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Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room by David Weinberger Publisher Comments We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. Wed nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. Theres more knowledge than ever, of course, but its different. Topics have no... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover 
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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage) by Jaron Lanier Staff Pick Proceed carefully. Reading this book is like biting into a jalapeño jelly bean that you thought was pear flavored. Startling, eye-opening, and a bit unnerving, Lanier's manifesto could be the key to preserving autonomy as increased technological... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle Publisher Comments Consider Facebook — it's human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Ethics for the Information Age by Michael J. Quinn Publisher Comments This book is appropriate for any standalone “computers and society” or “computer ethics” course offered by a computer science, business, or philosophy department, as well as special "modules" in any advanced CS course. In an era... (read more) Your price: $111.75 New - Trade Paper
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Search Engine Visibility, Second Edition by Shari Thurow Publisher Comments Search Engine Visibility is about designing, writing, and creating a web site primarily for a site's visitors, and helping them find what they are searching for via the major search engines, directories, and industry-related sites. This book teaches... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $24.84 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Darkmarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You by Misha Glenny Publisher Comments "This extraordinarily powerful book demonstrates how utterly we lack the shared supranational tools needed to fight cybercrime. Essential reading." --Roberto Saviano, author of Gommorah The benefits of living in a digital, globalized society are enormous;... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fluency With Information Technology (5TH 13 Edition) by Lawrence Snyder Publisher Comments @font-face { : "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { : "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; : 12pt; : Times; }table.MsoNormalTable { : 10pt; : "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Fluency with... (read more) List Price $122.00 Your price: $112.25 New - Trade Paper
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On Internet (2ND 09 Edition) by Hubert Dreyfus Synopsis Can the internet solve the problem of mass education, and bring human beings to a new level of community? Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet argues that there is much in common between the disembodied, free... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Using Drupal by Angela Byron Publisher Comments Take advantage of Drupals vast collection of community-contributed modules and discover how they make this web framework unique and valuable. With this guide, youll learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to... (read more) Your price: $44.99 New - Trade Paper
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140 Characters: a Style Guide for the Short Form (09 Edition) by Dom Sagolla Publisher Comments How to write short and sweet for the Information Age The advent of Twitter and other social networking sites, along with the ubiquity of text messaging, have made short-form communication and constant contact an everyday reality. Expressing yourself... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think by Eli Pariser Publisher Comments In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for all users, and we entered a new era of personalization. With little notice or fanfare, our online experience is changing, as the websites we visit are increasingly tailoring themselves to... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics by Morley Winograd Publisher Comments This new in paperback edition includes a new afterword written specifically for this volume. Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais review the developments of the 2008 presidential election and demonstrate how the coming of age of a millennial generation... (read more) Your price: $24.25 New - Trade Paper
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Digital Dharma: A User's Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere by Steven Vedro Synopsis Digital Dharma has something for everyone. It is for technology experts and yoga fanatics alike. Whether youre simply seeking the spiritual, already practicing a spiritual tradition, or a Body-Mind-Spirit reader with ambivalent feelings about your... (read more) Your price: $16.25 New - Trade Paper
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Escape Velocity by Mark Dery Publisher Comments Taking readers on an unforgettable journey into the dark heart of the Information Age, cultural critic Mark Dery introduces them to a wide array of characters on the fringe of computer culture--underground robotocists, cybersex enthusiasts, virtual... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky Publisher Comments Read Clay Shirky's posts on the Penguin Blog. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound long-term economic... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Dropouts, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back a by Anna Anthropy Publisher Comments Part critical essay, part manifesto, part DIY guide, and altogether unprecedented, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters shows why the multi-billion dollar videogame industry needs to change—and how a new generation of artists can change it. Indie game... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger Publisher Comments “Perfectly placed to tell us what’s really new about [the] second-generation Web.”—Los Angeles Times Business visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger charts how as business, politics, science, and media move online, the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation by Jono Bacon Publisher Comments Online communities offer a wide range of opportunities today, whether you're supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or developing open source software. The Art of Community will help you develop the broad range of talents you need to recruit... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $21.29 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You by Eli Pariser Publisher Comments An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age by Douglas Rushkoff Synopsis The debate over whether the Net is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: Its here; its everywhere. The real question is, do we direct... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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