ISBN:
9780262284257
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (330 pages)
Series Statement:
The MIT Press Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Stefik, Mark The internet edge
DDC:
306.4/6
Keywords:
Internet -- Social aspects
;
Computers and civilization
;
Information society
;
Computers and civilization
;
Information society
;
Internet ; Social aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Internet
;
Sozialer Wandel
Abstract:
This book is an eagle's eye view of the Internet edge. It is about the experiences of those who encountered similar issues as they built precursors to the Net such as videotext, teletext, and the Source.
Abstract:
The Internet Edge -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Internet Edge: Change and Connections -- The Portable Network: Away from the -- Desktop and into the World -- The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box: -- The Coming Arms Race in Trusted Systems -- The Bit and the Pendulum: Balancing the -- Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing -- Focusing the Light: Making Sense in the -- Information Explosion -- The Next Knowledge Medium: Networks -- and Knowledge Ecologies -- The Edge of Chaos: Coping with Rapid -- Change -- The Digital Keyhole: Privacy Rights and -- Trusted Systems -- Strangers in the Net: Access, Diversity, and -- Borders -- Indistinguishable from Magic: The Real, the -- Magic, and the Virtual -- Epilogue: The Next Edge and Discovering -- Ourselves -- About the Author -- References -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Credits -- Index.
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