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Author
Language
English
Description
Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, an award-winning writer explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge.
"From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes--this is award winning writer Simon Winchester's brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass...
2) Data-ism: the revolution transforming decision making, consumer behavior, and almost everything else
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
By one estimate, 90 percent of all of the data in history was created in the last two years. In 2014, International Data Corporation calculated the data universe at 4.4 zettabytes, or 4.4 trillion gigabytes. That much information, in volume, could fill enough slender iPad Air tablets to create a stack two-thirds of the way to the moon. Now, that's Big Data.
Coal, iron ore, and oil were the key productive assets that fueled the Industrial Revolution....
3) Bob Bilby
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When it's Bingo's turn to take Bob Bilby the puppet home, will they put down their screens and devices to have fun times? This book retells the Bluey episode, Bob Bilby. Once again, Blue Heelers Bingo and Bluey use their limitless energy to explore their world in unpredictable and humorous ways.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
©2013
Edition
First ed.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sharing both her personal and professional story, the former marketing director of Facebook and CEO and Founder of Zuckerberg Media reveals how she balances her career with motherhood.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this book, the author, a youth culture and technology expert examines the conventional wisdom regarding teens' use of social media. She explores tropes about identity, privacy, safety, danger, and bullying. Ultimately, she argues that society fails young people when paternalism and protectionism...
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a dazzling and exhilarating display of narrative on-the-road reporting, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene takes readers on an unforgettable American journey of music, memories, and universal longing.
Running away to join the circus is a dream we're told to put away once we're no longer young. But, as Bob Greene writes, "just when in our lives we give up on capturing the freedom and bright mornings of our...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business School Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
x, 320 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
We're now living in that future, and one of the seminal books of the Internet Age is more relevant than ever. The future was a place where technology was supposed to empower individuals and obliterate social organizations. Pundits predicted that information technology would spell the end of almost everything - from mass media to bureaucracies, universities, politics, and governments. Clearly, we are not living in that future. The Social Life of Information...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as . . . doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process"--
We live in a world...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 352 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Equality Machine ignites a deeply informed, aggressively researched conversation about the path to digital era equality. From closing the gender pay gap to exposing and correcting biases in hiring and marketing, tracking and preventing workplace harassment, and diversifying the cultural images and voices we see and hear online, to increasing the privacy and safety of women and girls, artificial intelligence, big data, and digital platforms can...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 330 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A leading Internet commentator showcases global solutions for preserving the fundamentals of humanity and civilized society in an increasingly perilous digital world.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Combining a journalist's investigative eye with her unborn second child as an experimental guinea pig, Baby, Unplugged draws on Sophie Brickman's own experiences as a journalist and parent to try to discover what aspects of technology are actually helpful, which are making us crazy, and most importantly, how we might learn to trust ourselves and our instincts again when it comes to raising children"--
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the bright buzzing room, it is time to power down. Here is a modern bedtime story about bidding our gadgets goodnight. Don't worry, though. They'll be waiting for us, fully charged, in the morning.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Screen time is important for learning and can be helpful and fun, but it's also fun to be done! This active, encouraging book offers little ones enjoyable ways to spend their tme without screens, such as jumping, running, singing, swinging, and playing pretend. Young children will learn that "screens are for a little downtime, a not-too-long time," and what's important is spending time together.
"A board book that offers young children and their...
19) Metaverse
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Your first step to understanding what the metaverse is all about...You've probably heard that the metaverse--a word that seemingly went from nonexistent to everywhere--is the next big thing in technology. What is it, anyway? Written by a leading futurist, Metaverse For Dummies unravels the mysteries of the metaverse, for the curious and for anyone looking to get in on the ground floor. Discover how to carve out your niche in the metaverse with easy-to-understand...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxii, 229 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"With The Power of Off, Colier sounds the call for wakefulness, reminding us that we can use technology in a way that promotes, rather than detracts from, our well-being. This book provides an essential resource for anyone wanting to create a more empowered relationship with technology in the digital age." -- Back cover.
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