Bøger af Jeff Johnson

This book presents readers with an exploration of the concept of Conceptual Models and argues that they are core to achieving good design of interactive applications that are easy, effective, and enjoyable to use. The authors' years of experience helping companies create interactive software applications revealed that interactive applications built without Conceptual Models generally result in fraught production processes and designs that are confusing and difficult to learn, remember, and use. Instead, the book shows that Conceptual Models can be a central link between the elements involved in the use of interactive applications: people's tasks (domains), their plans for performing those tasks, the use of applications in the plans, the conceptual structure of applications, the presentation of the conceptual model (i.e., the user interface), the terms used to describe it, its implementation, and the learning that people must do to use the application. Readers will learn how putting a Conceptual Model at the core of the design and development process can pay rich dividends: designs are simpler, more coherent, and better aligned with users' tasks; unnecessary features are avoided; documentation is easier, development is faster and cheaper; customer uptake is improved; and the need for training and customer support is reduced. To support its use in instruction, this second edition has been revised to explain the history and theoretical context of conceptual modeling using a consistent vocabulary, describe the structure of conceptual models, provide more current and more complete examples, explain how conceptual models fit into design and development, and further summarize the benefits of conceptual modeling.

Salvation-A quaint little seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, population 325. M.A.D-Mutually Assured Destruction, a phrase identifying the strategy that developing the most horrid of destructive weapons would guarantee they would never be used...it failed. Newly designed horrific devices, deployed as a last resort during what started as a border war each have ripped thousands of feet of crust from the earth, pulverizing it with the debris creating a massive worldwide dust cloud that has blocked out the sun for thousands of years. All plant life died...the herbivores followed then the predators. Without the production of oxygen in the oceans and on land, all sea life is dead and the air is slowly being depleted by the residual fires burning from suburbs of cities. The human population is decimated, and using up the last of the breathable air. Desperate for food, many have turned to the depraved act of cannibalism, preying on anybody available. Salvation having survived the crust shattering blasts, safe from the radiation by on shore breezes, struggles to survive every day, to decent to resort to cannibalism the people are slowly being weekend by starvation and the random attacks by the cannibalistic marauders. Then one day, with hope long gone and food soon to follow, Daniel Harrison and his family arrive at the makeshift gates of Salvation bringing with them a plan of survival, not just for the small town but for the remnants of humanity.

Laney Bozeman works at a lonely roadside junk shop in a remote corner of New Mexico. He reads old paperbacks and daydreams on his two- week shifts, and by night he stargazes and dabbles in the kitchen of the tiny attendant's bungalow. He sleeps in his truck during his time off and explores, though lately he's been carrying on with the beautiful clerk Maria from Big Donut in Roswell, so a different life might be on the horizon. The old carnie Ralston Orley is supposed to be gone when he arrives for their bimonthly sunset shift change, but this time he's still there, half naked and blackout drunk, and he's dragged a gigantic belt buckle into the bungalow's living room.

Neville Goddard (1905-1972) emerged as a significant figure in the realm of metaphysical thought, leaving an indelible mark as both an author and a charismatic lecturer. Born in Barbados and later moving to the United States, Goddard's life journey encompassed a captivating exploration of the human mind's potential and its intricate connection with the universe. His pioneering work delved into the realms of manifestation, consciousness, and the power of imagination, paving the way for a fresh perspective on spirituality and personal transformation.In researching over 300 of his lectures, this book shares Neville's mystical stories of his spiritual visions throughout his life."One day, when someone said, "He just has hallucinations; he's standing up there telling us a bunch dreams that he has; they're just all illusion," and he heard somebody say something like that, and he said, "This body disintegrate in your presence if what I'm telling you isn't the absolute Truth." He was calling on such Power to destroy him if it weren't absolutely True. So you know you can believe Neville; if he said it, you know it was true.""Freedom On The Beach" Lecture By Freedom Barry

Dieses Buch beschreibt die wahre Geschichte zweier Eheleute, die sich nach Jahren entschließen, endlich ein Kind in die Welt zu setzen.Auf dem Weg dorthin müssen Sie allerhand Schwierigkeiten und Hindernisse aus dem Weg räumen. Hierbei zeigen sie anhand ihres Beispiels, dass man auch sehr große Schwierigkeiten aus dem Weg räumen kann und auch bei der Diagnose Unfruchtbarkeit ohne künstliche Befruchtung Kinder bekommen kann.Dieses Buch möchte allen Menschen die in der gleichen Situation sind, Hilfestellung geben und Möglichkeiten aufzeigen, das inzwischen weltweit bekannte Problem einmal anders anzugehen. Es wurde bewusst auf eine wissenschaftliche Sprache verzichtet um stattdessen lieber aus der Sicht der Betroffenen zu erzählen und auch wenigstens ein wenig unterhaltsam zu sein.

Neville Goddard (1905-1972) emerges as a significant figure in the realm of metaphysical thought, leaving an indelible mark as both an author and a charismatic lecturer. Born in Barbados and later moving to the United States, Goddard's life journey encompassed a captivating exploration of the human mind's potential and its intricate connection with the universe. His pioneering work delved into the realms of manifestation, consciousness, and the power of imagination, paving the way for a fresh perspective on spirituality and personal transformation. With a blend of lucid prose and profound insights, he articulated the concept that thoughts and beliefs shape reality in an individual's experiences. Emphasizing the influence of the subconscious mind and the creative potency of one's thoughts, Goddard challenged conventional perspectives on the nature of existence. Furthermore, his dynamic lectures offered a doorway into his profound metaphysical teachings. Neville Goddard's legacy endures as an inspiration for those seeking to unlock their inner potential and harness the forces of the mind to shape their destinies.In researching over 300 of his lectures, this book shares Neville's success stories of himself, his family, friends, and his audience concerning the Law (manifestation). As well as background information on some of the people mentioned in the stories.

