Sure, you know how to use the MLS database, but do you know how to effectively establish a Web presence or do customer outreach via email or the Web? There are all kinds of ways you can use technology to market your practice and service your clients, but if you’re like most realtors you’ve probably only scratched the surface. In this easy-to-understand guide, author Galen Gruman draws on his more than 20 years of experience as a tech-industry author and journalist to show you how to become a better real estate agent by learning and effectively using current computer technology and tools in your business. You’ll learn what technology to use as well as what technology not to use,so that you’re certain to spend your tech dollars effectively. In major sections on marketing, communications, and transaction management, Galen covers everything from the elements of a good Web site to evaluating devices and services, working in multiple locations, creating transaction libraries, using digital photography, converting documents to electronic forms, and more.

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If you’re looking for an easy way to work fast in Photoshop CS2, congratulations, you’ve found it! Matt Kloskowski, Education and Curriculum Developer for the NAPP, shows you how to use the power of automation to instantly save time, money, and frustration. Once you master these powerful tools, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without them.

You’ll learn how to:

•   Effectively use Adobe Bridge to manage your images
•   Add automation using actions
•   Create smarter actions
•   Use batch processing
•   Speed up the Camera Raw workflow
•   Customize scripts
•   Fine tune filters and preferences
•   And much more!

This guide is not only packed with info, it will also show you hidden actions and automation gems that are already loaded when you install Photoshop CS2! If you want to increase your speed, and get twice the work done with half the headaches–this is the book for you!

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Adopting a back-to-the-basics approach, this best-selling little Mac classic has been revised and overhauled to introduce users to Tiger, Apple’s newest version of its revolutionary operating system.

In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X 10.4 Tiger. Readers will learn how to find their way around the interface; use the desktop, Dock, Finder, and icons; control the mouse; manipulate windows; search with Tiger’s new Spotlight feature; save and print documents; and more.

Using straightforward, jargon-free explanations delivered in logical, easy-to-follow sections, Robin is a new user’s personal guide, coaching and encouraging users as they learn their way around the magic of the Mac.

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The Linux^{®} Kernel Primer is the definitive guide to Linux kernel programming. The authors’ unique top-down approach makes kernel programming easier to understand by systematically tracing functionality from user space into the kernel and carefully associating kernel internals with user-level programming fundamentals. Their approach helps you build on what you already know about Linux, gaining a deep understanding of how the kernel works and how its elements fit together.

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Use HP virtualization to maximize IT service quality, agility, and value

• Includes coverage of HP’s new Integrity Virtual Machines, Global Workload Manager, Virtualization Manager, and Capacity Advisor
• Plan, implement, and manage virtualization to drive maximum business value
• Understand HP’s virtualization solutions for partitioning, utility pricing, high availability, and management for HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers
• Manage your existing resources to drive unprecedented levels of utilization

Virtualization offers IT organizations unprecedented opportunities to enhance service quality, improve agility, and reduce cost by creating an automated balance in system resources. Now, there’s a comprehensive guide to virtualization based on the industry’s most flexible and complete solution: HP’s Virtual Server Environment (VSE).

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The Definitive Guide to Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services by Greyson Mitchem from realtimepublishers.com. The Definitive Guide to Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services not only introduces you to Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services, but also walks you through and touches upon installation and configuration issues, load balancing and session directories, administration of Terminal Services, and much more. (more…)

In The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers, Krogh brings clarity to the often overwhelming task of managing digital photographs, with a solid plan and practical advice for fellow photographers on how to file, find, protect and re-use photographs. Following a thorough overview of the DAM system and de-mystifications of metadata and digital archiving, Krogh focuses on best practices for digital photographers using Adobe Photoshop CS2. He explains how to use Adobe Bridge, the new CS2 navigational software that replaces the File Browser introduced in Photoshop 7, with full details on integrating Bridge, Camera Raw and Digital Asset Management software.

Compellingly presented in four-color format, The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers brings Krogh’s award-winning creative approach to a subject that could have been technically intimidating. Instead, Krogh’s twenty years of experience and instructive visual storytelling make this material not only accessible, but compulsory reading for serious digital photographers.

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In keeping with past trends, full migration to this latest Microsoft Server Operating System will begin in earnest 12 months after its release, in mid-to-late 2004. This book hits the market just as large enterprises begin the process of moving from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003. The title says everything you need to know about this book. No other book on the market combines this breadth and depth of coverage with the kind of product expertise and quality standard expected from Syngress. Every aspect of Planning, Installing, Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2003 network is distilled and documented, with plenty of examples and illustrations. And unlike its competition, this is a book that was written from the ground up for Windows Server 2003. It doesn’t rely on hackneyed computer geek stereotypes; its tone, coverage and examples reflect the realities of TODAY’S enterprise network professional.

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Experience the highly visual format of the Art of Photoshop: Digital Photography Workshop and learn how to take good source photos and transform them into display-quality digital works of art with visual effects used in Adobe Photoshop. Using the beauty of the Tuscan region of Italy as a backdrop, author and artist/photographer Daniel Giordan, will take you through the steps of how to capture good source materials, how to explore the artistic effect of those images, and how to turn those explorations into richly layered and visually complex artwork using the tools available in Photoshop. This is your chance to look over the author’s shoulder as he guides you through a process of creative exploration through which he creates 10 artistic montages.

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Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours, Second Edition is the perfect tool for learning one of the most sophisticated enterprise solutions available today. Designed to being with the basics, you will become acquainted with the entire SAP system, from navigation to creating your own reports. You’ll also cover:

• Implementation tools and methodologies
• NetWeaver
• ECC 5.0
• Designing Screens and menus
• Reporting
• Integration with Microsoft Office
• And more

Written by leading SAP consultants with over 20 years of combined experience, this easy-to-understand tutorial is ideal for getting up and running with SAP quickly and efficiently.

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