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Locked In (and Unlocked)
Lock Inand Unlocked, a bonus novellapub. 2014 John Sclazi336 pagesRead by Wil Wheaton It looks, from the outside, like a simple case. There’s a body with a knife in it, recently planted. There’s a man in the room who was … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged audiobook, digital world, John Scalzi, science fiction
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How the Internet Happened
How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone© 2018 Brian McCullough400 pages Who’s ready for a little nostalgia? Brian McCullough, host of the Internet History podcast, here turns his research and many interviews in a compact history of how … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged digital world, goods/services, history, Technology and Society
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Invisible Man and Everybody Lies
This week I’ve finished two books of interest, the first being a classics club entry (Invisible Man), and the other a book on big data and statistics. Everybody Lies played true to its title, opening with ways that analysis of … Continue reading
LikeWar
LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media© 2018 P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking412 pages The digital world is not simply one in which people can tweet restaurant reviews from the very table at which they’re ignoring their dinner date. It … Continue reading
Pirate Cinema
Pirate Cinema© 2012 Cory Doctorow384 pages All Cecil B. DeVille wanted to do was make movies. He didn’t mean to ruin his family’s lives or start a revolution. In the not-too-distant future, consumer electronics have concealed chips which monitor and … Continue reading
The Art of Invisibility
The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data© 2017 Kevin Mitnick320 pages So, you want to be invisible online? Great. All you’ll need is three … Continue reading
Daemon
Daemon© 2006 Daniel Suarez444 pages SO YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION YES NO When a incomparable programming genius known for his immersive games and uncanny AI dies, his greatest creation awakes. A sophisticated program running in the background begins … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Suarez, digital world, science fiction, thriller
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One© 2011 Ernest Cline354 pagesAudible presentation read by Wil Wheaton,runtime 15 hr 46 min Who knew that School House Rock could save the world? When an eccentric genius dies and leaves a will laden with eighties pop culture … Continue reading
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Tagged arts-entertainment, audiobook, digital world, science fiction
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How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry
Gates: How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry-and Made Himself the Richest Man in America © 1994 Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews 560 pages I recently watched Pirates of Silicon Valley, a questionably-acted movie based on the rise of Bill … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, biography, business, digital world, history, technology, Technology and Society
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The Inevitable
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future© 2016 Kevin Kelly336 pages No one can say where exactly a ball thrown in the air will land, but at least on Earth it’s a certainty that a … Continue reading