Future of Computing Books


The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values Best Price: $8.11 Keen's argument--that the Web 2.0 is driven by a Marxist and radical 1960s counter culture...	Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies Best Price: $21.90 This was a very good look at the complexities of modern technology although the analysis and...	The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Best Price: $11.02 Brilliant is the best word to describe this work. Kurzweil has brought the future into something...	Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet Best Price: $3.83 This is the best book I have ever read on the origins of the Internet. It doesnt matter if you...	The Rise of the Network Society (New Edition) (The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Volume 1) Best Price: $24.44 Definitely, Castells does not fall into the omnipresent ethnocentricity that most of the...



The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History Best Price: $50.00 This is a collection of 75 selections, organized in 21 chapters, 3 chronological periods. The...	Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age Best Price: $7.01 David is the first speaker on Part 2 of Library of Congress Series on the Digital Future: Collection	As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth Best Price: $6.49 "As the Future Catches You" is an interesting and unique treatise on the forces...	The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society Best Price: $29.70 The writer thoroughly researched his work. He studied how technology affects organizations and...	Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century Best Price: $13.75 Those books that you missed or wished you had read, good books in great shape hardback or...



How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individuals Guide to Stopping Climate Change Best Price: $15.00 Despite the strong evidence for global warming, neither industries nor governments are changing...	Society and Technological Change, Fourth Edition Best Price: $11.53 This is not a good book at all. It has some good information in it but, it is hard to stay...	Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy (Sociology for a New Century Series) Best Price: $37.99 "Changing Contours of Work, by Sweet and Meiksins, represents a truly excellent and...	The Global Village: Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century (Communication and Society (New York, N.Y.).) Best Price: $12.30 Powers says that this book is not about "final answers." By God he's right! And he...	Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge: A View from Europe Best Price: $5.98 This is a book that I happened across while perusing the new books area at the library. Small,...

Thanks for Nothing (From the Files of Madison Finn, Book 5) Best Price: $1.50 I had really enjoyed this book. I had read some of the other books of Madison Finn, but this is...	End of Millennium Best Price: $26.27 I was sent the first edition of this book even though a second is already out and has been for...	The Myths of Innovation Best Price: $10.87 A very infomative and entertaining read. The book opens your eyes to a lot of things you usually...	Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate Best Price: $10.99 very technical but very informative. Provides an interesting perspective on the emergence of...	Walt Disney's Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow This is a great book that captures the history of the formation of EPCOT based on concepts that...

Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution Best Price: $3.95 Rheingold is very bright and full of profound insight. He is abysmal at communicating those...	Interface Culture: How the Digital Medium--from Windows to the Web--Changes the way We Write, Speak Best Price: $3.00 Service was great and the book I ordered arrived quickly. It was in the exact condition listed...	Chaos & Cyber Culture I eagerly bought it as soon as I discovered it. Really fun book and worth getting it (esp used)...	Authority, Liberty, and Automatic Machinery in Early Modern Europe (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Best Price: $14.00	Next: The Future Just Happened Best Price: $3.30 The first section of the Michael Lewis book "Next" is an extremely interesting story...

A Nation Transformed by Information: How Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present Best Price: $184.73 I very much enjoyed this book, but like two other reviewers, noticed many technical writing...	In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations Best Price: $18.99 So far, I have found this book to be extremely educational and informative. It has helped me...	Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies Best Price: $74.27 Agricultural systems and farmers in Africa are at the forefront of vulnerability to climate...	High-Tech Betrayal: Working and Organizing on the Shop Floor Best Price: $18.94 This work illustrates a particular culture of oppression at a high-tech company. The author...	Future Shock Best Price: $15.00 After devouring this book on first publication (literally camping out in a vest pocket park in...

Being Digital Best Price: $1.23 I decided to read this book after hearing about Negroponte's initiative for the $100 laptop, and...	A Return to Common Sense Best Price: $11.61 A Return to Common Sense manages to expose the reality of our current system and its cost not...	Evolve: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow Best Price: $3.93 Choosing the right metaphor is one of the best ways to assure your ideas (if you have any) will...	The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War Best Price: $20.38 Global peace is so very important as a goal we must leave no stone unturned in exploring the...	Avatars: Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet Best Price: $66.98 I am quite surprised by the mean-spirited reviews of this book. Perhaps the individuals writing...

What Will Be: How the World of Information Will Change Our Lives Best Price: $0.73 What will be, by Michael Dertouzos, is indeed an interesting read despite his lack of support...	Improving Maintenance & Reliability Through Cultural Change Best Price: $22.00 This unique and innovative book explains how to improve your maintenance and reliability...	Hyperculture: The Human Cost of Speed Best Price: $15.00 First let me say: This book is AMAZING. I highlight important passages that I want to remember...	The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Will Change Our Lives Best Price: $2.85 I recently read this brilliant book before reading Cairncross' more recently published The...	The Information Society as Post-Industrial Society Best Price: $12.50

Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them Best Price: $39.71 While changes in emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are generally...	The Technological Conscience: Survival and Dignity in an Age of Expertise Best Price: $24.99	Crepuscular Dawn (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents) Best Price: $7.31 Book was great but I keep going back to the cover. Who says "you can't judge a book by its...	The Virilio Reader (Blackwell Readers) Best Price: $19.50 just like baudrillard and zizek, he's provocative but too often predicting last week's news --...	Zeroes and Ones: Digital Women and the New Technoculture Best Price: $24.99 The label of "cyber-feminist" should not give readers the illusion of Plant's ...

Last Flesh: Life in the Transhuman Era Best Price: $10.68 An interesting view ... interesting. Kind'a the future of humanity as Borgs. he brings some...	Global Trends 2005: An Owner's Manual for the Next Decade Best Price: $3.99 Peter Drucker wrote that every few hundred years there occurs a sharp transformation and within...	Writing Technology: Studies on the Materiality of Literacy Best Price: $64.96	The Ingenuity Gap Best Price: $7.96 I have read and reviewed one earlier book by this author, and bought the two more recent works a...	Negative Horizon: An Essay In Dromoscopy Best Price: $10.80 Negative Horizon is Paul Virilio's most original and unified exploration of the key themes and...

Lewis Mumford: Public Intellectual Best Price: $17.25 This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the numerous and brilliant facets of...	Technology and Social Change	White Heat: People and Technology Best Price: $14.89 "A Coca-Cola bottle, a Samurai sword, a Rolls-Royce, and a prehistoric stone tool are...	Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture (Electronic Culture: History, Theory, and Practice) Best Price: $0.93 (Planeta.com Journal) - Dark fiber is optical fiber infrastructure (cabling and repeaters) that...	Culture and Technical Innovation: A Cross-Cultural Analysis and Policy Recommendations (Research Report/the Academy of Sciences and Technology in Be) Best Price: $245.35

The End of Patience: Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution Best Price: $7.88 David Shenk has a gift for giving voice to my nagging anxieties, and an ability to discover the...	Probable Tomorrows: How Science and Technology Will Transform Our Lives in the Next Twenty Years Best Price: $1.49 Authors Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies examine anticipated trends in technology over the next 15...	The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape Best Price: $1.73 This book is a better read in 2005 than it was when it came out in 2000 because it's easier to...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

See also for Future of Computing Books

Business & Culture