| Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future Contributor(s): Doctorow, Cory (Author) |
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ISBN: 1892391813 ISBN-13: 9781892391810 Publisher: Tachyon Publications OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Social Science | Essays - Law | Essays |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.04" W x 7.94" (0.48 lbs) 213 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |