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Peter Pollock

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Peter Pollock

Title: Web Hosting For Dummies

ISBN: 978-1-118-54057-2

Topic/Genre: Tech/Web Site Development

Publication Date: May 2013

Price: $24.99

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Peter Pollock is a blogger, web host, speaker, stay at home dad and geek. His business passion is to help others achieve their goals with their websites and he’s constantly frustrated that the need to earn a living gets in the way of that; he’d rather do it for free. He attends conferences such as Type-A and Blog World to speak on web hosting, site security and building websites.

Author Sites

http://peterpollock.com

http://facebook.com/peterpollockauthor

http://twitter.com/peterpollock

http://linkedin.com/in/peterpollock



Jennifer C. Wolfe

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Title: Domain Names Rewired: Strategies for Brand Protection in the Next Generation of the Internet

ISBN: 978-1-1183-1262-9

Topic/Genre: Business/Technology

Publication Date: November 2012

Price: $60.00

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Jennifer Wolfe, founder and president of Wolfe Domain, is a forward thinking, accomplished, award-winning attorney and executive leader. Also serving as managing partner of their affiliate law firm WolfeSBMC, she specializes in advising on intellectual property and brand campaigns and new media law. With a depth of entrepreneurial savvy, brand knowledge and legal expertise, Wolfe brings a unique perspective to creating holistic generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) name-centric brand strategies that effectively bring cross-functional teams together and serve as a catalyst for business innovation.

Wolfe was recently appointed to the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization Council (GNSC), which develops and recommends substantive gTLD-related policies to ICANN’s Board. Also IAM Magazine ranked her as a top 300 global intellectual property strategist for the second year in a row and she was recently named a finalist for Inside Counsel’s 2011 National Transformative Leadership Award. Additionally she is a two-time past president of the Greater Cincinnati Venture Capital Association, a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and nationally accredited in public relations. Wolfe co-authored Brand Rewired, a book on innovation, branding and intellectual property strategy, in 2010. Her second book, Domain Names Rewired, which focuses on the marketplace impacts of the new gTLDs expansion, is scheduled for release in November 2012.

Wolfe received her Juris Doctorate and Masters Degree in Organizational Communication from the University of Cincinnati, graduated magna cum laude in journalism from Ball State University and has been trained at Harvard Law School in negotiation and mediation.

Author Sites

http://jenwolfe.com/

http://wolfedomain.com/

http://wolfe-sbmc.com/





Maynard Webb

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Title: Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

ISBN: 978-1-1182-2615-5

Topic/Genre: Business/Technology

Publication Date: January 2013

Price: $27.95

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Maynard Webb is a thirty-year veteran of the technology industry. An active leader in the technology and business community, Webb serves as a board member, investor, philanthropist, and mentor to young entrepreneurs.

As the founder of the Webb Investment Network (WIN), a seed investment firm dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurs, Maynard brings his experience developing and leading high growth companies. WIN provides its portfolio companies with mentorship and on-demand access to an affiliate network of more than eighty industry experts.

Webb is the chairman (and was formerly the CEO) of LiveOps, a cloud-based call center with a community of twenty thousand agents, and is a board member at both salesforce.com and Yahoo! Previously, he was the COO of eBay, where he created organizational processes and day-to-day structures that enabled eBay to grow from $140 million in revenue to more than $6 billion in 2006. Webb has also served on several public and private boards, including Gartner (NYSE: IT), Niku (NASD: NIKU), Extensity (NASD: EXTN), Hyperion (NASD: HYSL), Peribit (acquired by Juniper Networks), Baynote, and AdMob (acquired by Google), where he was also one of the first investors.

In 2004, Maynard and his wife created the Webb Family Foundation, which provides underprivileged, motivated young individuals access to quality education.

Author Sites

www.rebootingwork.com

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maynard-webb/10/572/466

http://twitter.com/maynard

http://www.facebook.com/maynard.webb


Michael Tolinski

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Title: Plastics and Sustainability: Towards a Peaceful Coexistence between Bio-based and Fossil Fuel-based Plastics