Born in Missouri more than a century ago and raised in a Pentecostal orphanage, the creature now calling himself Gelson Verber has changed his name countless times. He’s part-werewolf, and makes his living hunting certain kinds of bad men—criminals, rapists, thugs—in an often grotesque parody of the natural order. Verber is clearly suffering from the kinds of things a werewolf would be uniquely vulnerable to in the modern world: the horror of war, drug abuse, and isolation in the rain-drenched environment of Portland, Oregon. He has PTSD, but in a unique way, often flashing back to his time with a regiment in World War II.His smooth life as a serial killer takes a turn when he falls into the crosshairs of Salt Street, a development corporation running pirated criminology software and Big Data sieves to identify werewolf hybrids, who are then forced into servitude. As he falls deeper into the trap that has been set for him, his introduction to its evil architect triggers within Verber a string of recollections, conversations with the late werewolf-hybrid, John Jack Bridger. Salt Street's trap is masterful, but it does have one terrible flaw: you cannot cage someone—or some thing—like Gelson Verber.

Foreword INDIES FinalistLibrary Journal Pick of the Month. This crime thriller set against the backdrop of a gritty Philadelphia is a rare achievement of noir fiction.

Be Prepared-For An Extraordinary Look At Scouting "We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."-President Franklin D. Roosevelt The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been building America's youth for more than a century. Over that time, nearly 100 million kids have passed through its ranks and today BSA boasts 2.5 million members and almost a million adult volunteers. Jeff Johnson has been with BSA for more than thirty years, and has collected some of his favorite memories for you to enjoy-stories that reveal the strength of character and moral rectitude that scouting can provide. Part memoir, part manual, The Treasures of Scouting can help readers everywhere understand how to encourage youths to become productive members of society. "This one-of-kind book...will equip you with examples of how to create a scouting program that has purpose and will help young men accomplish wonders in every aspect of their life."-Wayne John, retired Educator "I highly recommend this book, which offers an inside look into the great benefits that come to all who participate in the programs of the Boy Scouts of America."-Gregory C. Schaelling, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), USAF, and Eagle Scout

People make use of software applications in their activities, applying them as tools in carrying out tasks. That this use should be good for people--easy, effective, efficient, and enjoyable--is a principal goal of design. In this book, we present the notion of Conceptual Models, and argue that Conceptual Models are core to achieving good design. From years of helping companies create software applications, we have come to believe that building applications without Conceptual Models is just asking for designs that will be confusing and difficult to learn, remember, and use. We show how Conceptual Models are the central link between the elements involved in application use: people's tasks (task domains), the use of tools to perform the tasks, the conceptual structure of those tools, the presentation of the conceptual model (i.e., the user interface), the language used to describe it, its implementation, and the learning that people must do to use the application. We further show that putting a Conceptual Model at the center of the design and development process can pay rich dividends: designs that are simpler and mesh better with users' tasks, avoidance of unnecessary features, easier documentation, faster development, improved customer uptake, and decreased need for training and customer support. Table of Contents: Using Tools / Start with the Conceptual Model / Definition / Structure / Example / Essential Modeling / Optional Modeling / Process / Value / Epilogue

Bend to Baja documents a surf-inspired road trip along the West Coast of North America. In February 2005, a group of world-renowned surfers left Ventura, California, for Bend, Oregon. From Oregon, the crew worked its way south to the tip of Baja, looking for waves and traveling in a pickup truck converted to run on alternative fuel sources: veggie oil and biodiesel. Jeff Johnson, along with Chris, Keith, and Dan Malloy, experienced a road trip centered on surfing, climbing, and camping. Along the way, they met an array of characters, found rich, road-weathered experiences, and endured setbacks, all against the backdrop of a captivating ocean. Bend to Baja chronicles their journey and a nontraditional lifestyle centered on the search for waves.

Enigmatic, charming, and brutally resourceful, Knottspeed is a man on a mission. He also happens to be dead, but the rumors of his demise have been slightly exaggerated-by the man himself as the key to his plan.A problem-solver, a finder of lost people and rare things, and an accomplished criminal, Knottspeed is experiencing Big Love for the first time in his life, and his elaborately orchestrated plot to reunite with his beloved will profoundly affect everyone he meets, including a rudderless, alcoholic piano player; a wealthy, dispassionate doctor; and an amiable-but-desperate cab driver. From the bars and graveyards of Portland, Oregon to the taco stands and charity hospitals of East Los Angeles, Knottspeed is the uncompromisingly offbeat story about the momentum of love.

Route 17 is not just an iconic historical highway that runs the length of the eastern seaboard. It also passes through some of the most prime shrimping zones in the United States. Viewing this historical route through a contemporary lens, this study is an impressionistic profile of a vintage southern highway and the culture that surrounds it.

This close study of Inge's work focuses particularly on his technique of ""gendermandering,"" patterns of gender-role reversals which Inge exploits not only for dramatic effect but also to subvert social expectations. Fully considered are stereotypes and established gender roles, especially as they were reinforced socially during the 1940s and 1950s.

Offers a lifeline to those who feel lost in a sea of choices, distractions, and self-imposed limits. This title also offers practical guidance for learning how to unplug from the programmed expectations of family and society in order to discover and fulfill your life's mission.

An overview of contemporary theatre in the Baltic states that includes interviews with major directors, writers, academics and critics, critiques of significant performances, and historical information to familiarize readers with the region.

Filmmaker David Lynch's work is viewed here as patriotic and Puritanical. Also included is a history of moralistic criticism in American literature and a review of existing Lynch criticism within this context.