Geeks Bearing Gifts
Paperback, 209 pages
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THE PERFECT GIFT –
Whether you love the computer world the way it is, or consider it a nightmare honkytonk prison, you'll giggle and rage at Ted Nelson's telling of computer history, its personalities and infights.
Computer movies, music, 3D; the eternal fight between Jobs and Gates; the tangled stories of the Internet and the World Wide Web; all these and more are punchily told in brief chapters on many topics such as The Web Browser Salad, Voting Machines, Google, Web 2.0 and much more. These short stories make great reading – it's a book to dip in and out of.
You'll find answers to such questions as
"Why do alphabets have upper case, why not numbers?"
"Why does everything have t...More >
Whether you love the computer world the way it is, or consider it a nightmare honkytonk prison, you'll giggle and rage at Ted Nelson's telling of computer history, its personalities and infights.
Computer movies, music, 3D; the eternal fight between Jobs and Gates; the tangled stories of the Internet and the World Wide Web; all these and more are punchily told in brief chapters on many topics such as The Web Browser Salad, Voting Machines, Google, Web 2.0 and much more. These short stories make great reading – it's a book to dip in and out of.
You'll find answers to such questions as
"Why do alphabets have upper case, why not numbers?"
"Why does everything have t...More >
Product Details
| ISBN | 978-0-578-00438-9 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Mindful Press |
| Copyright | ©2009 Mindful Press (Standard Copyright License) |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Publication Date | January 28, 2009 |
| Lulu Sales Rank | 339 |
| Page Count | 209 pages |
| Size | U.S. Trade |
| Binding | Perfect Bound |
| Interior Color | Black And White |
