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Elevate your personal style, trim your belongings, and transform your life, one room at a time, with this visionary lifestyle and home organization book from professional organizing expert, Shira Gill. “Warm, funny, and direct, Shira builds you up while helping you edit down to the best version of yourself.”—Stacy London, New York Times bestselling author of The Truth About Style As a professional home organizer with clients ranging from students to multi-millionaires, Shira Gill observed that clutter is a universal stress trigger. Over the years she created a signature decluttering and organization process that promotes sustainability, achieves lasting results, and can be applied to a...
Kickstart your organized life with this inspiring visual guide from the author of Minimalista. “A fresh, global, and beautifully diverse perspective on calming the clutter.”—Kelli Lamb, author of Home with Rue and editorial director of Rue People are naturally curious about the homes of professional organizers. Organized Living was inspired by Shira's desire to provide a glimpse into a rarely-seen world: The homes of people who organize others. Shira showcases the homes of twenty-five international home organizers, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into this meticulously kept world. Organized Living introduces you to the aspirational spaces of the most organized people in th...
This title aims to bridge the gap between action and analysis for public relations and the Internet. It covers up-to-date research and gives practical advice on every aspect of successful on-line public relations.
Have you had your throat drying? Your stomach twitching? Your knees shaking? Your palms sweating? Your heart pounding when talking to an audience? (or even just the thought of it) Are you AFRAID to SPEAK? Public speaking should not be feared. It helps you at any time! Do you lead group discussions? Do you give lectures or present reports to your community? Would you like to give a toast at your best friend's wedding? Being capable of speaking in front of people while effectively delivering your idea is very important. This will help you not only in your professional, but in your personal life as well. Do not worry because you are not alone! Even experienced speakers can still feel nervous wh...
Are you a mother who is looking for a way to reduce your family’s expenses while still being able to get everything that you need? Do you want to find an easy way to do this? Or are you a problematic shopper who wants to know how to cope with your dreadful spending habits? The answers to these questions and more, can be found in Clever Couponing, a book written by the internationally acclaimed author, expert budgeter, and mother of two, Vanessa Johnson. If you think you’re spending too much money on groceries, you are not alone! A lot of shoppers, especially moms, have gone through the same problems too. Wouldn’t it be nice to learn how you can save more money while still being able to...
Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media, Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical new perspective on the interconnection of biology and technology. Through close engagement with the pioneering work of insect ethologists, including Jakob von Uexküll and Karl von Frisch, posthumanist philosophers, media the...
Vernon Swaback, FAIA is extremely passionate about his craft, and that is very evident in both his words and his own completed work. Swaback continues the Frank Lloyd Wright tradition of thoughtful and highly intelligent strategies for making homes, rathe
What if you could earn money based on the results of your work instead of the number of hours worked? This means that the better you are at your work, the faster you can finish it. And the faster you can finish, the more work you can take -- which means more money. Don’t you wish all jobs were like this? It’s unfortunate that most jobs are stuck in the old tradition where employees are paid by the hour. You are not alone in wishing there was a job that offered autonomy instead of working from 9 to 5. Regardless of how productive you are in those hours, you only get paid by the hours, not the results. Fortunately, you don’t have to get stuck in this kind of system. Carl Donovan, busines...
An argument for a shift in understanding new media—from a fascination with devices to an examination of the complex processes of mediation. In Life after New Media, Sarah Kember and Joanna Zylinska make a case for a significant shift in our understanding of new media. They argue that we should move beyond our fascination with objects—computers, smart phones, iPods, Kindles—to an examination of the interlocking technical, social, and biological processes of mediation. Doing so, they say, reveals that life itself can be understood as mediated—subject to the same processes of reproduction, transformation, flattening, and patenting undergone by other media forms. By Kember and Zylinska's...
"Spreadable Media" maps fundamental changes taking place in the contemporary media environment, a space where corporations no longer tightly control media distribution. This book challenges some of the prevailing frameworks used to describe contemporary media.