Synopses & Reviews
At dinnertime: check. At a traffic light: check. In bed at the end of the day: check. In line at the coffee shop: check. In The Geekandrsquo;s Chihuahua, Ian Bogost addresses the modern love affair of andldquo;living with Appleandrdquo; during the height of the companyandrsquo;s market influence and technology dominance.and#160;
The ubiquitous iPhone and its kin saturate our lives, changing everything from our communication to our posture. Bogost contrasts the values of Appleandrsquo;s massive success in the twenty-first century with those of its rise in the twentieth. And he connects living with Apple with the phenomenon of andldquo;hyperemploymentandrdquo;andmdash;the constant overwork of todayandrsquo;s technological life that all of us now experience. Bogost also reflects on the new potential functionandmdash;as well as anxiety and anguishandmdash;of devices like the Apple Watch. We are tethered to our devices, and, as Bogost says: thatandrsquo;s just lifeandmdash;anxious, overworked, and utterly networked life.and#160;
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About the Author
Ian Bogost is Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in media studies and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.and#160;