marvelous one, and I’d like to help out by them explaining 10 ways that small businesses can enchant their customers. Put likable, competent and passionate people on the front line. I prefer to interact with employees who smile, know what they’re talking about, and love what they sell.

5 Marketing Graphs to Send Your CMO Every Month As we're approaching the end of Q4, marketers everywhere are checking their stats and creating reports for management on the year's performance. But what graphs should you be sure to send? Here are five charts we recommend every marketer send their CMO or management every month. 1. Traffic From All Sources (And visit to lead conversion rate) ( Open larger image in new window ) "Pandora for Shopping" Startup Surfaces Best in Indie Design The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Aprizi Quick Pitch: Aprizi is a highly curated "Pandora for shopping" with a focus on emerging designers and independent brands. Genius Idea: Shopping for beautifully designed products — think apparel, accessories and home decor — online can sometimes feel like wandering through a jungle with a blunt machete, especially when one is after goods from emerging designers and lesser-known brands.

20+ of The Best Designed Tourism Sites For Your Inspiration Posted on by bmackler in Inspiration As we are gearing up for summer time and starting to plan vacations I wanted to take a look at an area that can help us in our travel plans and perhaps give us some great design ideas at the same time. Today lets take a look at 20+ of the best tourism sites from around the world whose one goal is to impress you, quickly give you the information you need and then get you to visit. Not a small feat. Check out these 10 new websites that every web designer should know.

27 things I need to see on an e-commerce homepage A retailer's homepage needs to convey what the site is about and provide all the elements that customers are looking for, and that will entice them to explore the rest of the site. I've listed 27 elements that are commonly seen on retailer's homepages, many essential, others desirable. If I've missed any, please leave a comment below... Essentials Search box Vital for helping customers to find what they want quickly, though as our Site Search Report found, retailers need to work on the quality of the results returned.

Preventing greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere Cambridge, Mass. – February 5, 2015 – A novel class of materials that enable a safer, cheaper, and more energy-efficient process for removing greenhouse gas from power plant emissions has been developed by a multi-institution team of researchers. The approach could be an important advance in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). The team, led by scientists from Harvard University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, employed a microfluidic assembly technique to produce microcapsules that contain liquid sorbents encased in highly permeable polymer shells. In Our Information Age, Secrecy Is Sexy. How Can Brands Create An Aura Of Mystery? Knowledge was once power, but these days knowledge is expected. We live in a culture of oversharing. We broadcast our every thought, opinion, and move as Facebook updates or tweets.

CHANEL Digital Relaunch – the sensual explosion of beauty that captures the essence of the ‘Maison de Luxe’. But why are they still afraid of E-Commerce? Superb – at last a Luxury Brand focusses on it’s ‘raison d’être’: beautiful products, their history and the craftsmanship that make them happen. But where is the “order” button? One cannot order online, and this is.. disappointing and frustrating. In each of these sites – one for Jewellery and one for Watches – you will browse through the collections in sublime detail, see the designers create them, examine how attention to detail at each step creates unique pieces of art. A beautiful investment that initiates a cross-channel experience. Watch the collection, search your favourite piece and look at it in infinite detail.