ISBN: 9780470938782

Topic/Genre: Science/Chemistry/Technology

Publication Date: October 2011

Price: $95.00

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Amy Jo founded Digital Royalty three years ago to help companies, celebrities, professional sports leagues, teams and athletes build, measure and monetize their digital universe. In addition, Digital Royalty provides customized social media education programs through Digital Royalty University, which offers a comprehensive curriculum blending strategic and tactical training.
Amy Jo herself has nearly 1.3 million Twitter followers @AmyJoMartin and she travels the world to speak about the latest trends in social media, how to monetize various social platforms, and how to successfully build a personal brand by utilizing social media. Her audiences have varied from the Harvard Business School and National Sports Forum to the Design Leadership Summit in Venice, Italy. Martin is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Sports Business Journal, and in October 2012 she will publish her first book, Renegades Write the Rules. She and Digital Royalty have been featured in top-tier media outlets including Vanity Fair, TIME, Forbes, The New York Times, Fast Company, ESPN SportsCenter, USA Today, MSNBC and Newsweek. Martin also sits on the St. Jude Digital Board of Directors.
Digital Royalty’s clients include: Shaquille O’Neal, FOX Sports, SELF, Chicago White Sox, UFC, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Los Angeles Kings, Jabbawockeez, Doubletree by Hilton, Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos.com and author of the The New York Times #1 Bestseller, Delivering Happiness, Monte Carlo Resort & Casino, and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Michael Tolinski has been researching and writing about plastics sustainability issues for industry readers regularly since 1998 (and since 2004 as a contributing editor for Plastics Engineering magazine, published by Wiley and the Society of Plastics Engineers). His engineering degree and previous career as a manufacturing/materials engineer has given him a solid background in plastics and in the practical problems faced by manufacturers and users of plastic products. His first book, Additives for Polyolefins, was published in 2009, and he has presented on the topic of sustainable plastic products at industry conferences since the release of Plastics and Sustainability in late 2011.

Author Websites:

www.mtextcomm.com

Blog: Sustainable Plastic Packaging (“SPP”)

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tolinski

Twitter: @MichaelTolinski

Wagner James Au

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Title: Game Design Secrets

ISBN: 9781118337745

Topic/Genre: Computer Game Software

Publication Date: September 2012

Price: $34.99

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Wagner James Au is an author, consultant, and game designer, and was lead writer/mission designer for City of Eternals, a Facebook-based MMO acquired by Electronic Arts. He’s written on the subject of gaming for Inside Social Games, Kotaku, and Wired. His blog New World Notes (nwn.blogs.com) covers gaming, 3D technology, and virtual culture.

.Author Websites:

http://nwn.blogs.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/wagner-james-au/0/481/52b

Twitter : @SLHamlet






Alex Cowan

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Title: Starting a Tech Business: A Practical Guide for Anyone Creating or Designing Applications or Software

ISBN: 9781118205556

Topic/Genre: Tech/Small Business/Entrepreneurship

Publication Date: March 2012

Price: $29.95

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Alex Cowan is the founder and CTO of Leonid Systems, a software company providing solutions to the world’s largest communications providers. He has worked with companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100s, improving their competitive advantage in a fast-changing high-tech landscape.

Author Websites:

http://www.alexandercowan.com/





Davi Ottenheimer

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Title: Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack

ISBN: 9781118155486

Topic/Genre: Computer Tech/Software

Publication Date: May 2012

Price: $49.99

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Davi Ottenheimer, President of security consultancy flyingpenguin, has more than seventeen years’ experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is an expert in compliance, a qualified PCI DSS and PA-DSS assessor with K3DES, and former Board Member for the Payment Card Industry Security Alliance and the Silicon Valley chapters of ISACA and OWASP. Davi is a frequent public speaker and has been quoted or written articles on security, risk management and compliance for publications including Bank Info Security, Network World, Red Herring, Chain Store Age, Inc, Reuters and SC Magazine. He formerly was responsible for security at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the world’s largest investment fund manager (now BlackRock). Prior to BGI he was a “dedicated paranoid” at Yahoo! and responsible for managing security for hundreds of millions of mobile, broadband and digital home products. Davi received his postgraduate academic Master of Science degree in International History from the London School of Economics.

.Author Websites:

http://www.flyingpenguin.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/in/daviottenheimer

Twitter: @daviottenheimer






Sean McManus

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Title: iPad for the Older and Wiser, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 9781118401873

Topic/Genre: Technology/Computer Hardware

Publication Date: June 2012

Price: $21.99

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Sean McManus is an expert technology and business author. His books include iPad for the Older and Wiser, Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser, and Social Networking for the Older and Wiser. His tutorials and articles have appeared in magazines including Internet Magazine, Internet Works, Business 2.0, Making Music,  Melody  Maker  and  Personal Computer World.  He  created Wild  Mood Swings  (www.wildmoodswings.co.uk),  a  web  toy  that  shows  you  websites  to match your mood, and has a personal website at www.sean.co.uk.

