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The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
"[L]oaded with fascinating details about Huang’s unusual leadership style and maniacal work habits." —Ben Cohen, Wall Street Journal "The definitive look at the most remarkable business story of this era." —Morgan Housel, New York Times best-selling author of The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever A deeply reported business history of the chip-designer Nvidia—from its founding in 1993 to its recent emergence as one of the most valuable corporations in the world—explaining how the company’s culture, overseen by cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang, has powered its incredible success. Nvidia is the darling of the age of artificial intelligence: its chips are powering the generative-AI revolution, and demand is insatiable. For all the current interest and attention, however, Nvidia is not of our time. Founded more than three decades ago in a Denny’s in East San Jose, for years it was known primarily in the then-niche world of computer gaming. In fact, the company’s leather-jacketed leader, Jensen Huang, is the longest-serving CEO in an industry marked by near constant turmoil and failure. In The Nvidia Way, acclaimed tech writer Tae Kim draws on more than one hundred interviews—including Jensen (as he is known) and his cofounders, the two original venture capital investors, early former employees, and current senior executives—to show how Nvidia played the longest of long games, repeatedly creating new markets and outmaneuvering competitors, including the original semiconductor giant, Intel, which now finds itself well behind the upstart. Kim offers revelations at every step, among them: An authoritative, myth-busting account of Nvidia’s founding in 1993. How Nvidia managed to overcome early missteps that would have killed most start-ups. The benefits of Nvidia’s flat organizational structure, which allows even low-level employees to contribute to the direction of the company. How Jensen’s obsession with solving the Innovator’s Dilemma—the problem of an entrenched market leader falling to smaller, nimbler companies—drove him to reinvent his approach to corporate strategy. How Nvidia saw the coming AI wave sooner than anyone else, and how it bet its future on a technology that had not yet arrived. A rare view into Nvidia’s distinct culture and Jensen’s management principles, The Nvidia Way is a book for our moment as well as an instant classic of business history, with enduring lessons for entrepreneurs and managers alike.
Young Children’s Play Practices with Digital Tablets
The ebook version of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and is freely available to read online. This book presents how young children's current practices when playing with tablets inform digital experiences in Denmark and Japan. Through an interdisciplinary lens and a grounded theory approach, Fróes identifies and maps these practices, which compose the taxonomy of tablet play and proposes a series of theoretical concepts that complement recent theories related to play and digital literacy studies. Tablet devices bring with them not only a multitude of options, but they also help create notions of digital space and environments defining emerging territories in young children's play experiences. Young children play with these devices and have fun indulging in digital worlds, while discovering and problem-solving with a variety of narratives and interfaces encountered on these digital playgrounds. A set of tablet play characteristics, such as multimodal applications (apps) combined with tablets' physical and digital affordances shape children's digital play. The data collected through observations informed some noteworthy aspects, including how children's hands gain and perform an embodied knowledge of digital spaces. This embodied knowledge develops through digital play interactions, defining what is proposed as digital penmanship. Complementary to the penmanship, several symbols and a range of modes of use shape a rich multimodal semiotic vocabulary in children's digital play experiences. These early digital experiences set the rules for the playgrounds and assert digital tablets as twenty-first-century toys, shaping young children's playful literacy.
Phone Off Life On: Finding Balance in the Digital Age
In "Phone Off Life On: Finding Balance in the Digital Age," author Ranjot Chahal presents a compelling exploration of the modern-day digital dilemma and offers practical solutions to reduce smartphone usage. This thought-provoking book delves into the allure of technology, the downsides of digital overload, and the impact on physical and mental health. Through insightful chapters, readers will discover techniques to disconnect for a happier life, reconnect with themselves and others, and thrive in the offline world. With 100 actionable ways to reduce smartphone dependency, this book provides a roadmap to achieving a healthy relationship with technology and embracing a more fulfilling and present life. Whether you're seeking personal growth or seeking to raise digital-aware children, "Phone Off Life On" is a must-read guide for navigating the digital age mindfully and finding true balance in an interconnected world.
How to become a Pro Player
Discover the path to professional gaming success with "How to Become a Pro Player: The Ultimate Guide to Pro Gamers." This comprehensive book offers invaluable insights, strategies, and expert advice to help you navigate the competitive gaming landscape. From mastering essential skills and strategies to managing physical and mental well-being, competing in tournaments, planning your career, and embracing ethics and sportsmanship, this guide covers all aspects of becoming a pro player. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or just starting out, this book will empower you to level up your game and pursue your dreams in the world of professional gaming.
