Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future
| AUTHOR | Doctorow, Cory |
| PUBLISHER | Tachyon Publications (09/15/2008) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Hailed by Bruce Sterling as a "political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek," Cory Doctorow is the Web's most celebrated high-tech pop-culture maven. Content is the first collection of Doctorow's infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Here's why Microsoft should stop treating its customers as criminals (through relentless digital-rights management); how America chose copyright and Happy Meal toys over jobs; why Facebook is taking a faceplant; how Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and, of course, why free e-books kick ass. Accessible to geeks and noobs (if you're not sure what that means, it's you) alike, Content is a must-have compilation from Cory Doctorow, who will be glad to take you along for the ride as he effortlessly surfs the zeitgeist.
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ISBN-13:
9781892391810
ISBN-10:
1892391813
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Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
213
Carton Quantity:
76
Product Dimensions:
5.04 x 0.65 x 7.94 inches
Weight:
0.48 pound(s)
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Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects
Technology & Engineering | Essays
Technology & Engineering | Essays
Dewey Decimal:
303.483
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Hailed by Bruce Sterling as a "political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek," Cory Doctorow is the Web's most celebrated high-tech pop-culture maven. Content is the first collection of Doctorow's infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Here's why Microsoft should stop treating its customers as criminals (through relentless digital-rights management); how America chose copyright and Happy Meal toys over jobs; why Facebook is taking a faceplant; how Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and, of course, why free e-books kick ass. Accessible to geeks and noobs (if you're not sure what that means, it's you) alike, Content is a must-have compilation from Cory Doctorow, who will be glad to take you along for the ride as he effortlessly surfs the zeitgeist.
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Author:
Doctorow, Cory
Canadian-born Cory Doctorow is the author of the "New York Times" bestselling young adult novel "Little Brother", and the co-editor of the popular blog BoingBoing. His other YA novels include "Pirate Cinema" and "Homeland" (2013), the sequel to "Little Brother". His adult novels and short stories have won him three Locus Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has been named one of the Web s twenty-five influencers by "Forbes Magazine" and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
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