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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A Platform Mindset is a leadership book that shows how organizations can unlock scale and innovation by combining long-term platform investments with a culture of collaboration, trust, and shared purpose. Marcus Fontoura's career, and indeed this book, has largely been about the ethos needed to build powerful platforms. A tech platform is a reusable system that implements a core piece of functionality, such as identity. In this case, an identity platform provides a solution for users to log-in to multiple services. Developers gain agility when using platforms, as they don't need to implement the whole system from scratch and can focus on the new, differentiating innovations. A platform, however, is an external dependency. Thus, using a platform implies teams taking a dependency on other teams. This requires coordination and collaboration. It is impossible to build the large-scale, complex systems of today without relying on platforms and their multiplier effect to build a scalable identity solution once and reuse it many times in all the company's services. This means that modern technology organizations need to be highly collaborative, with all their sub teams interacting in an open way, in which ideas are generated, developed, and propagated in an environment that empowers the developers to be themselves and let their creativity flourish. Platforms are the seeds of innovation and require their daily dose of creativity and collaboration to blossom into the systems that impact our lives and society in a positive way. Fontoura truly believes we can create a better world through technology and a platform mindset is the foundation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This may be the first true AI-era self-help book--not because we need help using technology, but because we need help using it well. It's about building the knowledge--and the confidence--to question, to evaluate, to choose. Because understanding how algorithms work is the first step in making sure they work for us. Human Agency in a Digital World is a book about reclaiming our role--not as passengers, but as pilots--in the fast-moving journey of technological change. Written by a computer scientist who is also a father, a teacher, and a lifelong student of how things work, this book is a deeply personal and accessible guide to the systems shaping our lives--and how we might shape them back. We are surrounded by digital agents. They suggest the next song, answer our questions, sort our emails, recommend what to watch, and--often invisibly--shape what we think. But what do we know about them? And how much power do we really have to question, understand, or even redirect their impact? In this book, Marcus Fontoura explores the hidden architectures of modern life--from social media and search engines to cloud computing, AI, and quantum technologies--uncovering both how they work and what they mean. Drawing from decades of experience building the backbone of the internet and cloud platforms, he demystifies the core concepts that govern today's systems and offers readers a way to develop digital fluency without needing a computer science degree. But this is not just a book about machines. It's a book about people-about how we use efficiency not just to optimize for speed or cost, but to unlock creativity, opportunity, and well-being. With examples ranging from broken playlists to protein folding, and reflections that move fluidly between systems thinking and everyday life, Digital Agency asks us to consider a simple but profound question: what do we want technology to do for us, and what will we do with it in return? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Condition: Nuevo. Primera edición. Libro NUEVO. Edición bilingüe, descatalogada. Con sobrecubierta desplegable. En su libro, Fontoura da Costa aventura una explicación de la manera como Alberto Durero conoció el rinoceronte que el rey Manuel I de Portugal regaló al papa León X. Dicha explicación la conexión entre Durero y Valentim Fernandes, alemán residente en Lisboa, quien le habría enviado al artista nuremburgués un dibujo del animal ha sido puesta en duda por Roberto de Andrade Martins, quien afirma que no se ha acreditado que tal conexión existiera, por lo que es imposible saber qué dibujo o esbozo utilizó Durero como base para su dibujo, primero, y para su grabado, después, ni cómo llegó hasta él. Es seguro que Durero no vio nunca el rinoceronte indio del rey de Portugal, ni ningún otro. Pero a través de su grabado llegaron a conocerlo sus contemporáneos y seguimos admirándolo en nuestro tiempo. ANTES DE HACER EL PEDIDO DEBE LEER LAS CONDICIONES DE PAGO Y ENVÍO DE LA LIBRERÍA. Size: 80 pp. 16,5 x 11 cm, 97 gr.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A Platform Mindset is a leadership book that shows how organizations can unlock scale and innovation by combining long-term platform investments with a culture of collaboration, trust, and shared purpose. Marcus Fontoura's career, and indeed this book, has largely been about the ethos needed to build powerful platforms. A tech platform is a reusable system that implements a core piece of functionality, such as identity. In this case, an identity platform provides a solution for users to log-in to multiple services. Developers gain agility when using platforms, as they don't need to implement the whole system from scratch and can focus on the new, differentiating innovations. A platform, however, is an external dependency. Thus, using a platform implies teams taking a dependency on other teams. This requires coordination and collaboration. It is impossible to build the large-scale, complex systems of today without relying on platforms and their multiplier effect to build a scalable identity solution once and reuse it many times in all the company's services. This means that modern technology organizations need to be highly collaborative, with all their sub teams interacting in an open way, in which ideas are generated, developed, and propagated in an environment that empowers the developers to be themselves and let their creativity flourish. Platforms are the seeds of innovation and require their daily dose of creativity and collaboration to blossom into the systems that impact our lives and society in a positive way. Fontoura truly believes we can create a better world through technology and a platform mindset is the foundation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This may be the first true AI-era self-help book--not because we need help using technology, but because we need help using it well. It's about building the knowledge--and the confidence--to question, to evaluate, to choose. Because understanding how algorithms work is the first step in making sure they work for us. Human Agency in a Digital World is a book about reclaiming our role--not as passengers, but as pilots--in the fast-moving journey of technological change. Written by a computer scientist who is also a father, a teacher, and a lifelong student of how things work, this book is a deeply personal and accessible guide to the systems shaping our lives--and how we might shape them back. We are surrounded by digital agents. They suggest the next song, answer our questions, sort our emails, recommend what to watch, and--often invisibly--shape what we think. But what do we know about them? And how much power do we really have to question, understand, or even redirect their impact? In this book, Marcus Fontoura explores the hidden architectures of modern life--from social media and search engines to cloud computing, AI, and quantum technologies--uncovering both how they work and what they mean. Drawing from decades of experience building the backbone of the internet and cloud platforms, he demystifies the core concepts that govern today's systems and offers readers a way to develop digital fluency without needing a computer science degree. But this is not just a book about machines. It's a book about people-about how we use efficiency not just to optimize for speed or cost, but to unlock creativity, opportunity, and well-being. With examples ranging from broken playlists to protein folding, and reflections that move fluidly between systems thinking and everyday life, Digital Agency asks us to consider a simple but profound question: what do we want technology to do for us, and what will we do with it in return? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.