Auditory Interfaces explores how human-computer interactions can be significantly enhanced through the improved use of the audio channel. Providing historical, theoretical and practical perspectives, the book begins with an introductory overview, before presenting cutting-edge research with chapters on embodied music recognition, nonspeech audio, and user interfaces. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals working in a range of fields, from audio sound systems, to human-computer interaction and computer science.

Auditory Interfaces explores how human-computer interactions can be significantly enhanced through the improved use of the audio channel. Providing historical, theoretical and practical perspectives, the book begins with an introductory overview, before presenting cutting-edge research with chapters on embodied music recognition, nonspeech audio, and user interfaces. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals working in a range of fields, from audio sound systems, to human-computer interaction and computer science.

In "Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook," you will learn, through step-by-step instructions and exercises, various sketching methods that will let you express your design ideas about user experiences across time. Collectively, these methods will be your sketching repertoire: a toolkit where you can choose the method most appropriate for developing your ideas, which will help you cultivate a culture of experience-based design and critique in your workplace.
Features standalone modules detailing methods and exercises for practitioners who want to learn and develop their sketching skills

Extremely practical, with illustrated examples detailing all steps on how to do a method

Excellent for individual learning, for classrooms, and for a team that wants to develop a culture of design practice

Perfect complement to Buxton s Sketching User Experience or any UX text Author-maintained companion website at

http: //grouplab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/sketchbook/ "

A bit irreverent yet, kind and truthful, this book is for substitutes, teachers, and administrators. It describes the work-life of an experienced substitute teacher through the lenses of "best practices." It begins with the need for education: Axiom (1) "Teaching is a prerequisite for human evolution" to Axiom (11) "Do not take anything personally", even when the students say you are "the best sub they ever had." For grades K-12, this book helps with classroom management techniques to keeping track of multiple assignments. All you need is a tolerance for ambiguity (everyday is different), a healthy lunch, and perhaps ear plugs for rainy day recesses. Author: Bill Buxton (MA, MBA, TESOL) has been a "mostly friendly" substitute for about five years for grades four through twelve in various socioeconomic districts. He believes the primary goal of a substitute teacher is to support the professional teacher by following the sub plans, with some discretion, of course.

"Sketching User Experiences" approaches design and design thinking as something distinct that needs to be better understood-by both designers and the people with whom they need to work- in order to achieve success with new products and systems. So while the focus is on design, the approach is holistic. Hence, the book speaks to designers, usability specialists, the HCI community, product managers, and business executives. There is an emphasis on balancing the back-end concern with usability and engineering excellence (getting the design right) with an up-front investment in sketching and ideation (getting the right design). Overall, the objective is to build the notion of informed design: molding emerging technology into a form that serves our society and reflects its values.

Grounded in both practice and scientific research, Bill Buxton s engaging work aims to spark the imagination while encouraging the use of new techniques, breathing new life into user experience design.
Covers sketching and early prototyping design methods suitable for dynamic product capabilities: cell phones that communicate with each other and other embedded systems, "smart" appliances, and things you only imagine in your dreamsThorough coverage of the design sketching method which helps easily build experience prototypes-without the effort of engineering prototypes which are difficult to abandonReaches out to a range of designers, including user interface designers, industrial designers, software engineers, usability engineers, product managers, and othersFull of case studies, examples, exercises, and projects, and access to video clips that demonstrate the principles and methods"

Accounting principles courses teach you the "language of business" so you understand terms and concepts used in business decisions. If you understand how accounting information is prepared, you will be in an even stronger position when faced with a management decision based on accounting information. This open textbook features the authors' original content including exercises, key terms, and various forms of self-testing.

Adapted from the original work by Professor R. Larry Reynolds, PhD, Boise State University. This Textbook Equity edition contains the complete and content of the Basic Microeconomics course taught by Professor Reynolds at Boise State University since 2004. Its 15 chapters cover all the basic economics concepts with numerous graphs and tables reinforcing the teachings. Topics include society, provisioning issues, property rights, competition, monopolies, and current issues. Includes a detailed table of contents and alphabetical index. This is another open licensed college textbook published by Textbook Equity. Download the pdf for this and other open textbooks for no charge at opencollegetextbooks.org. Support truly open-licensed textbooks.

Recently open licensed and updated, this Textbook Equity edition contains the complete and original content of the eighth edition of "Accounting Principles Vol 1: Financial Accounting," by Edwards, Hermanson, & Maher, successfully used by professors for over 15 years. It includes ample examples demonstrating the concepts, key terms, self-tests with exercises, problem multiple choice, true false, alternate problems, critical thinking exercises, and answers. Topics range from "academic accountants" to "ethics" to "worksheets." This is another open licensed college textbook published by Textbook Equity. Download the pdf for this and other open textbooks for no charge at opencollegetextbooks.org. Support truly open licensed textbooks.

Accounting Principles: Managerial Accounting, is the final volume (chapters 19 - 26) of the original textbook by Hermanson, Edwards, Maher, and Ivancevich. This comprehensive college-level publication covers all managerial accounting topics and contains extensive and detailed examples, self-tests, questions, problems, alternate problems, and answers.