Cash Matters: The Power and Persistence of Physical Currency
"Cash Matters: The Power and Persistence of Physical Currency" takes readers on a captivating journey through the world of cash – from its rich history to its crucial role in the digital age. In an era where digital currency dominates conversations, this book sheds light on the enduring significance of physical money and explores its unique advantages.With meticulous research and engaging storytelling, this book examines the tangible and emotional connection that cash provides. It delves into the privacy and security cash transactions offer, dispelling misconceptions about crime and money laundering. Readers will discover the psychological benefits of using cash, including its role in fostering budgeting skills and mindfulness in spending.The book unveils cash's pivotal role in financial inclusion, highlighting how it serves as a lifeline for the unbanked population, granting access to basic needs, economic independence, and a sense of empowerment. Through real-life examples, it demonstrates how cash becomes a reliable resource in emergencies and disasters, aiding communities in times of crisis and playing a vital role in rebuilding.While acknowledging the downsides of cash, the book explores innovative approaches that blend tradition with technology, showcasing hybrid cashless-cash systems and the emergence of smart banknotes. It challenges the notion of a "cashless society," presenting cash as a cultural symbol, a tradition, and a resilient mode of payment that defies global variations in usage.In a thought-provoking conclusion, "Cash Matters" calls for the embrace of a modern cash society, one that harmonizes the benefits of physical currency with the conveniences of digital transactions. This book is a must-read for anyone curious about the intricate tapestry of money, the psychological impact of spending, and the future of a world where cash continues to matter.
The Big Book of Social Media Marketing Tips
Get instant access to 200 powerful social media marketing tips to increase your followers, build credibility and gain more customers...These tips will surely put your business into overdrive! you’ll discover how to take advantage of high traffic social media sites!
Scam Busters
Con artists who push scams have a crucial factor working for them besides the sorry state of our economic system, and that's the lack of a uniform, comprehensive, national clamp down by law enforcement officials. It's exceedingly hard to track, shut down, and bring these rogue companies to justice, as many will confirm today. And because most consumers wind up getting taken for a relatively little sum of money, attorneys are seldom willing or able to get involved, nor do local law enforcement representatives. According to the Better Business Council, only twenty-three % of the bureaus responding to a survey reported any law enforcement actions taken against scams in their area, in spite of the fact that ninety-three % of the bureaus around the country have got complaints about scams. Here we will show you what these are and how to avoid them.
Webinars A-Z –Your Ultimate Guide to Online Success
Do you detest those excruciating seminars which you have to attend in order to sell your products? Do you want to update yourself and try being technologically advanced, a techno-geek? We’ll tell you exactly what you could do to be one. Ever heard of a webinar? Well, many people haven’t so if you don’t know anything, it’s just fine! A webinar is basically a seminar which is presented over the internet, or Web. Web seminars, web conferences and internet meetings are all synonyms for this new technology and are used in sales and marketing applications, to influence potential customers. Unlike webcasts, where the audience can only watch and listen, webinars are presentations where the members of the large audience can interact with the presenter via the internet. Hassle free and sleek! Webinars are used for a variety of purposes – internet-based meetings, remote training and one-to-one meetings sharing details over their computer desktops. Hosting such webinars require knowledge about specific software that configures the presenter and the audience’s computers for easy communication. If you are keen on keeping yourself up-to-date with the world of technology, you might just want to know more about the various features of this web wonder! We guess you might just want to present seminars using this software rather than having to present product via a webcast! Well, we guess an integrated net telephone conferencing for audio seminars, the ability of the audience to view the presenter’s screen during live product demos, a continuous streaming video and scope for animated and interactive presentations, the unique features of recording and playback options, the option of segregating the audience into subgroups to help interact better, to be able to present questionnaires and polls to the audience and even manage question and answer sessions during the seminar, all seem to be a boon to you to boost your career options! Isn’t the software just the thing you were looking for to cut down on the hassles of hosting a seminar?