.Author Websites:

www.sean.co.uk

http://www.wildmoodswings.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/user/SeanCoUk

Twitter: @musicandwords






Darren Murph

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Title: iPad Secrets

ISBN: 9781118247365

Topic/Genre: Technology/Computer Hardware

Publication Date: April 2012

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Darren Murph is a gadget critic, reviewer, and author, as well as the Managing Editor for Engadget, the world’s most widely recognized gadget blog, five years running. He’s written nearly 20,000 posts, which has earned him a Guinness World Record as the planet’s most prolific professional blogger.

.Author Websites:

http://about.me/darrenmurph
http://www.engadget.com/editor/darren-murph/

Twitter: @darrenmurph





Jesse Stay

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Title: Google+ Marketing For Dummies

ISBN: 9781118381403

Topic/Genre: Social Media/Marketing/Internet/Technology

Publication Date: November 2012

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Jesse Stay is a speaker, author, blogger, and entrepreneur, who writes and consults on the topics of social media and new media architecture, bridging the gap between “technical” and “social” for both marketers and developers. Jesse has written four books — his latest two, Facebook Application Development For Dummies, and the recently released Google+ For Dummies show the breadth of knowledge Jesse has to offer.  Jesse was also named one of 20 developers to follow on Twitter and one of 10 entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter by the top Tech blog Mashable.com.

His unique technology background has enabled him to help others understand the new mesh of technology, marketing, PR, and customer service, which social media has come to be, and how they can deeply integrate these technologies into their own environments.  Jesse has consulted for top 10 Facebook applications, large corporations, social media applications with millions of users, and has helped many people become successful through their social media efforts to merge technology with marketing. Jesse has built his own profitable social media applications in the hundreds of thousands of users. In addition to building and consulting for top social media applications, Jesse has been successful in managing Social Media campaigns for Facebook Pages in the hundreds of thousands of fans to even millions, some of them his own Facebook Pages. During his day job, Jesse serves as a Social Media Strategist for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an organization with over 14 million members, some of the largest humanitarian and service efforts in the world, and a very unique international strategy for social media. (Yes, he’s a Mormon)

Jesse also hosts his own successful blog, Stay N Alive, perhaps the #1 tech blog in Utah and is regularly featured on Techmeme.com. Aside from that, Jesse’s articles have been featured on sites such as LouisGray.com, the top two Facebook blogs, InsideFacebook. You can also see the coverage and breadth of Jesse’s influence on Delicious.  You can find him on his blog, on Google+, on Facebook, or on LinkedIn. Contact him for a jam-packed consulting session about how your business strategy can benefit through integration of Social Media technologies and philosophy! Or book him for your next speaking engagement.

Jesse’s Clients, Advisory Roles, and Former Clients Include, among others:

  • Facebook
  • Myspace
  • Ancestry.com
  • Cinch.fm (owned by Blogtalkradio)
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Pluralsight
  • FamilyLink
  • MovieClips.com
  • SocialToo.com
  • Xydo.com
  • TodaysMama.com
  • i.TV
  • JumpStart
  • OpenID Foundation
  • PeopleBrowser
Jesse’s Speaking Roles Include:
  • Keynote Speaker – LDS SORT Conference
  • Keynote Speaker – Nevada Interactive Media Summit
  • Keynote Speaker – TMeetup
  • Facebook Success Summit
  • Business Success Summit
  • Next Level Hawaii
  • Brigham Young University Hawaii
  • Dallas Chamber of Commerce CIO Symposium
  • Silicon Valley Web Builders Inside Facebook Event
  • Ignite Salt Lake City
  • O’Reilly Author Webinars
  • Safari Books Online Author Webinars
  • Panel, Utah Technology Council
  • Panel, Utah Global Entrepreneurship Week Conference
  • Guest Judge, Bebo’s B.E.S.T. Developer Contest
  • Panel, Social Media Club alongside Frank Eliason (@comcastcares)
  • PhotoCamp Utah
  • Brigham Young University
  • Panel, TMeetup Alongside Ben Parr from Mashable, Doug Williams and Ryan Sarver from Twitter and others in Silicon Valley
  • BlogWorld Expo

Author Websites:

staynalive.com

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