Author: Tom Boellstorff
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: virtually, human, explores, anthropologist, second, life, coming
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2010-04-11
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0691146276
ISBN-13: 9780691146270
Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtual worlds. The residents of Second Life create communities, buy property and build homes, go to concerts, meet in bars, attend weddings and religious services, buy and sell virtual goods and services, find friendship, fall in love--the possibilities are endless, and all encountered through a computer screen. Coming of Age in Second Life is the first book of anthropology to examine this thriving alternate universe. Tom Boellstorff conducted more than
Author: Robert Jones
Publisher: Irm Press
Keywords: teams, virtual, challenges, virtually, working
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 2005-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1591405521
ISBN-13: 9781591405528
This perspective on the growing dependence on virtual teams provides virtual offices with the tools to best exploit their environment. Insight is provided on using virtual teams to most effectively leverage scarce and distributed resources.
Authors:Wan, Guofang,
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: fact, finders, media, online, true, questioning, virtually
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $23.93
ISBN-10: 0736867678
ISBN-13: 9780736867672
Post on your blog, chat with friends, surt for the latest news-there are millions of things to do online. So how do webmasters get you to clock onto their site? And what are they really trying to say? Well, get your hand on the mouse. It’s time to ask questions about messages of online media.
Author: Trina Hoefling
Publisher: Stylus Publishing
Keywords: virtual, teams, organizations, successful, people, virtually, managing, working
Number of Pages: 203
Published: 2003-02-14
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 157922069X
ISBN-13: 9781579220693
Virtual working is a fact of life as companies manage teams of individuals dispersed on sites across the country or around the globe; take increasing advantage of improving technology and software to telecommute and teleconference; and begin to think about the human element in disaster recovery. The key to successful dispersed working is not technological expertise, but a clear understanding of what it takes to get the enterprise ready for virtual work, and of the skills for bonding individuals into cohesive, high-performance teams across distances and differences. This book provides that gu
Author: Aliza Green
Publisher: Quirk Books
Keywords: virtually, fish, shellfish, market, prepare, select, guide, seafood, identify, field
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-03-29
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1594741352
ISBN-13: 9781594741357
There’s more to seafood than lobster tails and fried calamari. Today’s supermarkets are stocked with a bounty of delicious and delightful choices everything from salmon and snow crabs to oysters, barnacles, and even sea cucumbers! But you don’t need a degree in marine biology to make sense of it all just Field Guide to Seafood. Award-winning chef Aliza Green explains everything you need to know about different kinds of seafood, fish, and prepared fish: how to select them, prepare them, serve them, and more, with a recipe for every one. Beautiful full-color photography depicts
Author: Aliza Green
Publisher: Quirk Books
Keywords: virtually, fruit, vegetable, market, prepare, select, guide, produce, identify, field
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1931686807
ISBN-13: 9781931686808
Produce: It’s not just apples and oranges anymore. Today’s supermarket shelves are stocked with strange, exotic, and delightful items such as quince, jicama, kumquats, amaranth, yuzus, and wing beans. But you don’t need a degree in botany to make sense of it all -- just carry along Field Guide to Produce! This practical guide to the world’s most popular fruits and vegetables features more than 200 full-color photographs -- plus detailed descriptions, selection tips, and guidelines on peeling, blanching, cooking, and eating. Award-winning chef Aliza Green describes every
Author: Guofang Wan
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: media, literacy, online, questioning, true, virtually
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0736878637
ISBN-13: 9780736878630
Encourages readers to question the influential messages of online media. Describes what media is and how the Internet is a part of media.