The BLOG AND PING TUTORIAL
There is a new duo in town called Blogging and Pinging. It is not a new comedy team or even a singing group, but a new way to attract visitors to your website and make more money. Blogging and Pinging is a marketing tool that can make anyone a viable website owner. Let’s start with a definition of a blog. Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site. Ok, so what about pinging? Originally, a ping was a program that bounced a request off of another computer/server over a network or the Internet to see if the remote computer was responding. That same program is now used as a method of informing others that your blog exists and also let’s them know when a new post has been made. When you put the two together – blogging and pinging – you get a technique that is extremely effective at getting ANY web site, no matter how big or small, indexed by the major search engines.
Microsoft Big Data Solutions
Tap the power of Big Data with Microsoft technologies Big Data is here, and Microsoft's new Big Data platform is a valuable tool to help your company get the very most out of it. This timely book shows you how to use HDInsight along with HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data throughout the enterprise. Focusing primarily on Microsoft and HortonWorks technologies but also covering open source tools, Microsoft Big Data Solutions explains best practices, covers on-premises and cloud-based solutions, and features valuable case studies. Best of all, it helps you integrate these new solutions with technologies you already know, such as SQL Server and Hadoop. Walks you through how to integrate Big Data solutions in your company using Microsoft's HDInsight Server, HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, and open source tools Explores both on-premises and cloud-based solutions Shows how to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data through the enterprise Covers topics such as Microsoft's approach to Big Data, installing and configuring HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, integrating Big Data with SQL Server, visualizing data with Microsoft and HortonWorks BI tools, and more Helps you build and execute a Big Data plan Includes contributions from the Microsoft and HortonWorks Big Data product teams If you need a detailed roadmap for designing and implementing a fully deployed Big Data solution, you'll want Microsoft Big Data Solutions.
Get Paid To Take Digital Photos
You’re reading this because you have two passions in life. First, you love taking photos. You probably carry your camera everywhere with you, just waiting for a chance to snap a candid shot that tells a little story. That’s the art of photography and, if you’re reading this, you have a passion for that art. But then there’s your passion for money. Don’t worry, you’re not being judged. It’s good to be motivated by money. It’s what makes the world go ‘round, right? Or is that love? Point is, money may not bring happiness, but it sure makes life a whole lot easier to get through. And anyone knows that the best way to make money is to take what you love and turn it into a business. Well, congratulations. You have taken the first step towards making money doing what you love: Taking digital photos. Not many people know that you can make a good living just by selling photos over the Internet. But once you become aware of just how many photos we’re exposed to on a daily basis, the realization that you can make money taking great photos should be a no-brainer.
ICT Revolutionalizing Education
This book explores the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Indian education system in 2023. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of ICT infrastructure in Indian schools, the integration of ICT in curriculum and pedagogy, digital literacy and skills development, e-learning platforms and EdTech startups, assessment and evaluation with ICT, ICT in higher education, inclusive education, open educational resources and open-source software, policy frameworks, and future perspectives. The book begins by tracing the evolution of the Indian education system, highlighting key challenges and the need for ICT integration. It then examines the existing ICT infrastructure in schools, including government initiatives, accessibility, and inclusivity. The integration of ICT in the national curriculum framework is explored, along with the available tools and resources for teaching and learning. The importance of teacher training and professional development in ICT is also emphasized. Digital literacy and skills development are crucial in the digital age, and this book investigates the initiatives in place to foster these skills, the role of ICT in enhancing digital literacy, and the challenges faced in bridging the digital divide. It further explores the emergence of e-learning platforms and EdTech startups, showcasing successful case studies and their impact on student engagement and learning outcomes. Assessment and evaluation are essential components of education, and the book examines how ICT has influenced traditional assessment methods, adaptive learning, personalized assessments, and ethical considerations in ICT-based assessments. The integration of ICT in higher education institutions, virtual classrooms, online courses, research, collaboration opportunities, challenges, and future directions are also explored. Inclusive education and ICT are closely linked, and the book investigates how ICT solutions can support students with disabilities, bridge the digital divide, and the policies and initiatives promoting inclusive education in India. The role of open educational resources (OER) and open-source software in education, their benefits, challenges, and impact on collaboration and innovation are also discussed. Policy frameworks and future perspectives are crucial for the advancement of ICT in education, and this book presents an analysis of government policies, stakeholder engagement, emerging trends, technologies, and provides recommendations for policy and practice. Overall, this book provides valuable insights into the integration of ICT in the Indian education system in 2023, serving as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, educators, and anyone interested in understanding the role of technology in transforming education in India.