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The World Is Flat 3.0by Thomas L. Friedman
Picador 2007; US$ 9.99This Independence Day edition of The World is Flat 3.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back , by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, on sale September 5th, 2011. A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller "One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. In this new edition, Thomas L. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis,... more...
Cognitive Surplusby Clay Shirky
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better. In his bestselling Here Comes Everybody , Internet guru Clay Shirky provided readers with a much-needed primer for the digital age. Now, with Cognitive Surplus , he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For the first time, people are embracing new media that allow them to pool their efforts at vanishingly low cost. The results of this aggregated effort range from mind-expanding reference tools like Wikipedia to life-saving Web sites like Ushahidi.com, which allows Kenyans to report acts of violence in real time. Cognitive Surplus explores what's possible... more...
Networks, Crowds, and Marketsby David Easley; Jon Kleinberg
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 40.00Reveals the interdisciplinary field of networks, which changes how we look at social, financial and technological interactions in modern society. more...
Hamlet's BlackBerryby William Powers
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 9.99A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?" At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers calls the conundrum of connectedness. Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But they also impose an enormous burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave. Hamlet's BlackBerry argues that we need a new way of thinking, an... more...
Digital Diversionsby Julian Sefton-Green
Routledge 1998; US$ 35.95This work explores the diverse ways in which young people are active social agents in the production of youth culture in the digital age. The contributors draw on a range of theoretical perspectives such as cultural studies and feminism more...
The Race to the Intelligent Stateby Michael Connors
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 1996; US$ 39.95It is predicted that in the future we will be a post-industrial society where the majority of the population will control the handling of information. This could be a problem as the world is presently plagued with serious information technology structural problems. These problems have resulted from the information revolution and will only get worse as technology improves. The author, Michael Connors, describes how information technology will develop over the coming years and what challenges lay ahead in the information technology industry. more...
Media,Technology and Societyby Brian Winston
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? Media Technology and Society offers a comprehensive account of the history of communications technologies, from the printing press to the internet. more...
Prosthetic Cultureby Celia Lury
Routledge 1997; US$ 55.95Celia Lury describes the body's ability to act outside itself both mechanically and perceptually. She draws on a wide range of examples including phototherapy, accounts of false memory syndrome, family albums and Benetton adverts. more...
Protecting and Exploiting New Technology and Designsby K. Hodkinson
Spon Press 1987; US$ 179.95The protection of intellectual property rights has become a major concern in recent years. The opportunities being seized, or lost, in areas such as computer software or biotechnology have captured most of the headlines but in every research facility, whatever the subject, there is an increased awareness of the importance to R & D management of a more commercial attitude. Keith Hodkinson has run Government sponsored "professional updating" courses for academic and industrial researchers and business executives. The practical questions raised there and the advice found most useful have all helped to make this guide a down-to-earth source of help which will be of immediate, profitable use to its readers. Appendices to the book as well as giving... more...
Politics of Technology in Latin Americaby Maria Ines Bastos
Routledge 1996; US$ 190.00Based on country studies and industry studies in the main Latin American economies, this collection sets out to explore technology policy in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. more...