Being digital / Nicholas Negroponte.

Author
Negroponte, Nicholas [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Knopf, 1995.
Description
viii, 243 pages ; 22 cm

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        In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax. "Succinct and readable. ... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you."--Newsday.
        Notes
        Includes index.
        Contents
        • pt. 1. Bits are bits. The DNA of information
        • Debunking bandwidth
        • Bitcasting
        • The bit police
        • Commingled bits
        • The bit business
        • pt. 2. Interface. Where people and bits meet
        • Graphical persona
        • 20/20 VR
        • Looking and feeling
        • Can we talk about this?
        • Less is more
        • pt. 3. Digital life. The post-information age
        • Prime time is my time
        • Good connections
        • Hard fun
        • Digital fables and foibles
        • The new e-xpressionists.
        ISBN
        • 0679439196
        • 9780679439196
        LCCN
        94045971
        OCLC
        31816356
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