Product Design

★★★ Create documents like never before ★★★ Adobe InDesign is arguably one of Adobe’s more underappreciated programs. Many people have gotten used to creating brochures and books using Word and Pages. If you are a professional who cares about design, then there is no greater tool for creating a document than InDesign. This book is intended to get you started, so you can understand what all the important features are and how to use them. You’ll learn how to: Use menus Change colors Arrange images, shapes, and text Create spreads Create columns Perform wraps Export to ...

Think how commonplace it is now for people to ask Siri for the weather forecast, deploy Roomba to clean their homes, or summon Alexa to turn on the lights. The "smart home" market will reach well over $100 billion in the next five years on the promise of products that are truly integrated with our cooking, cleaning, entertainment, security, and hygiene habits. But the reality is, these first-generation "smart" products aren't very smart - yet. We're clearly seeing only the tip of the iceberg in terms of capability and how such products can enhance our lives.

How did Ford Motors use Lean development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history? Largely by avoiding the mistakes that so many companies make when in a death spiral. They looked beyond manufacturing efficiency to change the very fundamentals of how they developed vehicles. In Designing the Future, Lean product development expert James Morgan and world-renowned Lean guru Jeffrey K. Liker reveal why so many companies have achieved only moderate success with Lean in operations, with a limited impact on their overall business.

Welcome to the ageless world of the Green Forest, the Smiling Pool, and the Purple Mountains! There, you’ll meet a rabbit named Peter, who one day became so unhappy about his plain-sounding name he decided to change it to Peter Cottontail because he felt it made him sound more important.

Everyone loves a good game! Now, take that a step further and think about how the game applies to user experience (UX). UX FMK focuses on unique advice sorted into the 20 things you should know, the 20 ways to avoid wasting time, and 20 ways not to fail in the field of user experience.

Prepare for success in the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Individual Life and Annuities (ILA) – Life Product Management Exam with our comprehensive study guide. This study guide covers all the essential topics and concepts you need to master to excel in the exam. Key Features: Comprehensive Coverage: Our study guide covers the designs and risks of common life and annuity products and features, including methods and metrics used for product design and pricing. Theory of Value Creation: Gain a deep understanding of the theory of "Value Creation" for life and annuity products and learn how to ...

“Know thyself” (Know thy business!) Discover your own unique strategy to create an enterprise that embodies you, affords prosperity, brings the right people into your life and serves a community of people who desire your products and services. Otherwise known as The Zen Side of business ownership.

A young medical student named Fettes is assisting his professor in procuring cadavers to be dissected by his fellow students. He knows many of the bodies that are sold to him were stolen from graves - but he needs his job and keeps his silence. To remain silent, however, is to invite worse trouble. Late one night there is a knock at the door and another cadaver is delivered to Fettes - one he recognizes. It's Jane Galbraith, a woman Fettes had seen alive and well only a day before.

Inspired by classic pulp fiction and old-time radio programs, the Narada Radio Company endeavors to create audio dramas that go from amusing to terrifying.

さっそくですが問題です勝てるホームページの設計は次のうちどれでしょう デザインに徹底的にこだわり誰に見せてもオシャレなサイトだねと言われるホームページ ＳＥＯを重視して特定の分野でキーワード検索位を狙って作成するホームページ 儲かっている競合他社を参考に細部を自社仕様に変更して作成するホームページ セールスライティング重視でデザインよりも言葉の力でコンバージョンさせたホームページ 売れるLPのテンプレートにあてはめて作ったホームページ 答えは出ましたでしょうか 正解は……どれもハズレですこれらのホームページの設計にはある視点が欠けています そうですどれもどうするかという視点しかなく誰に何をがありませんよね少しおおめに見たとしても誰にという視点が欠けていますこうしたWEBサイトには戦略がありません しかし世の中の多くのＷＥＢ制作現場を見渡してみてください割がどうするという視点しかないと思いませんか オシャレなホームページＳＥＯに強いホームページ売れるホームページテンプレート……

Stories from the Forest is an anthology of children’s classic tales set in the woods. This collection includes Winnie-the-Pooh, narrated by multi-award-winning golden voice Barbara Rosenblat; Little Red Riding Hood, narrated by ATC Seneca Award nominee for Best Leading Actress (Cinderella) Georgia Lee Schultz; and Snow White, a full-cast audio theater presentation.

This collection of seven popular Hans Christian Andersen stories includes The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Wild Swans, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match Girl, and The Little Mermaid. Fairytales for the whole family to enjoy!

Roppit Poppit: A Flying Boy is a short bedtime story for kids about bravery, friendship, self-love, and achieving the impossible, designed to help restless kids fall asleep and have soothing dreams of flying. The story is about a boy who embarks on an epic adventure to find his father in the sky. His friend, a pot-bellied, flying circus pig, gives Roppit the encouragement, bravery, and self-confidence to pursue his dream of learning to fly.

Through interviews with successful product designers and inventors from around the world, and case studies of products from their local inception to their global success, The Future of Design will answer these important questions and provide a robust framework for activating innovative thinking that goes beyond Western approaches to creativity and innovation.

Frugal Value contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called "sustainable business" practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today and how it could be put into practice through far-reaching changes to companies, ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures.

This delightful collection of Christmas stories includes the full-cast dramatization of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS DAY, and the holiday favorites THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER.

It’s Christmastime, but one old movie studio watchman won’t be celebrating. It’s now up to two patrolmen to solve the case in this murder mystery set in 1943 Hollywood. Murder On Santa Claus Lane was adapted from a pulp-fiction story by William G. Bogart, first appearing in G-Men Detective magazine.

Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience with digital products, this guide provides everything you need to create, launch, and scale your digital product business.

This guide sheds light on how some of today's most successful brands innovate new products. The business lessons at the end of each chapter give the listener practical advice they could immediately apply to their own companies. This guide is for budding entrepreneurs and startups eager to learn how strong companies use traditional and non-conventional means to create new products.

Maybe you're frustrated or embarrassed by your current contracts or you've tried automation before and it was a huge time suck with no tangible results. Inside this jam-packed book, you’ll learn how to design readable digital contracts your clients will love.